Study reveals physical demands of two-hour marathon
Study reveals physical demands of two-hour marathon
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Elite runners need a specific combination of physiological abilities to have any chance of running a sub-two-hour marathon, new research shows.
Exercise classes can reduce loneliness, social isolation in seniors
Exercise classes can reduce loneliness, social isolation in seniors
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Seniors who joined group exercise classes experienced decreased loneliness and social isolation, according to a new study conducted before the COVID-19 pandemic. The classes have continued virtually since March, and early results suggest the online versions a
Stretchable 'skin' sensor gives robots human sensation
Stretchable 'skin' sensor gives robots human sensation
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Cornell University researchers have created a fiber-optic sensor that combines low-cost LEDs and dyes, resulting in a stretchable ''skin'' that detects deformations such as pressure, bending and strain. This sensor could give soft robotic systems - and anyon
Key advance for printing circuitry on wearable fabrics
Key advance for printing circuitry on wearable fabrics
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Electronic shirts that keep the wearer comfortably warm or cool, as well as medical fabrics that deliver drugs, monitor the condition of a wound and perform other tasks, may one day be manufactured more efficiently thanks to a key research advance.
Novel insights on cellular suicide could provide new avenues for cancer therapies
Novel insights on cellular suicide could provide new avenues for cancer therapies
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When it comes to complex life -- that of the multicellular variety -- cell death can be just as important as survival. It allows organisms to clean house and prevent the proliferation of damaged cells that could compromise tissue function.
Teacher quality scores change depending on students, school
Teacher quality scores change depending on students, school
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School districts across the U.S. are increasingly using student test scores to rate the effectiveness of teachers, but a new study found that the scores have less to do with individual teachers and more to do with their students and the schools.
Weather-proof chip aims to take self-driving tech, wireless communications to next level
Weather-proof chip aims to take self-driving tech, wireless communications to next level
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A new device can overcome challenges like bad weather to deliver more secure, reliable communications. This could aid military communications in challenging areas, improve the ability of self-driving cars to see the environment around them and speed up wirele
Ecotourism fans may be in it for the social posts
Ecotourism fans may be in it for the social posts
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A new study suggests ecotourism's altruistic attractions may be overshadowed by another benefit: photos for social media.
How to improve natural gas production in shale
How to improve natural gas production in shale
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A new hydrocarbon study contradicts conventional wisdom about how methane is trapped in rock, revealing a new strategy to more easily access the valuable energy resource.
Soccer players' head injury risk could be reduced with simple adjustments to the ball
Soccer players' head injury risk could be reduced with simple adjustments to the ball
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To reduce risk of soccer player head injury, a new study recommends preventing how hard a ball hits the head by inflating balls to lower pressures and subbing them out when they get wet.
Predicting the risk of severe side effects of cancer treatment
Predicting the risk of severe side effects of cancer treatment
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The risk of serious adverse effects on the blood status and bone marrow of patients during chemotherapy can be predicted by a new model. This research may make it possible to use genetic analysis to identify patients with a high probability of side effects.
Breaking it down: How cells degrade unwanted microRNAs
Breaking it down: How cells degrade unwanted microRNAs
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Researchers have discovered a mechanism that cells use to degrade microRNAs (miRNAs), genetic molecules that regulate the amounts of proteins in cells.
Advancing fusion energy through improved understanding of fast plasma particles
Advancing fusion energy through improved understanding of fast plasma particles
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Scientists have developed a unique program to track the zig-zagging dance of hot, charged plasma particles that fuel fusion reactions.
In a warming climate, can birds take the heat?
In a warming climate, can birds take the heat?
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We don't know precisely how hot things will get as climate change marches on, but animals in the tropics may not fare as well as their temperate relatives. Many scientists think tropical animals, because they're accustomed to a more stable thermal environment
Environmentally friendly method could lower costs to recycle lithium-ion batteries
Environmentally friendly method could lower costs to recycle lithium-ion batteries
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A new process for restoring spent cathodes to mint condition could make it more economical to recycle lithium-ion batteries. The process, developed by nanoengineers, is more environmentally friendly than today's methods; it uses greener ingredients, consumes
Escape from Mars: How water fled the red planet
Escape from Mars: How water fled the red planet
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Mars once had oceans but is now bone-dry, leaving many to wonder how the water was lost. Researchers have discovered a surprisingly large amount of water in the upper atmosphere of Mars, where it is rapidly destroyed, explaining part of this Martian mystery.
Scientists pinpoint two new potential therapeutic targets for rheumatoid arthritis
Scientists pinpoint two new potential therapeutic targets for rheumatoid arthritis
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A collaborative team of scientists has pinpointed two new potential therapeutic targets for rheumatoid arthritis - a painful inflammatory disease that affects an estimated 350 million people worldwide.
New study outlines steps higher education should take to prepare a new quantum workforce
New study outlines steps higher education should take to prepare a new quantum workforce
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A new study outlines ways colleges and universities can update their curricula to prepare the workforce for a new wave of quantum technology jobs. Researchers suggested steps that need to be taken after interviewing managers at more than 20 quantum technolog
Re-mapping taste in the brain
Re-mapping taste in the brain
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A new study found that the map of neural responses mediating taste perception does not involve, as previously believed, specialized groups of neurons in the brain, but rather overlapping and spatially distributed populations.
Americans likely to attend large holiday gatherings despite COVID-19, survey finds
Americans likely to attend large holiday gatherings despite COVID-19, survey finds
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A new national survey finds that although a majority of Americans plan to take precautions at holiday gatherings, such as social distancing and asking those with COVID symptoms not to attend, many will also put themselves at risk. Nearly two in five report th
Researchers simulate privacy leaks in functional genomics studies
Researchers simulate privacy leaks in functional genomics studies
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Researchers demonstrate that it's possible to de-identify raw functional genomics data to ensure patient privacy. They also demonstrate how these raw data could be linked back to specific individuals through their gene variants by something as simple as an ab
This tableware made from sugarcane and bamboo breaks down in 60 days
This tableware made from sugarcane and bamboo breaks down in 60 days
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Scientists have designed a set of 'green' tableware made from sugarcane and bamboo that doesn't sacrifice on convenience or functionality and could serve as a potential alternative to plastic cups and other disposable plastic containers, which can take as lon
Rats are capable of transmitting hantavirus
Rats are capable of transmitting hantavirus
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Researchers have confirmed Germany's first-ever case of animal-to-human transmission involving a specific species of virus known as the 'Seoul virus'. Researchers were able to confirm the presence of the virus in a young female patient and her pet rat.
Landslide along Alaskan fjord could trigger tsunami
Landslide along Alaskan fjord could trigger tsunami
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Scientists noted that the slope on Barry Arm fjord on Prince William Sound in southeastern Alaska slid some 120 meters from 2010 to 2017, a slow-moving landslide caused by glacial melt that could trigger a devastating tsunami. These are some of the first meas
Repeated small blasts put military, law enforcement at risk for brain injury
Repeated small blasts put military, law enforcement at risk for brain injury
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Military and law-enforcement personnel repeatedly exposed to low-level blasts have significant brain changes - including an increased level of brain injury and inflammation -- compared with a control group, a new study has found.
Fluvoxamine may prevent serious illness in COVID-19 patients, study suggests
Fluvoxamine may prevent serious illness in COVID-19 patients, study suggests
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Researchers have completed a clinical trial suggesting that the antidepressant drug fluvoxamine may help prevent deterioration in COVID-19 patients, making hospitalization less likely.
Is proton therapy the silver bullet for children with brain cancer?
Is proton therapy the silver bullet for children with brain cancer?
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How safe is proton therapy for children with brain cancer compared to the conventional x-ray radiation delivered post-surgery?
Individualized brain stimulation therapy improves language performance in stroke survivors
Individualized brain stimulation therapy improves language performance in stroke survivors
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Individualized brain stimulation therapy improves language performance in stroke survivors.
Smaller than ever: Exploring the unusual properties of quantum-sized materials
Smaller than ever: Exploring the unusual properties of quantum-sized materials
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Scientists have synthesized sub-nanometer particles with precisely controlled proportions of indium and tin using specific macromolecular templates called dendrimers. Through a screening process spanning different metallic ratios, they discovered unusual elec
Children born extremely preterm are more likely to be diagnosed with depression
Children born extremely preterm are more likely to be diagnosed with depression
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A study using extensive nationwide registry data showed that girls born extremely preterm, earlier than 28 weeks gestational age, were three times more likely to be diagnosed with depression than peers born close to the expected date of delivery. Increased ri
Antiferromagnetic material's giant stride towards application
Antiferromagnetic material's giant stride towards application
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The quest for high throughput intelligent computing paradigms - for big data and artificial intelligence - and the ever-increasing volume of digital information has led to an intensified demand for high-speed and low-power consuming next-generation electroni
The connectivity of multicomponent fluids in subduction zones
The connectivity of multicomponent fluids in subduction zones
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A team of researchers has discovered more about the grain-scale fluid connectivity beneath the earth's surface, shedding new light on fluid circulation and seismic velocity anomalies in subduction zones.
C4 rice's first wobbly steps towards reality
C4 rice's first wobbly steps towards reality
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An international long-term research collaboration aimed at creating high yielding and water use efficient rice varieties, has successfully installed part of the photosynthetic machinery from maize into rice.
Scientists discover possible genetic target for treating endometriosis
Scientists discover possible genetic target for treating endometriosis
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Researchers have identified a potential genetic target for treating an especially painful and invasive form of endometriosis.
Dopamine surge reveals how even for mice, 'there's no place like home'
Dopamine surge reveals how even for mice, 'there's no place like home'
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''There's no place like home,'' has its roots deep in the brain. Using fiber photometry, scientists are the first to show that home evokes a surge of dopamine in mice that mimics the response to a dose of cocaine. The study demonstrates how dopamine rises rap
Catalyzing a zero-carbon world by harvesting energy from living cells
Catalyzing a zero-carbon world by harvesting energy from living cells
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Scientists have achieved a breakthrough in converting energy-deficient metabolites to a biorenewable resource thanks to a versatile catalyst.
Researchers show safer, more targeted way to deliver CRISPR gene therapy
Researchers show safer, more targeted way to deliver CRISPR gene therapy
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Biomedical researchers have come up with a novel way to use a beam of light to deliver CRISPR gene therapy molecules targeting illnesses.
Governments can curb over-fertilization in agriculture
Governments can curb over-fertilization in agriculture
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Many countries could be using less nitrogen fertilizer in their agriculture without compromising their crop yields, as an international research team is demonstrating.
Possible 1,000-kilometer-long river running deep below Greenland's ice sheet
Possible 1,000-kilometer-long river running deep below Greenland's ice sheet
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Computational models suggest that melting water originating in the deep interior of Greenland could flow the entire length of a subglacial valley and exit at Petermann Fjord, along the northern coast of the island. Updating ice sheet models with this open val
A potential game-changer to reverse alcohol intoxication
A potential game-changer to reverse alcohol intoxication
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Researchers present a proof of concept of a simple method that could become a game-changer in rescue therapy for severe alcohol intoxication, as well as just 'sobering up.'
