Nature-inspired CRISPR enzymes for expansive genome editing

https://phys.org/news/2020-05-nature-inspired-crispr-enzymes-expans...

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Difference between ventilation and oxygenation.

https://www.currenaffairs0786.ga/2020/05/difference-between-ventila...

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https://phys.org/news/2020-05-alma-massive-rotating-disk-early.html...

Massive rotating disk in early universe discovered

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https://phys.org/news/2020-05-reveal-complex-hemoglobin-resurrectin...

Researchers reveal origins of complex hemoglobin by resurrecting ancient proteins

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https://phys.org/news/2020-05-hybrid-quantum-entangling-molecule-at...

Researchers build hybrid quantum system by entangling molecule with atom

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https://phys.org/news/2020-05-cosmic-rays-left-indelible-imprint.ht...

Cosmic rays may have left indelible imprint on early life, physicists theorise ...

Scientists dissect the complex choices of animals

https://phys.org/news/2020-05-scientists-complex-choices-animals.ht...

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https://phys.org/news/2020-05-plasma-expensive-efficient-longer-spa...

A new plasma engine will allow less expensive, more efficient, and longer space missions

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https://phys.org/news/2020-05-climate-coastal-antarctica-green-scie...

Climate change will turn coastal Antarctica green, say scientists

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https://phys.org/news/2020-05-swarm-probes-weakening-earth-magnetic...

Swarm constellation probes weakening of Earth's magnetic field

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https://techxplore.com/news/2020-05-news-articles-machines-taught-w...

By 'reading' books and news articles, AI can be taught 'right' from 'wrong'

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https://theconversation.com/plane-cabins-are-havens-for-germs-heres...

Microbiology gyaan ... Plane cabins are havens for germs. Here’s how they can clean up their act

Carbon dating, the archaeological workhorse, is getting a major reboot

https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-020-01499-y?utm_source=Natur...

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https://physicsworld.com/a/if-planet-nine-is-a-primordial-black-hol...

If ‘Planet Nine’ is a primordial black hole, could we detect it with a fleet of tiny spacecraft?

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https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-020-01294-9?utm_source=Natur...

Are women publishing less during the pandemic? Here’s what the data say

We Can Activate The Cells That Keep Our Muscles From Wasting Away After 30

https://www.sciencealert.com/satellite-cells-replace-muscles-but-th...

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https://www.sciencealert.com/researchers-suggest-my-bushy-beard-evo...

Strange study suggests Human Beards Evolved to Absorb Punches to The Head. Then why don't women have this protection? :)

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Human Viruses Can Jump into Animals, Too—Sowing the Seeds of Future Epidemics

“Reverse zoonosis” may foster the right conditions for the next COVID-19

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/human-viruses-can-jump-i...

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https://medicalxpress.com/news/2020-05-clue-hard-cold-winter-mornin...

why it's so hard to wake up on a cold winter's morning

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https://phys.org/news/2020-05-tropical-forests.html?utm_source=nwle...

Tropical forests can handle the heat, up to a point

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https://techxplore.com/news/2020-05-artificial-eye-closer-human-cap...

Artificial eye comes closer to human eye capabilities

New mobile health tool measures hemoglobin without drawing blood

https://phys.org/news/2020-05-mobile-health-tool-hemoglobin-blood.h...

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https://phys.org/news/2020-05-mysterious-coral-reefs-recover.html?u...

Mysterious glowing coral reefs are fighting to recover

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https://phys.org/news/2020-05-global-territory-humans-tolerate.html...

Global warming now pushing heat into territory humans cannot tolerate

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https://phys.org/news/2020-05-galaxies-black-holes.html?utm_source=...

How galaxies and black holes grow together

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https://techxplore.com/news/2020-05-shadow-effect-electricity.html?...

Using the 'shadow effect' to generate electricity

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https://www.sciencenews.org/article/coronavirus-covid19-accelerated...

As we wait for a vaccine, here’s a snapshot of potential COVID-19 treatments

Pics of a 99-million-year-old bird ....

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/news/2017/06/baby-bird-dinosaur-...

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https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/bumblebees-bite-plants-t...

Bumblebees Bite Plants to Force Them to Flower
The behaviour could be an evolutionary adaptation that lets bees forage more easily

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https://www.the-scientist.com/news-opinion/sars-cov-2-protein-hampe...

SARS-CoV-2 Protein Hampers Innate Immune Reaction In Vitro

The viral protein known as ORF3b limits the induction of the type I interferon response, which typically alerts other immune system components to the presence of a virus, in cultured cells.

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https://www.newscientist.com/article/dn26687-light-trickery-makes-b...

Strange Physics of bird colour: Light trickery makes bird feathers blue but not red

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http://physics.bu.edu/~duffy/semester1/c05_elevator.html

Elevator physics

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https://phys.org/news/2020-05-video-isolation-antarctica.html?utm_s...

How do scientists cope with isolation in Antarctica (video) ...

Blood flow recovers faster than brain in micro strokes

https://medicalxpress.com/news/2020-05-blood-recovers-faster-brain-...

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https://phys.org/news/2020-05-scientists-evidence-microplastics-ins...

Scientists find first evidence of microplastics passing from insects to predators in rivers

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https://phys.org/news/2020-05-prologue-genetic-memory-ancestral-env...

Past is prologue: Genetic 'memory' of ancestral environments helps organisms readapt

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https://phys.org/news/2020-05-space-soldiers.html?utm_source=nwlett...

Space Force is starting to train its soldiers to fight… in space .....

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https://techxplore.com/news/2020-05-world-fastest-internet-optical-...

Researchers record world's fastest internet speed from a single optical chip

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https://phys.org/news/2020-05-toothpaste-cement-harden.html?utm_sou...

Why toothpaste and cement harden over time

CRISPR a tool for conservation, not just gene editing

https://phys.org/news/2020-05-crispr-tool-gene.html?utm_source=nwle...

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https://phys.org/news/2020-05-european-viper-cloak-and-dazzle-metho...

The European viper uses cloak-and-dazzle method to escape predators

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https://phys.org/news/2020-05-uncover-arks-genetic-diversity-terres...

Researchers uncover the arks of genetic diversity in terrestrial mammals

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https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-020-01538-8?utm_source=Natur...

How coronavirus lockdowns stopped flu in its tracks

No, parallel universe hasn't been discovered. Do not trust 'science news' from 'tabloids' or 'unqualified' people

https://www.sciencealert.com/of-course-nasa-did-not-detect-a-parall...

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https://theconversation.com/intermittent-fasting-if-youre-strugglin...

Compensatory behaviour: why fasting doesn't make you lose weight sometimes

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https://theconversation.com/stretching-expert-explains-how-best-to-...

Stretching: expert explains how best to do it before and after a workout

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https://www.quantamagazine.org/egg-laying-or-live-birth-how-evoluti...

Egg Laying or Live Birth: How Evolution Chooses

‘Anti-ageing’ protein shown to slow cell growth is key in longevity – new research

https://theconversation.com/anti-ageing-protein-shown-to-slow-cell-...

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Brown, white and beige: understanding your body’s different fat cells could help with weight loss

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https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2020-05/stri-sia052220.php  

Placentas from COVID-19-positive pregnant women show injury

https://medicalxpress.com/news/2020-05-placentas-covid-positive-pre...

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https://theconversation.com/cant-resist-splurging-on-online-shoppin... 

A New Study May Have Just Changed The Advice on Storing Tomatoes in The Fridge

A doctor shares 7 steps he’ll review to decide when and where it’s safe to go out and about

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https://phys.org/news/2020-05-bricks-plastic.html?utm_source=nwlett...

Building bricks from plastic waste

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https://phys.org/news/2020-05-worth-salt-case-hexagonal-nacl.html?u...

Researchers report first case of hexagonal NaCl

Astronomers see 'cosmic ring of fire,' 11 billion years ago

https://phys.org/news/2020-05-astronomers-cosmic-billion-years.html...

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https://phys.org/news/2020-05-double-contrast-technique-small-tumor...

New double-contrast technique picks up small tumors on MRI

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https://phys.org/news/2020-05-space-junk-problem.html?utm_source=nw...

Solving the space junk problem

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https://phys.org/news/2020-05-scientists-glass-frogs-translucent-ca...

Scientists see through glass frogs' translucent camouflage

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https://phys.org/news/2020-05-physics-mystery-consciousness.html?ut...

Applying physics to understanding the mystery of consciousness $$

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https://phys.org/news/2020-05-drones-explosive-volcanoes.html?utm_s...

How drones can monitor explosive volcanoes

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Researchers discover new sex hormone

https://phys.org/news/2020-05-sex-hormone.html?utm_source=nwletter&...

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https://phys.org/news/2020-05-toxin-family-sugar-receptors-human.ht...

Toxin family binds to sugar receptors on human cells to cause damage

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** https://phys.org/news/2020-05-under-researched-mechanism-fast-movin...

An under-researched mechanism in the fast-moving field of epigenetics

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https://phys.org/news/2020-05-marine-species-outpacing-terrestrial-...

Marine species are outpacing terrestrial species in the race against global warming

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https://www.irishtimes.com/life-and-style/health-family/prof-luke-o...

It is so comforting to actually watch how scientists are working to beat COVID 19. And if they assure you it is definitely beatable?
A must watch video ...

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https://www.the-scientist.com/news-opinion/ecuadorian-cactus-absorb...

Ecuadorian Cactus Absorbs Ultrasound, Enticing Bats to Flowers

Many plants reflect ultrasonic waves, thereby attracting the pollinators, but one cactus takes a different approach.

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https://www.the-scientist.com/the-literature/what-makes-a-venus-fly...

What Makes a Venus Flytrap Snap

https://www.the-scientist.com/news-opinion/glowing-amphibians-extre...

Glowing Amphibians Extremely Common

A study of the animals using blue light reveals what humans are not able to see with the naked eye.

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https://www.the-scientist.com/news-opinion/researchers-detect-land-...

Researchers Detect Land Animals Using DNA in Nearby Water Bodies
Monitoring the comings and goings of aquatic life with traces of DNA in water has become an established biomonitoring technique, which is now used to assess terrestrial animals.

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https://www.the-scientist.com/notebook/researchers-discover-the-lar...

Researchers Discover the Largest Virus in the Oceans Yet

Largest Study Yet Finds Chloroquine Increases Risk of Death in COVID-19 Patients

https://www.sciencealert.com/huge-study-found-covid-19-patients-who...

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https://www.sciencealert.com/who-and-unicef-says-disrupted-vaccines...

80 Million Children at Risk as Pandemic Disrupts Global Vaccination Efforts

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https://www.sciencealert.com/this-human-brain-tissue-survived-intac...

This Human Brain Tissue Survived Intact For 2,600 Years, And We May Finally Know How

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https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-52762120?ct=t(RSS_EMAI...

Pollution: Birds 'ingesting hundreds of bits of plastic a day'

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https://ensia.com/features/plastics-chemical-recycling/?ct=t(RSS_EM...

The recycling hoax:

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Whispering Gallery and sound wave communication
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Can We Really Get to Alpha Centauri? The Breakthrough Starshot Mission Explained
https://phys.org/news/2020-05-interstellar-probes-starshot.html?utm...

How will we receive signals from interstellar probes like Starshot?

Even natural products may pose potential risk to unborn child

https://www.news-medical.net/news/20200525/Even-natural-products-ma...

Critical transition theory shows flickering in heart before atrial fibrillation

https://phys.org/news/2020-05-critical-transition-theory-flickering...

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https://techxplore.com/news/2020-05-method-hydrogen-vivo-photosynth...

A method to produce hydrogen in vivo photosynthetically

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https://techxplore.com/news/2020-05-jailbreak-tool-iphones.html?utm...

New jailbreak tool unlocks almost all iPhones

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https://techxplore.com/news/2020-05-coronavirus-pandemic-life-onlin...

The coronavirus pandemic moved life online – a surge in website defacing followed

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https://techxplore.com/news/2020-05-high-security-identification-co...

High-security identification that cannot be counterfeited

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https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-020-01506-2?utm_source=Natur...

‘Medications should be prescribed by doctors, not the president’: leading Brazilian scientist discusses the pandemic

Why myth busting backfires ...

https://theconversation.com/seeing-is-believing-how-media-mythbusti...

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https://www.the-scientist.com/reading-frames/where-do-our-memories-...

Where Do Our Memories Live?

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https://theconversation.com/coronavirus-why-were-using-llamas-to-he...

why we’re using llamas to help fight the pandemic

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https://phys.org/news/2020-05-nature-antifreeze-formula-durable-con...

Nature's antifreeze' provides formula for more durable concrete

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https://phys.org/news/2020-05-physicists-short-lived-radioactive-mo...

Physicists measure a short-lived radioactive molecule for first time

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https://phys.org/news/2020-05-clues-deep-earthquake-mystery.html?ut...

New clues to deep earthquake mystery

Study shows erosion of ozone layer responsible for mass extinction event

There have been a number of mass extinction in the geological past. Only one was caused by an asteroid hitting the Earth, which was 66 million years ago when the dinosaurs became extinct. Three of the others, including the end Permian Great Dying, 252 million years ago, were caused by huge continental scale volcanic eruptions that destabilised the Earth's atmospheres and oceans.

Now, scientists have found evidence showing it was high levels of UV radiation which collapsed forest ecosystems and killed off many species of fish and tetrapods (our four limbed ancestors) at the end of the Devonian geological period, 359 million years ago. This damaging burst of UV radiation occurred as part of one of the Earth's climate cycles, rather than being caused by a huge volcanic eruption.

The ozone collapse occurred as the climate rapidly warmed following an intense ice age and the researchers suggest that the Earth today could reach comparable temperatures, possibly triggering a similar event. Their findings are pu blished in the journal Science Advances.

J.E.A. Marshall el al., "UV-B radiation was the Devonian-Carboniferous boundary terrestrial extinction kill mechanism," Science Advances (2020). DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.aba0768 , advances.sciencemag.org/content/6/22/eaba0768

https://phys.org/news/2020-05-erosion-ozone-layer-responsible-mass....

Scientists unravel secrets from the faults in our genes

https://medicalxpress.com/news/2020-05-scientists-unravel-secrets-f...

More information: The mutational constraint spectrum quantified from variation in 141,456 humans, Nature (2020). DOI: 10.1038/s41586-020-2308-7, www.nature.com/articles/s41586-020-2308-7

Evaluating drug targets through human loss-of-function genetic variation, Nature (2020). DOI: 10.1038/s41586-020-2267-z , www.nature.com/articles/s41586-020-2267-z

A structural variation reference for medical and population genetics, Nature (2020). DOI: 10.1038/s41586-020-2267-z , www.nature.com/articles/s41586-020-2287-8

Transcript expression-aware annotation improves rare variant interpretation, Nature (2020). DOI: 10.1038/s41586-020-2267-z , www.nature.com/articles/s41586-020-2329-2

The effect of LRRK2 loss-of-function variants in humans, Nature (2020). DOI: 10.1038/s41586-020-2267-z , www.nature.com/articles/s41591-020-0893-5

Heat now more lethal than cold for people with respiratory diseases

https://phys.org/news/2020-05-lethal-cold-people-respiratory-diseas...

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https://phys.org/news/2020-05-scientists-reveal-fundamental-princip...

Scientists reveal new fundamental principles governing diving in animals

Writing in Proceedings of the Royal Society B, scientists say their findings constitute a new fundamental principle of evolutionary physiology, showing that the same 'rules' govern the evolution of diving in animals as different as water beetles and walruses.

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 https://medicalxpress.com/news/2020-05-exposure-good-bacteria-pregn...

Exposure to 'good bacteria' during pregnancy buffers risk of autism-like syndrome

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https://medicalxpress.com/news/2020-05-key-player-hepatitis-virus-i...

Researchers discover key player in hepatitis A virus infection

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https://medicalxpress.com/news/2020-05-prevalence-silent-covid-infe...

Prevalence of 'silent' COVID-19 infection may be much higher than thought

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https://techxplore.com/news/2020-05-breach-users-rarely-passwords-t...

After a breach, users rarely change their passwords, and when they do, they're often weaker

Extraction of skin interstitial fluid using microneedle patches

https://phys.org/news/2020-05-skin-interstitial-fluid-microneedle-p...

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https://phys.org/news/2020-05-coupled-electronic-structural-magneti...

New type of coupled electronic-structural waves discovered in magnetite

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https://phys.org/news/2020-05-mathematics-sea.html?utm_source=nwlet...

Mathematics can save lives at sea

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https://phys.org/news/2020-05-potential-explanation-urban-smog-aero...

A potential explanation for urban smog: Aerosol particle growth higher in cold climates

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** https://phys.org/news/2020-05-asteroid-climate-responsible-mass-ext...

Asteroid, climate change not responsible for mass extinction 215 million years ago

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https://phys.org/news/2020-05-cosmic-unveil-universe.html?utm_sourc...

Cosmic bursts unveil universe's missing matter

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https://phys.org/news/2020-05-terrestrial-bacteria-nutrients-space....

Terrestrial bacteria can grow on nutrients from space

"We know from measurements of the Big Bang how much matter there was in the beginning of the universe," he said. "But when we looked out into the present universe, we couldn't find half of what should be there. It was a bit of an embarrassment. Intergalactic space is very sparse. The missing matter was equivalent to only one or two atoms in a room the size of an average office. So it was very hard to detect this matter using traditional techniques and telescopes."

The researchers were able to directly detect the missing matter using the phenomenon of fast radio bursts—brief flashes of energy that appear to come from random directions in the sky and last for just milliseconds. Scientists don't yet know what causes them, but it must involve incredible energy, equivalent to the amount released by the sun in 80 years. They have been difficult to detect as astronomers don't know when and where to look for them.

Associate Professor Macquart said the team detected the missing matter by using fast radio bursts as "cosmic weigh stations."

"The radiation from fast radio bursts gets spread out by the missing matter in the same way that you see the colours of sunlight being separated in a prism," he said. "We've now been able to measure the distances to enough fast radio bursts to determine the density of the universe. We only needed six to find this missing matter."

The missing matter in this case is baryonic, or 'normal' matter—like the protons and neutrons that make up stars, planets and humans. It's different from dark matter, which remains elusive and accounts for about 85% of the total matter in the universe.

https://phys.org/news/2020-05-cosmic-unveil-universe.html?utm_sourc...

Cosmic bursts unveil universe's missing matter

A census of baryons in the Universe from localized fast radio bursts, Nature (2020). DOI: 10.1038/s41586-020-2300-2, www.nature.com/articles/s41586-020-2300-2

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https://theconversation.com/half-the-matter-in-the-universe-was-mis...

Half the matter in the universe was missing – we found it hiding in the cosmos

Tightening up facial biometrics

https://techxplore.com/news/2020-05-tightening-facial-biometrics.ht...

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https://theconversation.com/are-thermal-cameras-a-magic-bullet-for-...

Evidence suggests thermal cameras are far from a perfect solution, offering limited accuracy if set up incorrectly, and raising data privacy concerns.

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https://theconversation.com/a-disease-that-breeds-disease-why-is-ty...

A disease that breeds disease: why is type 2 diabetes linked to increased risk of cancer and dementia?

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** https://www.wtsp.com/article/news/health/coronavirus/researchers-fi...

corona virus in waste water

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https://www.sciencealert.com/we-are-on-our-way-to-annihilating-50-b...

Humans Are on Their Way to Annihilating 50 Billion Years of Evolutionary History

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https://www.sciencealert.com/does-exercise-produce-the-same-mental-...

Replacing coffee with a single bout of aerobic exercise could not only provide a cognitive boost similar to coffee but may also provide other health benefits that come along with exercise.

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https://www.sciencealert.com/the-cdc-is-warning-people-about-an-inc...

A Warning About Aggressive Rat Behaviour Due to The Pandemic: Rats are growing increasingly aggressive in their hunt for food as restaurants across the world remain shuttered to slow the spread of the coronavirus

Research identifies neurons that control left and right movements in mammals

https://medicalxpress.com/news/2020-05-neurons-left-movements-mamma...

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https://phys.org/news/2020-05-genomic-analysis-long-term-genetic-we...

Genomic analysis shows long-term genetic mixing in West Asia before world's first cities

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https://techxplore.com/news/2020-05-chrome-bugs-rooted-faulty-memor...

Report: Most Chrome security bugs rooted in faulty memory code

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https://phys.org/news/2020-05-planet-formation.html?utm_source=nwle...

In planet formation, it's location, location, location

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https://medicalxpress.com/news/2020-05-molecular-effects.html?utm_s...

Study details molecular effects of exercise

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https://phys.org/news/2020-05-state-element-periodic-table.html?utm...

New 'whirling' state of matter discovered in an element of the periodic table

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https://techxplore.com/news/2020-05-dont-phish-food-personal-online...

Don't be phish food! Tips to avoid sharing your personal information online

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https://techxplore.com/news/2020-05-wi-fi-dead-zones-home.html?utm_...

No more Wi-Fi dead zones: Tips for improving your signal at home

Smart window controls light and heat, kills microorganisms

https://phys.org/news/2018-07-smart-window-microorganisms.html

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https://techxplore.com/news/2020-05-smart-window-technology-automat...

Smart window technology that automatically changes color by sunlight

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https://techxplore.com/news/2020-05-high-tech-banknotes-eye.html?ut...

High tech printing makes checking banknotes possible in the blink of an eye

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https://theconversation.com/how-to-stay-safe-in-restaurants-and-caf...

COVID 19 - How to stay safe in restaurants and cafes

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https://www.sciencenews.org/article/climate-change-powerful-pacific...

How more powerful Pacific cyclones may be fueling global warming

Stronger storms seem to be speeding up the Kuroshio Current, which ferries warm water north

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https://www.sciencefocus.com/news/covid-19-more-than-500-scientists...

COVID-19: More than 500 scientists from around the globe to analyse patients’ blood
The coalition is looking for biomarkers that determine how a patient will respond to the virus, which could lead to the development of targeted treatments.

98% of emergency calls for strokes are made by someone else – so what if you’re alone in lockdown?

https://theconversation.com/98-of-emergency-calls-for-strokes-are-m...

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https://theconversation.com/microglia-the-brains-immune-cells-prote...

Brain health: Microglia - the brain’s ‘immune cells’ protect against diseases – but they can also cause them

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https://www.wsj.com/articles/why-does-zoom-exhaust-you-science-has-...

Why Does Zoom Exhaust You? Science Has an Answer

On video calls, looming heads, staring eyes, a silent audience, and that millisecond delay disrupt normal human communication

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https://coronavirusexplained.ukri.org/en/article/vdt0008/

How is coronavirus disease treated in hospital?

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https://medicalxpress.com/news/2020-05-d-sars-cov-revealed.html

Detailed 3-D model of SARS-COV-2 revealed

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The Universe Is Not Purely Mathematical In Nature

https://www.forbes.com/sites/startswithabang/2020/05/20/no-the-univ...

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https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/earliest-chickens-were-a...

Earliest ‘Chickens’ Were Actually Pheasants

A new analysis ruffles the story of poultry domestication 

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https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg24632843-300-at-work-school-...

At work, school and seeing friends: How to lower your coronavirus risk

Diprosopus: the duplication of head and/or facial structures - is a very rare condition, with only around 35 cases on record in humans since 1900
The baby with a second mouth!

https://www.sciencealert.com/this-rare-condition-caused-a-baby-to-b...

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https://www.sciencealert.com/scientists-think-they-may-have-discove...

Scientists May Have Discovered Where Stress Lives in The Human Brain

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https://techxplore.com/news/2020-05-groundbreaking-all-electric-pla...

Groundbreaking all-electric plane paving way to greener aviation

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https://medicalxpress.com/news/2020-05-greedy-glucose-cancer-cells-...

Greedy for glucose: Cancer cells rely on a primeval energy-producing pathway to proliferate and spread

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https://phys.org/news/2020-05-mathematical-biological-complexity.ht...

Researchers find mathematical structure in biological complexity

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https://phys.org/news/2019-11-gene-noise-cell-fate.html

How gene expression noise shapes cell fate

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https://phys.org/news/2020-05-non-destructive-method-analysing-mole...

A non-destructive method of analysing molecules in cells

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https://sciencex.com/news/2020-05-arsenic-bangladesh-groundwater.ht...

Origin of arsenic in Bangladesh groundwater

Making matter out of light: high-power laser simulations point the way $$

https://phys.org/news/2020-05-high-power-laser-simulations.html?utm...

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https://phys.org/news/2020-05-india-weeds-highly-toxic-pesticides.h...

India weeds out 27 highly toxic pesticides

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https://phys.org/news/2020-05-fecal-early-covid-outbreaks.html?utm_...

A community's fecal matter could give early warning of COVID-19 outbreaks, study finds

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https://phys.org/news/2020-05-common-oceans-harbors-virus-dna.html?...

The most common organism in the oceans harbors a virus in its DNA

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https://sciencenotes.org/why-is-technetium-radioactive/

Why Is Technetium Radioactive? 

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https://www.quantamagazine.org/black-hole-paradoxes-reveal-a-fundam...

Black Hole Paradoxes Reveal a Fundamental Link Between Energy and Order

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/05/28/upshot/coronavirus-h...

The World Is Still Far From Herd Immunity for Coronavirus

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https://www.livemint.com/news/india/scientists-raise-concern-over-h...

Scientists raise concern over HCQ study that led to suspension of clinical trials by WHO

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https://www.sciencealert.com/scientists-made-a-significant-discover...

A Breakthrough Study Just Linked Gut Bacteria to Neurovascular Disease

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How movies affect kids: Boys End Up in Hospital After Trying to Gain Superpowers From a Black Widow Bite

https://www.sciencealert.com/young-boys-provoked-a-back-widow-spide...

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https://www.sciencealert.com/there-s-something-curious-about-human-...

Some Humans May Have a Weird Pregnancy Quirk Inherited From Neanderthals

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https://www.the-scientist.com/news-opinion/neutrophil-extracellular...

Why severe blood clots are occurring in some COVID 19 patients

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https://news.ucr.edu/articles/2020/05/29/how-coronavirus-could-be-p...

How the coronavirus could be prevented from invading a host cell

UC Riverside-led study shows inhibiting two host cell proteases could help prevent COVID-19

How flight suits have evolved to keep astronauts safe in space

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/magazine/2019/07/suiting-up/?cmp...

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https://www.nationalgeographic.com/magazine/2019/07/lifting-off/?cm...

Explore 60 years of rockets

Climate change: 'Stunning' seafloor ridges record Antarctic retreat

https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-52845990

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https://www.sciencealert.com/the-inevitable-abyss-each-year-we-lose...

The Inevitable Abyss: Each Year, We Lose Yet Another Section of The Universe

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https://www.sciencealert.com/large-groups-of-humans-are-hopeless-du...

Study Reveals Why Large Groups of Humans Are Hopeless in a Crisis

During a crisis, psychologists have found people are less likely to take action during an emergency if there are others around them.
Oftentimes, members of a community experience denial, or do not believe the threat is real to them, leaving action until the last moment.

The global pandemic and the current climate crisis have shown us that reaching consensus in large groups takes a lot of convincing, especially when there's a sharp conflict of views.

Compared to a simulation, however, the stakes for inaction in reality are a lot higher - so it's good to keep this human shortcoming in mind.

https://www.sciencenews.org/article/meteorites-might-be-more-likely...

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https://www.sciencealert.com/these-ocean-power-stations-pack-a-lot-...

Clever Ocean Power Station Harvests Wind, Wave And Solar Energy on One Platform

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https://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-24371140

Can a drug make you tell the truth?

https://www.quora.com/Do-you-speak-the-truth-when-waking-up-from-an...

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https://phys.org/news/2020-05-scientists-heat-resistant-material.ht...

Scientists develop the most heat-resistant material ever created

The few preliminary clinical studies that have been done with stem cells and exosomes don't support commercialising these interventions, let alone justify their use in the current pandemic.

Stem cells are an interesting treatment avenue for coronavirus, no doubt, but they have not yet proved effective under well-designed and rigorously conducted clinical trials.

https://www.sciencealert.com/scam-stem-cell-therapies-for-covid-19-...

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https://www.sciencealert.com/a-strange-thing-can-happen-when-you-us...

As a study showed last year, the downstream effects can be surprising, and far-reaching too, affecting much more than just your dental wellbeing.

In an experiment led by scientists from the UK and Spain, researchers found that the simple act of using mouthwash after exercising can reduce one of the benefits of exercise: lowering blood pressure.

When you exercise, your blood vessels open in response to the production of nitric oxide, which increases the diameter of blood vessels. This process is called vasodilation, and it increases blood flow circulation to active muscles.

For a long time, researchers thought this only happened during exercise, but in more recent years, evidence has shown that circulation stays high (meaning blood pressure is lowered) even after exercise – thanks to how bacteria interact with a compound called nitrate, which forms when nitric oxide degrades.

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https://medicalxpress.com/news/2020-05-microbiome-rewilding-biodive...

Microbiome rewilding: Biodiverse urban green spaces strengthen human immune systems

Research unveils patterns in brain activity associated with intergroup conflicts

This study is among the first to investigate the synchronization of neural activity within groups in relation to individual and group-level decision-making.

 the first to uncover brain-to-brain coupling at the level of larger groups, and crucially, to show that this neural synchronization predicts collective decision making. Their work could open up new horizons for future studies exploring how social interactions can shape brain activity and how these socially shaped neural patterns can in turn drive collective actions.

This his work reveals how individuals in already established groups interact and make group decisions. We also collected new data regarding the formation of group, to reveal the neural mechanism of how single individuals form a group. In our next studies, we are interested in exploring the influence of group structure (such as peer group, leader-follower etc.) on intergroup interaction.

A new theorem predicts that stationary black holes must have at least one light ring

https://phys.org/news/2020-06-theorem-stationary-black-holes.html?u...

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https://phys.org/news/2020-06-sea-snail-human-insulin-hybrid.html?u...

Sea snail, human insulin hybrid could lead to better diabetes treatments

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"'Encoding mode' is more than simply paying attention to the task at hand. It is paying attention to encoding, which selectively ramps up activity in the part of the brain that is the most important for making new memories: the hippocampus. 

Zhisen J. Urgolites el al., "Spiking activity in the human hippocampus prior to encoding predicts subsequent memory," PNAS (2020). www.pnas.org/cgi/doi/10.1073/pnas.2001338117

https://medicalxpress.com/news/2020-06-brain-ready.html?utm_source=...

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https://phys.org/news/2020-06-remote-neurons.html?utm_source=nwlett...

A remote control for neurons: Researchers have created a new technology that enhances scientists' ability to communicate with neural cells using light.

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https://phys.org/news/2020-06-geometry-intricately-fabricated-glass...

Geometry of intricately fabricated glass makes light trap itself

Extinction rate is accelerating, according to researchers

Loss of land-based vertebrates is accelerating, study finds

https://phys.org/news/2020-06-loss-land-based-vertebrates.html?utm_...

'Black nitrogen': Researchers discover new high-pressure material and solve a puzzle of the periodic table

https://phys.org/news/2020-06-black-nitrogen-high-pressure-material...

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https://phys.org/news/2020-06-human-factor-limits-climate.html?utm_...

The human factor limits hope of climate fixes

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https://phys.org/news/2020-06-scientists-reveal-energy-exchange-tro...

Scientists reveal energy exchange between troposphere and ionosphere in Congo Basin

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https://phys.org/news/2020-06-today-atmospheric-carbon-dioxide-grea...

Study shows today's atmospheric carbon dioxide levels greater than 23 million-year record

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https://phys.org/news/2020-06-hot-stars-plagued-giant-magnetic.html...

Hot stars are plagued by giant magnetic spots

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https://phys.org/news/2020-06-milky-hot-halo-astronomers.html?utm_s...

The Milky Way has one very hot halo, astronomers find

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https://phys.org/news/2020-06-patterns-spiral-galaxies-universe.htm...

Study finds that patterns formed by spiral galaxies show that the universe may have a defined structure

Class of stellar explosions found to be galactic producers of lithium

Classical novae

The formation of the universe, commonly referred to as the "Big Bang," primarily formed the elements hydrogen, helium and a little lithium. All the other chemical elements, including the majority of lithium, are formed in stars.

Classical novae are a class of stars consisting of a white dwarf (a stellar remnant with the mass of the sun but the size of Earth) and a larger star in close orbit around the white dwarf.

Gas falls from the larger star onto the white dwarf, and when enough gas has accumulated on the white dwarf, an explosion, or nova, occurs. There are about 50 explosions per year in our galaxy and the brightest ones in the night sky are observed by astronomers worldwide.

https://phys.org/news/2020-06-class-stellar-explosions-galactic-lit...

Carbon–Oxygen Classical Novae Are Galactic 7Li Producers as well as Potential Supernova Ia Progenitors, Astrophysical Journal (2020). iopscience.iop.org/article/10. … 847/1538-4357/ab8d23

Wallpaper image crashing Android phones

https://techxplore.com/news/2020-06-wallpaper-image-android.html?ut...

The warning posted by Ice Universe ironically prompted some in the Android community to go out of their way to install the image to see what happens, and wound up suffering crashes. One flabbergasted Twitter user commented to Ice Universe, "You asked people to not set this as their wallpaper with a warning, and all of a sudden everybody is trying it. What a stupid world [we] are living in."

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https://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/oldest-land-animal-1.5592917?utm...

Scientists find oldest fossil of a land animal

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https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-020-01574-4?utm_source=Natur...

Scientists probe risk from infected animals: What’s the risk that animals will spread the coronavirus?
Researchers say there’s an urgent need to find out whether animals can catch the virus and pass it to people.

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Scientists say, 'no jokes please' or 'positive pseudo-science': This is not the time to suggest, even jokingly, that this is an opportunity to churn out our best work 'like Newton did during the plague'.

https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-020-01591-3?utm_source=Natur...

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https://www.the-scientist.com/infographics/Infographic-dna-isnt-alw...

DNA Isn’t Always Right-Handed

https://www.ehn.org/impact-of-climate-change-on-wildlife-2646126504...

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https://cen.acs.org/biological-chemistry/neuroscience/air-pollution...

How air pollution messes with our minds

Air pollution inflames the brain, sparking reactions that lead to diseases such as dementia and autism

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https://www.sciencealert.com/scientists-have-found-a-way-to-infect-...

Scientists Find a Way to Infect Mice With Coronavirus. Here's Why That's So Important

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https://www.sciencealert.com/new-clinical-trial-points-to-how-psilo...

First-of-Its-Kind Study Hints at How Psilocybin Works in The Brain to Dissolve Ego

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https://www.sciencealert.com/as-the-world-gets-hotter-thousands-of-...

Thousands of Species Are Fleeing to Earth's Poles en Masse, And a Pattern's Emerging

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https://www.sciencealert.com/scientists-have-reported-the-first-cas...

For The First Time Ever, Scientists Have Created Hexagonal Salt

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https://www.scidev.net/global/food-security/news/famine-risk-for-mi...

Famine risk for millions in second locust wave

Atmospheric scientists identify cleanest air on Earth in first-of-its-kind study

https://phys.org/news/2020-06-atmospheric-scientists-cleanest-air-e...

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https://www.livescience.com/27853-who-invented-zero.html#:~:text=%2...

Who Invented Zero?

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https://medicalxpress.com/news/2020-06-inflammation-boosts-cognitiv...

Reducing inflammation boosts cognitive recovery after stroke, may extend treatment window

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https://medicalxpress.com/news/2020-06-sars-cov-infection-cells-nas...

Researchers map SARS-CoV-2 infection in cells of nasal cavity, bronchia, lungs

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https://phys.org/news/2020-06-neutron-stars.html?utm_source=nwlette...

Researchers discover a new type of matter inside neutron stars

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https://phys.org/news/2020-06-terahertz-disrupt-proteins-cells.html...

Terahertz radiation can disrupt proteins in living cells

Terahertz radiation is a portion of the electromagnetic spectrum between microwaves and infrared light, which is often known as the "terahertz gap" because of the current lack of technology to manipulate it efficiently. Because terahertz radiation is stopped by liquids and is non-ionizing—meaning that it does not damage DNA in the way that X-rays do—work is ongoing to put it to use in areas such as airport baggage inspections. It has generally been considered to be safe for use in tissues. However, some recent studies have found that it may have some direct effect on DNA, though it has little ability to actually penetrate into tissues, meaning that this effect would only be on surface skin cells.

"It was quite interesting for us to see that terahertz radiation can have an effect on proteins inside cells without killing them cells themselves. We will be interested in looking for potential applications in cancer and other diseases."

Shota Yamazaki et al. Propagation of THz irradiation energy through aqueous layers: Demolition of actin filaments in living cells, Scientific Reports (2020). DOI: 10.1038/s41598-020-65955-5

Searching for new sources of matter–antimatter symmetry breaking in Higgs boson interaction with top quarks

When a particle is transformed into its antiparticle and its spatial coordinates inverted, the laws of physics are required to stay the same—or so we thought. This symmetry—known as CP symmetry (charge conjugation and parity symmetry) – was considered to be exact until 1964, when a study of the kaon particle system led to the discovery of CP violation.

CP violation is an essential feature of our universe. The imbalance between matter and antimatter, which led to the present-day universe, is a consequence of CP-violating processes that occurred just moments after the Big Bang. However, the size of CP violation, observed so far exclusively in the weak interaction, is insufficient to account for the present matter–antimatter imbalance. New sources of CP violation must therefore exist.

The discovery of the Higgs boson has opened up opportunities for physicists to search for these new sources of CP violation. The ATLAS Collaboration at CERN has performed a direct test of the CP properties of the interaction between the Higgs boson and top quarks. The result is based on an analysis of the full Run-2 dataset from the Large Hadron Collider (LHC), looking at collision events where the Higgs boson is produced in association with one or two top quarks, and decays into two photons. A similar analysis has been recently released by the CMS Collaboration.

https://phys.org/news/2020-06-sources-matterantimatter-symmetry-hig...

New discovery could highlight areas where earthquakes are less likely to occur

https://phys.org/news/2020-06-discovery-highlight-areas-earthquakes...

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https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/jun/03/covid-19-surgisphere-...

Governments & WHO changed Covid-19 policy based on suspect data from tiny company Surgisphere whose employees include a scifi writer & adult content model, provided database behind Lancet and New England Journal of Medicine hydroxychloroquine studies

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https://medicalxpress.com/news/2020-06-exploring-nature-anomalous-p...

Exploring the nature of anomalous psychedelic experiences

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https://medicalxpress.com/news/2020-06-fruit-reveals-link-gut-death...

Fruit fly study reveals link between the gut and death by sleep deprivation

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https://phys.org/news/2020-06-dna-barcoded-microbial-spores-agricul...

DNA-barcoded microbial spores can trace origin of objects, agricultural products

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https://medicalxpress.com/news/2020-06-tumors-disrupt-immune-body.h...

Tumors disrupt the immune system throughout the body

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https://medicalxpress.com/news/2020-06-hairy-lab-grown-human-skin-c...

Researchers grow hairy skin from human stem cells

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https://phys.org/news/2020-06-black-holes-hologram.html?utm_source=...

Black holes are like a hologram

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https://phys.org/news/2020-06-one-of-a-kind-microscope-enables-brea...

Dramatic breakthrough in the field of quantum science: a quantum microscope that records the flow of light, enabling the direct observation of light trapped inside a photonic crystal.

Solar geoengineering schemes could have other long-lasting effects on the climate:Reflecting sunlight to cool the planet will cause other global changes

https://phys.org/news/2020-06-sunlight-cool-planet-global.html?utm_...

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https://theconversation.com/the-fascinating-history-of-clinical-tri...

The fascinating history of clinical trials

https://theconversation.com/randomised-control-trials-what-makes-th...

Randomised control trials: what makes them the gold standard in medical research?

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https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/01/science/mass-extinctions-are-acc...

Five hundred species are likely to become extinct over the next two decades, according to a new study.

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https://www.the-scientist.com/news-opinion/humans-inoculated-with-g...

Humans Inoculated with Genetically Modified Malaria Parasites

Engineered Plasmodium parasites form the basis of two experimental malaria vaccines that showed safety and encouraging immune responses in clinical trials.

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https://www.sciencealert.com/colliding-neutron-stars-have-just-reve...

There's Now Strong Evidence That an Exotic Type of Matter Exists Inside Neutron Stars

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https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2020/06/why-coronavirus-hits-men-ha...

Why coronavirus hits men harder: sex hormones offer clues

Sport: Why does crowd noise matter?

But why do we care so much about crowd noise, and why do many of us feel we need it?

It’s because it bonds us with members of our tribe, provides us a sense of connection, and acts as a psychological cue for when to pay particular attention to the action, like a goal opportunity. Without it, sport just doesn’t seem as exciting.

https://theconversation.com/why-does-crowd-noise-matter-139662?utm_...

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https://theconversation.com/coronavirus-what-a-second-wave-might-lo...

Coronavirus: what a second wave might look like

https://theconversation.com/coronavirus-and-diabetes-the-different-...

Coronavirus and diabetes: the different risks for people with type 1 and type 2