Stigma impacts psychological, physical health of multiracial people
Stigma impacts psychological, physical health of multiracial people
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Policy changes can help to fight stigmas of multiracial Americans, one of the fasting growing minority groups in the United States according to a new study.
Toward a new staging system for prostate cancer, and why it matters
Toward a new staging system for prostate cancer, and why it matters
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The development and validation of a staging system for non-metastatic prostate cancer could help doctors and patients assess treatment options, as well as improve clinical trials.
Are bushmeat hunters aware of zoonotic disease? Yes, but that's not the issue
Are bushmeat hunters aware of zoonotic disease? Yes, but that's not the issue
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A recent article outlines how researchers with the measured the attitudes, practices and zoonoses awareness among community members associated with the bushmeat trade in northern Uganda.
Simplified method to modify disease signaling with light
Simplified method to modify disease signaling with light
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Cellular optogenetics is a technique that allows researchers to use light to precisely control cell signaling and function in space and time enabling the investigation of mechanisms involved in disease processes. A research team has developed a novel way to m
Preventing lead poisoning at the source
Preventing lead poisoning at the source
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Using a variety of public records, researchers examined every rental property in Cleveland from 2016-18 on factors related to the likelihood that the property could have lead-safety problems.
Optical wiring for large quantum computers
Optical wiring for large quantum computers
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Researchers have demonstrated a new technique for carrying out sensitive quantum operations on atoms. In this technique, the control laser light is delivered directly inside a chip. This should make it possible to build large-scale quantum computers based on
For the first time: Realistic simulation of plasma edge instabilities in tokamaks
For the first time: Realistic simulation of plasma edge instabilities in tokamaks
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Among the loads to which the plasma vessel in a fusion device may be exposed, so-called edge localized modes are particularly undesirable. By computer simulations the origin and the course of this plasma-edge instability could now be explained for the first t
Finally, a way to see molecules 'wobble'
Finally, a way to see molecules 'wobble'
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Researchers have found a way to visualize those molecules in even greater detail, showing their position and orientation in 3D, and even how they wobble and oscillate. This could shed invaluable insights into the biological processes involved, for example, wh
Wildfires can cause dangerous debris flows
Wildfires can cause dangerous debris flows
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Wildfires don't stop being dangerous after the flames go out. Even one modest rainfall after a fire can cause a deadly landslide, according to new research.
Grafting with epigenetically-modified rootstock yields surprise
Grafting with epigenetically-modified rootstock yields surprise
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Novel grafted plants -- consisting of rootstock epigenetically modified to 'believe' it has been under stress -- joined to an unmodified scion, or above-ground shoot, give rise to progeny that are more vigorous, productive and resilient than the parental plan
Bacterial metabolism of dietary soy may lower risk factor for dementia
Bacterial metabolism of dietary soy may lower risk factor for dementia
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A metabolite produced following consumption of dietary soy may decrease a key risk factor for dementia - with the help of the right bacteria, according to a new discovery.
Genome sequencing shows climate barrier to spread of Africanized bees
Genome sequencing shows climate barrier to spread of Africanized bees
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Since the 1950s, 'Africanized' honeybees have spread north and south across the Americas until apparently coming to a halt in California and northern Argentina. Now genome sequencing of hundreds of bees from the northern and southern limits shows a gradual de
ALMA shows volcanic impact on Io's atmosphere
ALMA shows volcanic impact on Io's atmosphere
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New radio images from ALMA show for the first time the direct effect of volcanic activity on the atmosphere of Jupiter's moon Io.
Americans' responses to COVID-19 stay-home orders differed according to population density
Americans' responses to COVID-19 stay-home orders differed according to population density
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Americans strongly reduced their visits to grocery stores, pharmacies, and transit stations following stay-at-home orders from mayors and governors earlier this year, but did not reduce their visits to parks and beaches.
Smile, wave: Some exoplanets may be able to see us, too
Smile, wave: Some exoplanets may be able to see us, too
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Three decades after astronomer Carl Sagan suggested that Voyager 1 snap Earth's picture from billions of miles away - resulting in the iconic Pale Blue Dot photograph - two astronomers now offer another unique cosmic perspective: Some exoplanets - planets fro
Transcription factors may inadvertently lock in DNA mistakes
Transcription factors may inadvertently lock in DNA mistakes
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A team of researchers has found that transcription factors have a tendency to bind strongly to 'mismatched' sections of DNA, i.e. sections of the genome that were not copied correctly. The strong binding of transcription factors to these mismatched sections o
Congress must clarify limits of gene-editing technologies
Congress must clarify limits of gene-editing technologies
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How the next Congress decides to handle the issue editing human sperm and eggs will affect the science, ethics and financing of genomic editing for decades to come, said a law professor who studies the ethical and policy implications of advanced biotechnologi
Cognitive performance - Better than our predecessors
Cognitive performance - Better than our predecessors
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We employ our cognitive skills daily to assimilate and process information. A new empirical study shows that we do better at this task than those born a century ago. But cognitive capacity still begins to stagnate at around the age of 35.
Virtual Reality health appointments can help patients address eating disorders
Virtual Reality health appointments can help patients address eating disorders
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Research has revealed that Virtual Reality (VR) technology can have significant impact on the validity of remote health appointments for those with eating disorders, through a process called Virtual Reality Exposure Therapy (VRET).
The new heavy isotope mendelevium-244 and a puzzling short-lived fission activity
The new heavy isotope mendelevium-244 and a puzzling short-lived fission activity
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A team of scientists has provided new insights into the fission processes in exotic nuclei and for this, has produced the hitherto unknown nucleus mendelevium-244. The experiments were part of 'FAIR Phase 0', the first stage of the FAIR experimental program.
Deep magma facilitates the movement of tectonic plates
Deep magma facilitates the movement of tectonic plates
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A small amount of molten rock located under tectonic plates encourages them to move. This is what scientists have recently discovered. Their new model takes into account not only the velocity of seismic waves but also the way in which they are attenuated by t
What cold lizards in Miami can tell us about climate change resilience
What cold lizards in Miami can tell us about climate change resilience
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When temperatures go below a critical limit, sleeping lizards lose their grip and fall out of trees. But when researchers collected the scaled survivors of a record cold snap, they discovered that a Miami lizard community responded in an unexpected way: all o
NASA's OSIRIS-REx spacecraft successfully touches asteroid
NASA's OSIRIS-REx spacecraft successfully touches asteroid
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NASA's Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, Security, Regolith Explorer (OSIRIS-REx) spacecraft unfurled its robotic arm Tuesday, and in a first for the agency, briefly touched an asteroid to collect dust and pebbles from the surface fo
High levels of microplastics released from infant feeding bottles during formula prep
High levels of microplastics released from infant feeding bottles during formula prep
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New research shows that high levels of microplastics (MPs) are released from infant-feeding bottles (IFBs) during formula preparation. The research also indicates a strong relationship between heat and MP release, such that warmer liquids (formula or water us
Light pollution may increase biting behavior at night in Aedes aegypti mosquitoes
Light pollution may increase biting behavior at night in Aedes aegypti mosquitoes
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Artificial light abnormally increases mosquito biting behavior at night in a species that typically prefers to bite people during the day, according to new research.
How initiatives empowering employees can backfire
How initiatives empowering employees can backfire
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Strategies meant to motivate people in the workplace may have unintended consequences -- depending on who's in charge. Recent research shows that empowerment initiatives aren't necessarily the answer for business leaders hoping to motivate their employees.
Repairing the photosynthetic enzyme Rubisco
Repairing the photosynthetic enzyme Rubisco
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Researchers have elucidated how Rubisco activase works. As the name indicates, this enzyme is critical for repairing Rubisco once it has lost its activity.
New evidence for geologically recent earthquakes near Portland, Oregon metro area
New evidence for geologically recent earthquakes near Portland, Oregon metro area
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A paleoseismic trench dug across the Gales Creek fault, located about 35 kilometers (roughly 22 miles) west of Portland, Oregon, documents evidence for three surface-rupturing earthquakes that took place about 8,800, 4,200 and 1,000 years ago.
New anti-AB vaccine could help halt Alzheimer's progression, preclinical study finds
New anti-AB vaccine could help halt Alzheimer's progression, preclinical study finds
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A preclinical study by neuroscientists indicates that an antigen-presenting dendritic vaccine with a specific antibody response to oligomeric A-beta may be safer and offer clinical benefit in treating Alzheimer's disease. The vaccine uses immune cells known a
A new material for separating CO2 from industrial waste gases, natural gas, or biogas
A new material for separating CO2 from industrial waste gases, natural gas, or biogas
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With a new material, the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide (CO2) can be specifically separated from industrial waste gases, natural gas, or biogas, and thereby made available for recycling. The separation process is both energy efficient and cost-effective.
Does the new heart transplant allocation policy encourage gaming by providers?
Does the new heart transplant allocation policy encourage gaming by providers?
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A new national policy was created to make determining who receives a heart transplant more fair. But new data shows it changed some practice patterns, too.
Cognitive behavioral therapy reduces insomnia symptoms among young drinkers
Cognitive behavioral therapy reduces insomnia symptoms among young drinkers
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More than half of young adults at risk for alcohol-related harm report symptoms of insomnia. Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) is one of the first-line treatments for insomnia, but it's never been tested on young adults who are actively drinking. Researcher
Targeting the shell of the Ebola virus
Targeting the shell of the Ebola virus
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As the world grapples with COVID-19, the Ebola virus is again raging. Researchers are using supercomputers to simulate the inner workings of Ebola (as well as COVID-19), looking at how molecules move, atom by atom, to carry out their functions. Now, they hav
Colorful perovskites: Thermochromic window technologies
Colorful perovskites: Thermochromic window technologies
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Scientists report a breakthrough in developing a next-generation thermochromic window that not only reduces the need for air conditioning but simultaneously generates electricity.
Lost and found: Geologists 'resurrect' missing tectonic plate
Lost and found: Geologists 'resurrect' missing tectonic plate
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A team of geologists believes they have found the lost plate known as Resurrection in northern Canada by using existing mantle tomography images.
Focal epilepsy often overlooked
Focal epilepsy often overlooked
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Having subtler symptoms, a form of epilepsy that affects only one part of the brain often goes undiagnosed long enough to cause unexpected seizures that contribute to car crashes, a new study finds.
Plants communicate at a molecular level
Plants communicate at a molecular level
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Biologists have discovered how tomato plants identify Cuscuta as a parasite. The plant has a protein in its cell walls that is identified as 'foreign' by a receptor in the tomato.
Evidence of broadside collision with dwarf galaxy discovered in Milky Way
Evidence of broadside collision with dwarf galaxy discovered in Milky Way
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Astrophysicists have discovered a series of telltale shell-like formations of stars in the vicinity of the Virgo constellation, evidence of a radial merger between a dwarf galaxy and the Milky Way, and the first such 'shell structures' to be found in the Milk
Ultraviolet shines light on origins of the solar system
Ultraviolet shines light on origins of the solar system
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In the search to discover the origins of our solar system, an international team including planetary scientists has compared the composition of the sun to the composition of the most ancient materials that formed in our solar system: refractory inclusions in
COVID-19: Distancing and masks -- good but not enough
COVID-19: Distancing and masks -- good but not enough
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Decades-old data is being used to describe the propagation of tiny droplets. Now a fluid dynamics team has developed new models: Masks and distancing are good, but not enough. Even with a mask, infectious droplets can be transmitted over several meters and re
