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Integrating positive psychology and autism: A roundtable
A new Roundtable Discussion in the peer-reviewed journal Autism in Adulthood explores how the two fields of positive psychology and autism might...
Alzheimer’s cognitive decline predicted by patient’s age, sex, and irregular heart rhythm
Older age, female sex, irregular heart rhythms, and daily activity levels can help to predict how much Alzheimer’s Disease patients’...
Consumers continue to lower food inflation expectations and estimates
Consumers continue to lower food inflation expectations and estimates Consumers continue to lower food inflation expectations and estimates Food inflation...
Purdue physicists throw world’s smallest disco party
Physicists at Purdue are throwing the world’s smallest disco party. The disco ball itself is a fluorescent nanodiamond, which they...
NTU Singapore launches Innovation Port to support entrepreneurs and accelerate commercialization of technologies
To support budding entrepreneurs and speed up the commercialisation of technologies, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) has launched the...
uOttawa contributes to global amphibian conservation effort
The University of Ottawa’s Department of Biology made a significant contribution to the comprehensive 2024 Amphibian Conservation Action Plan (ACAP)....
Recalibrating principles of epigenetic aging clocks in human health
“Our study revealed that the composition of immune cells significantly affects the variation in EAA across six common blood epigenetic...
New FSU research shows statistical analysis can detect when ChatGPT is used to cheat on multiple-choice chemistry exams
As use of generative artificial intelligence continues to extend into all reaches of education, much of the concern related to...
New insights into neural circuit imaging: A comparison of one-photon and two-photon techniques
In the quest to unravel the complexities of neural circuits, scientists are beginning to use genetically encoded voltage indicators (GEVIs)...
Leading AI models struggle to identify genetic conditions from patient-written descriptions
National Institutes of Health (NIH) researchers discover that while artificial intelligence (AI) tools can make accurate diagnoses from textbook-like descriptions...
Study: Rocks from Mars’ Jezero Crater, which likely predate life on Earth, contain signs of water
In a new study appearing today in the journal AGU Advances, scientists at MIT and NASA report that seven rock samples...
Revealing the mysteries within microbial genomes
A new technique developed at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) will make it much easier for researchers to discover...
Unraveling modern bread wheat from the genes up
A genomic resource for the wild grass species Tausch’s goatgrass (Aegilops tauschii) has been developed by a team of international researchers...
Great Scott! Stonehenge’s Altar Stone origins reveal advanced ancient Britain
New research led by Curtin University has revealed Stonehenge’s monumental six-tonne Altar Stone, long believed to originate from Wales, actually...
As election approaches, national poll shows which health topics concern older adults most
More than half of the people who voted in the 2020 election were age 50 and older, making this age...
WVU biologist to study genes laying framework for whole body regeneration
A West Virginia University biologist is studying why some animals can regenerate while others cannot and has identified the genes...
Consumer-grade insecticide sprays fail to control cockroaches, study shows
Annapolis, MD; August 14, 2024—A common variety of consumer insecticide sprays is mostly ineffective and of "little to no value"...
Climate model biases in global monsoon: Insights from interhemispheric energy transport
Global monsoon is a critical component of the global atmospheric circulation system. Variations in summer precipitation over the global monsoon region...
Method to separate microplastics from water could also speed up blood analyses
Researchers demonstrated a way to speed up—and potentially scale up—the process for separating particles in fluids, which can be used...
Rocks collected on Mars hold key to water and perhaps life on the planet. Bring them back to Earth.
Over the course of nearly five months in 2022, NASA's Perseverance rover collected rock samples from Mars that could rewrite...
