Word graph analysis confirms that dream report structure varies according to sleep stage
Study by Brazilian and South African researchers is the first to prove, using a graph analysis tool, that REM dream narratives tend to be more...
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Protected areas help waterbirds adapt to climate change
Credit: Photo: Elie Gaget Climate change pushes species distribution areas northward. However, the expansion of species ranges is not self-evident due to e.g. habitat degradation...
Cognitive elements of language have existed for 40 million years
Credit: National Center for Chimpanzee Care in Bastrop, Texas Humans are not the only beings that can identify rules in complex language-like constructions - monkeys...
Novel method for measuring spatial dependencies turns less data into more data
NYU Tandon researcher devises a mathematical system for identifying influences between geographic phenomena that makes small data sets as effective as big data in identifying...
Genome archeologists discover path to activate immune response against cancer
Credit: Courtesy of Dr. Parinaz Mehdipour, Dr. Sajid Marhon and Mr. Ilias Ettayebi. (Toronto - Wednesday, Oct. 21, 2020) -- Ancient embedded elements in our...
Observed COVID-19 variability may have underlying molecular sources
UC Riverside-led study shows how variations in SARS-CoV-2 host gene expression can be linked to variations in COVID-19 susceptibility and symptom severityCredit: Zheng lab, UC...
How do snakes ‘see’ in the dark? Researchers have an answer
New insights explain how snakes convert infrared radiation into electrical signalsCredit: University of Houston Certain species of snake - think pit vipers, boa constrictors and...
At our cores, we’re all strengthened by ‘dumbbells’
Rice University scientists ID structures of protein-encoding DNACredit: Illustration by Ryan Cheng/CTBP HOUSTON - (Oct. 21, 2020) - How life works may come down to...
MonoEye: A human motion capture system using a single wearable camera
Credit: ACM, UIST Researchers at Tokyo Institute of Technology (Tokyo Tech) and Carnegie Mellon University have together developed a new human motion capture system that...
3D hand pose estimation using a wrist-worn camera
Credit: ACM, UIST Researchers at Tokyo Institute of Technology (Tokyo Tech) working in collaboration with colleagues at Carnegie Mellon University, the University of St Andrews...
Journal calls for use of objective data in root cause analyses of adverse medical events
George Mason University professor edits special issue of Quality Management in Healthcare journal calling for change in methods of risk analysis.Credit: George Mason University Wrong-site...
Paper: Congress must clarify limits of gene-editing technologies
Credit: Photo by L. Brian Stauffer CHAMPAIGN, Ill. --Genome editing of human embryos represents one of the most contentious potential scientific applications today. But what...
A flexible color-changing film inspired by chameleon skin (video)
Credit: American Chemical Society Chameleons can famously change their colors to camouflage themselves, communicate and regulate their temperature. Scientists have tried to replicate these color-changing...
Hidden states of the COVID-19 spike protein
Computational and experimental research by joint UC Berkeley-ITU team seeks unknown vulnerabilities of coronavirusCredit: Ahmet Yildiz, University of California, Berkeleky; Mert Gur, Istanbul Technical University...
Delivering proteins to testes could someday treat male infertility
Credit: Adapted from ACS Nano 2020, DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.0c04936 According to the Mayo Clinic, about 15% of couples are infertile, and male infertility plays a role...
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