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A dog’s puppyhood can cause ‘puppy blues’ reminiscent of baby blues
Bringing a puppy home is usually a happy event, but sometimes the life change that comes with it can provoke...
Too many missing satellite galaxies found
For years, astronomers have worried about how to explain why the Milky Way has fewer satellite galaxies than the standard...
As restrictions on cannabis and psychedelics ease, Americans dabble with ‘microdosing’
Loosening local, state and federal regulations on cannabis and psychedelics has increased Americans' interest in microdosing, according to a study...
New predictors of metastasis in patients with early-stage pancreatic cancer
Researchers at Weill Cornell Medicine with an international team have used liver biopsies to identify cellular and molecular markers that...
No evidence that England’s new ‘biodiversity boost’ planning policy will help birds or butterflies
A new legal requirement for developers to demonstrate a biodiversity boost in planning applications could make a more meaningful impact...
Visual explanations of machine learning models to estimate charge states in quantum dots
A group of researchers has successfully demonstrated automatic charge state recognition in quantum dot devices using machine learning techniques, representing...
US states shape foreign policy amid national China unease, research shows
State-level officials such as governors, state legislators and attorneys general are shaping U.S.-China relations as the two countries navigate a...
Research and efforts to combat schistosomiasis earn geographer David López-Carr several high-profile awards
(Santa Barbara, Calif.) — What if you could take an ecologically degraded environment that presents a public health problem, and...
June research news from the Ecological Society of America
The Ecological Society of America (ESA) presents a roundup of four research articles recently published across its six esteemed journals....
NIH-sponsored trial of enterovirus D68 therapeutic begins
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) is sponsoring a clinical trial to evaluate the safety of an investigational monoclonal antibody...
Invasive ants spread by hitchhiking on everyday vehicles
Insects are masters of transportation and get around by flying, crawling, swimming, burrowing, and even gliding. Now, ants have been...
The most obese children with dengue are more than twice as likely as others to be hospitalized with dengue, according to study of 4,782 10- to 18-year-olds in Sri Lanka
The most obese children with dengue are more than twice as likely as others to be hospitalized with dengue, according...
Under pressure: How comb jellies have adapted to life at the bottom of the ocean
The bottom of the ocean is not hospitable: there is no light; the temperature is freezing cold; and the pressure...
Clean Water Act leaves about 55% of water flowing out of rivers vulnerable to pollution, new study suggests
EMBARGOED Credit: Craig B. Brinkerhoff EMBARGOED AMHERST, Mass. – The Supreme Court ruled last year that rivers that only flow...
Pacific cod can’t rely on coastal safe havens for protection during marine heat waves, OSU study finds
During recent periods of unusually warm water in the Gulf of Alaska, young Pacific cod in near shore safe havens...
Printed sensors in soil could help farmers improve crop yields and save money
MADISON — University of Wisconsin–Madison engineers have developed low-cost sensors that allow for real-time, continuous monitoring of nitrate in soil types...
Vaccination may reduce memory loss from COVID-19 infections
Since the outset of the COVID-19 pandemic, 10 to 30 per cent of the general population has experienced some form...
DeepEvo: An “intelligent” strategy for engineering customized proteins
Engineering proteins for desirable traits has been the holy grail of modern biotechnology. For example, the food industry can benefit...
Three new extinct walnut species discovered in high Arctic mummified forest
In a new study, scientists describe three new, but long-extinct, walnut species on an island above the Arctic Circle. The...
U of T researchers develop deep-learning model that outperforms Google AI system to predict peptide structures
Researchers at the University of Toronto have developed a deep-learning model, called PepFlow, that can predict all possible shapes of peptides...
