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New study reveals brain basis of psychopathy
Credit: Lauri Nummenmaa According to a Finnish study, the structure and function of the brain areas involved in emotions and...
Impacts of coronavirus lockdowns: New study collects data on pollutants in the atmosphere
Credit: Copyright: Forschungszentrum Jülich One consequence of the coronavirus pandemic has been global restrictions on mobility. This, in turn, has...
Plasma device designed for consumers can quickly disinfect surfaces
Credit: Photos of Efthimion, Raitses, Yatom and Gershman by Elle Starkman/PPPL Office of Communications. Photo of Harreguy by Zainab Tanvir;...
Ocean temperature reconstructed over the last 700,000 years
Credit: Daniel Baggenstos Bern's ice core researchers were already able to demonstrate in 2008 how the concentration of CO2 in...
Genetic admixture in the South Pacific: from Denisovans to the human immune response
Credit: © Institut Pasteur Describing the genetic diversity of human populations is essential to improve our understanding of human diseases...
New agreement signed for the Office for Astronomy Outreach
The International Astronomical Union and National Astronomical Observatory of Japan expand OAO's activitiesCredit: IAU OAO The IAU is delighted to...
Get your head in the game — One gene’s role in cranial development
Credit: Department of Molecular Craniofacial Embryology,TMDU Researchers from Tokyo Medical and Dental University (TMDU) use genetic engineering in mice to...
Roadside invader: The higher the traffic, the easier the invasive common ragweed disperses
Credit: Uwe Starfinger Common ragweed is an annual plant native to parts of the United States and southern Canada. It's...
A European project to develop electrodeless plasma thrusters
Credit: ERC-ZARATHUSTRA project Plasma thrusters consume less propellant than chemical combustion rockets, allowing for longer, more ambitious and economical missions....
Cultivating Matsutake, valuable edible fungi
Credit: Copyright © 2021, Akiyoshi Yamada et al., under exclusive license to Springer-Verlag GmbH Germany, part of Springer Nature Costing...
Artificial intelligence for space
Credit: (Image: Hakan Kayal / University of Wuerzburg) Suddenly, circular holes were visible on the surface of Mars that were...
UOC to provide teachers in Europe with training to improve online teaching
The ECOLHE project, co-funded by the EU's Erasmus+ programme, involves the UOC and another six universities in Europe.Credit: (Photo: Massimiliano...
3D-printed material to replace ivory
With an elephant-friendly alternative to ivory, developed by TU Wien and Cubicure, old artefacts can be restored with high precision.Credit:...
Increased risk of liver cancer in patients with non-alcoholic fatty liver
Credit: Gustav Mårtensson Non-alcoholic fatty liver, NAFLD, is associated with several health risks. According to a new registry study led...
Dynamical machine learning accurately reconstructs volume interiors with limited-angle data
Credit: by Iksung Kang, Alexandre Goy, and George Barbastathis A wide range of objects, from biological cells to integrated circuits,...
Mystery canine illness identified
Credit: Lancaster University An outbreak of vomiting among dogs has been traced back to a type of animal coronavirus by...
Transforming circles into squares
Researchers reconfigure material topology on the microscaleCredit: (Image courtesy of Shucong Li/Bolei Deng/Harvard SEAS) Reconfigurable materials can do amazing things....
Interlayer exciton formation, relaxation, and transport in TMDs van der Waals Heterostructures
Credit: by Ying Jiang, Shula Chen, Weihao Zheng, Biyuan Zheng and Anlian Pan TMDs vdW heterostructures generally possess a type-II...
Potential-dependent switch aids water-splitting using cobalt-oxide catalysts
Small electrical charge drives oxygen evolution reaction that uses water to produce hydrogen gasCredit: Chem Chestnut Hill, Mass. (4/14/2021) --...
New method of artificially creating genetic switches for yeast
Credit: Masahiro Tominaga, Kenta Nozaki, Daisuke Umeno, Jun Ishii, Akihiko Kondo. A group of researchers from Kobe University and Chiba...