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How can you declutter your mind? New study offers clues
Brain imaging offers insight on how we purge thoughts to make room for new onesCredit: CU Boulder "Let it go."...
Scientists develop new land surface model including multiple processes and human activities
Credit: Longhuan WANG Human activities, such as urban planning, irrigation and agricultural fertilization, can affect terrestrial carbon, nitrogen and water...
Aboriginal women share their stories on keeping the heart strong
Credit: Photo by Steve Evans More than a decade after committing $130+ billion to Closing the Gap, there has been...
Artificial Intelligence that can run a simulation faithful to physical laws
Replicating energy conservation and dissipation using digital analysisCredit: Takashi Matsubara A research group led by Associate Professor YAGUCHI Takaharu (Graduate...
CCNY scientists provide new insights into cholera microbe and chances of pandemic strain
Credit: Image credit: Francis J. Santoriello Researchers at The City College of New York have uncovered a novel way in...
Scientists take a step towards expanding the use of magnetic fluids in medicine
Researchers discovered new effects in magnetic fluids, which will increase its effectiveness for medical purposes.Credit: Peter the Great St.Petersburg Polytechnic...
A weather station for epileptic seizure
The unpredictability of epileptic seizures is a severe handicap for patients. Scientists have devised a technique that can predict seizure...
UVA tests ‘radically different’ approach to managing type 2 diabetes
Credit: Jackson Smith | UVA Health A researcher at the University of Virginia School of Medicine is testing what he...
Researchers deconstruct ancient Jewish parchment using multiple imaging techniques
Analyses of the materials in the scrolls helps put the object into an historical context and guides conservators in future...
Machine intelligence accelerates research into mapping brains
Researchers fine-tune algorithms to improve brain mapping by MRICredit: (Left) Junichi Hata and Hideyuki Okano, from the RIKEN Center for...
Genetic exchange discovered in anciently asexual rotifers
Credit: E.A. Mnatsakanova and O.A. Vakhrusheva/Skoltech Skoltech's evolutionary biologists discovered recombination in bdelloid rotifers, microscopic freshwater invertebrates, which have long...
Fire-resistant tropical forest on brink of disappearance –
Research on Indonesia shows effect of human modificationCredit: T. Smith A new study led by researchers in the Geography Department...
Stem cell treatment for vascular diseases can be predicted through real-time observation
Therapeutic efficacy prediction using initial distribution images of stem cells that differentiate to endothelial cells; applied to research in the...
A no-meat diet everywhere will not solve the climate crisis
Livestock are globally criticized for adverse environmental impacts; but promoting a no-meat diet is not a blanket solution to the...
How much greenhouse gas emission comes from tropical deforestation and peatland loss?
New research on forest loss and degradation in Cameroon and Indonesia, and peatland degradation in Peru, can help countries better...
Coral can acquire their symbiotic algae from giant clam poop!
Credit: Kazuhiko Koike Coral can acquire their symbiotic algae from giant clam poop! ### Article Title: "Fecal pellets of giant...
A phantom training program may help acclimate heifers to an automatic milking system
Research in the Journal of Dairy Science® examines the potential benefits of training with an automated milking system phantom to...
SARS-CoV-2-like particles very sensitive to temperature
Study of individual particle degradation suggests a potential surge of COVID-19 infections in the winterCredit: Sharma et. al. (2020) Biochem...
UMD paves the way for growing human organs for transplantation with new proof-of-concept
Start-up company, Renovate Bioscience Inc., wins Invention of the Year and Inventor Pitch Award for this work at UMDCredit: Edwin...
How long’s too long? Effects of crosslinker length on anion-exchange membrane fuel cells
Scientists reveal how crosslinker length affects performance in polymer electrolyte membranes for anion exchange membrane-based alkaline fuel cellsCredit: Chris LeBoutillier...
