http://feed.informer.com/digests/MQCJ8MZJHI/feeder Science News Respective post owners and feed distributors Tue, 22 Jan 2013 09:53:08 -0600 Feed Informer http://feed.informer.com/ https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/09/210916173448.htm ScienceDaily: Latest Science News urn:uuid:c81da347-6c48-ae3a-fd71-aec3cdcb2a94 Thu, 16 Sep 2021 16:34:48 -0500 A family of fishes, called the cichlids, in Africa's Lake Malawi is helping researchers refine our understanding of how evolution works. https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/09/210916173440.htm ScienceDaily: Latest Science News urn:uuid:a80a0f8a-0fa2-ac53-6a53-3310a47edfa7 Thu, 16 Sep 2021 16:34:40 -0500 An unprecedented review of the aquatic foods sector has uncovered how fisheries and aquaculture can play a greater role in delivering healthy diets and more sustainable, equitable and resilient food systems around the world. https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/09/210916173434.htm ScienceDaily: Latest Science News urn:uuid:95d4da8c-8138-1bf2-13b5-c6620d969279 Thu, 16 Sep 2021 16:34:34 -0500 New research shows that mRNA COVID-19 vaccines are effective at inducing T-cell responses in multiple sclerosis patients who receive B cell-depleting infusions even if their antibody responses are diminished. https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/09/210916173428.htm ScienceDaily: Latest Science News urn:uuid:9bf6df1e-2118-c910-4409-26416135f3f3 Thu, 16 Sep 2021 16:34:28 -0500 A new study finds that SARS-CoV-2 is evolving toward more efficient aerosol generation, and loose-fitting masks provide significant but only modest source control. Until vaccination rates are very high, continued layered controls, including improved ventilation, increased filtration, UV air sanitation, and tight-fitting masks are critical to protect people in public-facing jobs and indoor spaces, researchers urge. https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/09/210916142936.htm ScienceDaily: Latest Science News urn:uuid:38071f35-23dc-8bcc-0454-31291f9050e9 Thu, 16 Sep 2021 13:29:36 -0500 New research led by the University of Kent and University of Reading has found that fruit and vegetable consumption and exercise can increase levels of happiness. https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/09/210916142921.htm ScienceDaily: Latest Science News urn:uuid:020f5086-80ea-7613-6b89-9635e7f783a2 Thu, 16 Sep 2021 13:29:21 -0500 Fish can drown. While it may not seem like it, fish do require oxygen to breathe; it's just that they get what they need from the oxygen dissolved in water rather than in the air. Too little oxygen spells trouble for our finned friends, which have to move or else suffer ill effects. https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/09/210916142913.htm ScienceDaily: Latest Science News urn:uuid:9b0dd9ba-3506-4d14-748c-6d91f73d3bc1 Thu, 16 Sep 2021 13:29:13 -0500 Data sets that are biased by having too many genomes from people with European ancestry can still be applied to other ancestry groups to predict their risk of developing breast and prostate cancer, researchers report. https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/09/210916142902.htm ScienceDaily: Latest Science News urn:uuid:a7bceb26-ce52-7899-3aff-59c77945ddd7 Thu, 16 Sep 2021 13:29:02 -0500 A new study finds that pancreatic cells display an adaptive response to repeated inflammation that initially protects against tissue damage but can promote tumor formation in the presence of mutant KRAS. https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/09/210916142856.htm ScienceDaily: Latest Science News urn:uuid:1c4b2f19-c195-984f-41d9-2925a4a09e79 Thu, 16 Sep 2021 13:28:56 -0500 In a surprising new finding in mice, researchers have discovered that many genes linked to human cancer block the body's natural defense against malignancies. https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/09/210916142853.htm ScienceDaily: Latest Science News urn:uuid:d70be600-aeee-b4c9-ed60-605edc21f047 Thu, 16 Sep 2021 13:28:53 -0500 In a new article, researchers describe investigations into an enigmatic group of coral-infecting microbes. https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/09/210916142846.htm ScienceDaily: Latest Science News urn:uuid:90049ba4-1e05-a06f-2ca8-8ae5bf5edec3 Thu, 16 Sep 2021 13:28:46 -0500 A team of engineers and chemists has taken a major step forward in the development of microbial fuel cells -- a technology that utilizes natural bacteria to extract electrons from organic matter in wastewater to generate electrical currents. https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/09/210916142843.htm ScienceDaily: Latest Science News urn:uuid:364da68c-991f-e024-1ab8-b0e9ab3e8cef Thu, 16 Sep 2021 13:28:43 -0500 At a time when many municipalities are seeking to control urban stormwater by investing heavily in green infrastructure -- such as water-quality ponds, infiltration basins, porous pavement and riparian plantings -- a new study suggests that these expensive efforts may not have much of an impact. https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/09/210916142833.htm ScienceDaily: Latest Science News urn:uuid:9fd658ce-4167-3453-7c4b-c7c20581a9dd Thu, 16 Sep 2021 13:28:33 -0500 You can learn a lot about animals by simply watching them. But some secrets can only be revealed in the dark ... with an ultraviolet flashlight. https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/09/210916142808.htm ScienceDaily: Latest Science News urn:uuid:d118f28e-6010-685f-45e7-672138b3e9d5 Thu, 16 Sep 2021 13:28:08 -0500 Scientists have reported new clues to solving a cosmic conundrum: How the quark-gluon plasma -- nature's perfect fluid -- evolved into the building blocks of matter during the birth of the early universe. https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/09/210916142800.htm ScienceDaily: Latest Science News urn:uuid:efa19988-c565-2e37-37e0-fed0330680c5 Thu, 16 Sep 2021 13:28:00 -0500 In agriculture, large quantities of nano- and microplastics end up in the soil through compost, sewage sludge and the use of mulching foils. The plastic particles always carry various pollutants with them. However, they do not transport them into the groundwater, as is often assumed. Environmental geoscientists have now determined that the plastic particles release the pollutants in the upper soil layers: they do not generally contaminate the groundwater, but have a negative effect on soil microbes and crops. https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/09/210916131312.htm ScienceDaily: Latest Science News urn:uuid:161f1659-6aae-cc3e-3031-c7c74985ecb0 Thu, 16 Sep 2021 12:13:12 -0500 Discovery shows that dopamine is not a reward molecule at all, calling for revision of textbook facts regarding the hormone's role in the brain. https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/09/210916124026.htm ScienceDaily: Latest Science News urn:uuid:3fd3c214-1db5-cb66-8e09-e8433d4304ff Thu, 16 Sep 2021 11:40:26 -0500 Researchers have found a way to make ultrathin surface coatings robust enough to survive scratches and dings. The new material, developed by merging thin-film and self-healing technologies, has an almost endless list of potential applications, including self-cleaning, anti-icing, anti-fogging, anti-bacterial, anti-fouling and enhanced heat exchange coatings, researchers said. https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/09/210916124020.htm ScienceDaily: Latest Science News urn:uuid:8079a8a8-9fff-66fe-4834-b96b79cae3f4 Thu, 16 Sep 2021 11:40:20 -0500 A new study has found the antimicrobial properties of certain stem cell proteins could offer a potential treatment to reduce infection in skin wounds. https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/09/210916114621.htm ScienceDaily: Latest Science News urn:uuid:8531150a-da81-7d46-36ba-bd1891aaf4df Thu, 16 Sep 2021 10:46:21 -0500 Galaxies can receive and exchange matter with their external environment thanks to the galactic winds created by stellar explosions. An international research team has now mapped a galactic wind for the first time. This unique observation helped to reveal where some of the Universe's missing matter is located and to observe the formation of a nebula around a galaxy. https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/09/210916114611.htm ScienceDaily: Latest Science News urn:uuid:7a717df6-e4f0-d0f9-0daf-31b51e119ec0 Thu, 16 Sep 2021 10:46:11 -0500 New research has identified specific drug targets within the neural circuits that encode memories, paving the way for significant advances in the treatment of a broad spectrum of brain disorders. https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/09/210916114606.htm ScienceDaily: Latest Science News urn:uuid:167d7541-e8c8-68d7-68ab-1ec6018f747f Thu, 16 Sep 2021 10:46:06 -0500 A giant fossilized penguin discovered by New Zealand school children has been revealed as a new species. https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/09/210916114558.htm ScienceDaily: Latest Science News urn:uuid:9e175776-c80f-e4da-c30e-4248e95ceca7 Thu, 16 Sep 2021 10:45:58 -0500 According to a new study, parental alienating behaviors and coercively controlling abuse are similar, and should be treated similarly in family court proceedings. https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/09/210916114556.htm ScienceDaily: Latest Science News urn:uuid:047769f4-aba4-136f-86ec-deaad3bf65e8 Thu, 16 Sep 2021 10:45:56 -0500 A new way to make complex, layered semiconductors is like making rock candy: They assemble themselves from chemicals in water. The method will aid design and large-scale production of these materials. https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/09/210916114539.htm ScienceDaily: Latest Science News urn:uuid:dcaa3f2e-591c-e38b-58ca-2a858e0d92a3 Thu, 16 Sep 2021 10:45:39 -0500 Increasing reforestation efforts in coastal regions could substantially reduce the amount of sediment run-off reaching coral reefs and improve their resilience, a new study has found. https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/09/210916114534.htm ScienceDaily: Latest Science News urn:uuid:69d52aaa-3274-d845-29a4-83cfd34494dd Thu, 16 Sep 2021 10:45:34 -0500 When researchers first started to look at animal bones from Contrebandiers Cave, Morocco, they wanted to learn about the diet and environment of early human ancestors who lived there between 120,000 and 90,000 years ago. But they soon realized that the bones they had found weren't just meal scraps. They'd been shaped into tools, apparently for use in working leather and fur. https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/09/210916114528.htm ScienceDaily: Latest Science News urn:uuid:4990ddbf-efe8-7075-0cc1-6afb607e3afd Thu, 16 Sep 2021 10:45:28 -0500 Peacock tails are just one example of how evolution walks a line between favoring traits that make it easier to survive, and traits that make it easier to find a mate. In a new study, scientists have found evidence of this age-old conundrum in the form of a fossil bird from the Early Cretaceous with a pair of elaborate tail feathers longer than its body. https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/09/210915165514.htm ScienceDaily: Latest Science News urn:uuid:074afdcc-6220-1325-8e87-3891f761503c Wed, 15 Sep 2021 15:55:14 -0500 The DRUL saliva assay has been shown to be safer, more comfortable, and less expensive than comparable COVID screening tools. Now a new study demonstrates that it is at least as sensitive as swab tests, too. https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/09/210915161413.htm ScienceDaily: Latest Science News urn:uuid:71767d69-bad0-4baa-5f1c-4928335462fa Wed, 15 Sep 2021 15:14:13 -0500 A nasal vaccine candidate for COVID-19 is showing good results in providing durable local immunity against inhaled pathogens. https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/09/210915161401.htm ScienceDaily: Latest Science News urn:uuid:da08bc51-7920-b839-d967-d1dedb1da5b1 Wed, 15 Sep 2021 15:14:01 -0500 A pilot study found that young adults with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and intellectual disabilities (ID) were able to lose or maintain their weight with a system of education and support in place. https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/09/210915161351.htm ScienceDaily: Latest Science News urn:uuid:d5f6c7bb-f511-7c95-f933-d7de3aabb004 Wed, 15 Sep 2021 15:13:51 -0500 At age two, children who were born with neurological abnormalities due to congenital Zika Virus (ZIKV) have a range of neurodevelopmental profiles that can be tracked using a routine neurological assessment, according to a new study. https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/09/210915161341.htm ScienceDaily: Latest Science News urn:uuid:48693985-00cf-60b9-e43a-e3cdcbc90f47 Wed, 15 Sep 2021 15:13:41 -0500 A new landmark study of over 300 sharks found that some species are extremely resilient to the stress of being caught and released in commercial longline fisheries while other species are much more likely to die. https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/09/210915161338.htm ScienceDaily: Latest Science News urn:uuid:8f3b8aa6-62e5-9a51-4c55-a477bc48471b Wed, 15 Sep 2021 15:13:38 -0500 Attenuated viral vaccines for rubella, measles, yellow fever and other diseases are widely used. Can a similar vaccine be developed for COVID-19? Researchers have now published a foundational study for that possibility. They asked a simple question: Which mutations predominate when the SARS-CoV-2 virus that causes COVID-19 is grown in successive generations -- called passages by virologists -- in tissue culture? https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/09/210915161015.htm ScienceDaily: Latest Science News urn:uuid:f45f679d-1893-887c-565d-822d4ea68993 Wed, 15 Sep 2021 15:10:15 -0500 Driving systems out of equilibrium with electric fields proves useful for creating liquid shapes that are nearly impossible to find in nature. https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/09/210915135204.htm ScienceDaily: Latest Science News urn:uuid:bcae3777-9d72-c37b-fcf4-f17b84bc0dbb Wed, 15 Sep 2021 12:52:04 -0500 Countries in Africa assessed as being least vulnerable to an epidemic were the worst affected by Covid-19, new research suggests. https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/09/210915135150.htm ScienceDaily: Latest Science News urn:uuid:89d0f8f5-88c1-f049-d477-0f0dce82df38 Wed, 15 Sep 2021 12:51:50 -0500 A recent study determined the factors associated with severe disease and poor health outcomes among children presenting to the hospital with COVID. These included older age and chronic co-morbidities such as obesity, diabetes and neurologic conditions, among others. https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/09/210915135147.htm ScienceDaily: Latest Science News urn:uuid:a95d7f27-509a-49ff-342d-aa75b4f18b3a Wed, 15 Sep 2021 12:51:47 -0500 Researchers have studied aerosol production from playing wind instruments, singing and acting, allowing them to develop recommendations to minimize COVID transmission. https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/09/210915135139.htm ScienceDaily: Latest Science News urn:uuid:67678281-45e7-38a3-8d9a-b1b6bc4ab822 Wed, 15 Sep 2021 12:51:39 -0500 Researchers have developed a sophisticated new tool that could help provide early warning of rare and unknown viruses in the environment and identify potentially deadly bacterial pathogens which cause sepsis, among other uses. https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/09/210915135129.htm ScienceDaily: Latest Science News urn:uuid:45bc7a14-661b-b9cd-7bae-9ee4e5006a6f Wed, 15 Sep 2021 12:51:29 -0500 Throughout history, pandemics have been a key driver of human population change, thanks to mortality and declining fertility rates. And, according to a new study, COVID-19 is no exception. https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/09/210915135120.htm ScienceDaily: Latest Science News urn:uuid:c1b60c8c-eea5-0bf9-9f09-f11a02878593 Wed, 15 Sep 2021 12:51:20 -0500 Dark energy, the mysterious force that causes the universe to accelerate, may have been responsible for unexpected results from the XENON1T experiment, deep below Italy's Apennine Mountains. https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/09/210915135112.htm ScienceDaily: Latest Science News urn:uuid:ecf50a2f-bc66-d03d-78b9-3236bd292052 Wed, 15 Sep 2021 12:51:12 -0500 Addenbrooke's Hospital in Cambridge along with 20 other hospitals from across the world and healthcare technology leader, NVIDIA, have used artificial intelligence (AI) to predict COVID patients' oxygen needs on a global scale. https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/09/210915134602.htm ScienceDaily: Latest Science News urn:uuid:f771bb5a-4c26-293d-b6db-5f846a00435d Wed, 15 Sep 2021 12:46:02 -0500 Scientists have developed a predictive computer model that, when tested on real pandemic data, proposed strategies that would have reduced the rate of both COVID-19 infections and deaths by an average of 72 per cent, based on a sample from four countries. https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/09/210915111022.htm ScienceDaily: Latest Science News urn:uuid:15e66de8-69f1-8931-6563-01710a210537 Wed, 15 Sep 2021 10:10:22 -0500 A new chemical process turns cotton into a fire-resistant fabric that nevertheless retains the skin-friendly properties of cotton. https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/09/210915111020.htm ScienceDaily: Latest Science News urn:uuid:7089fd67-9598-0886-4959-c2bd4019a7a5 Wed, 15 Sep 2021 10:10:20 -0500 Astronomers have mapped out the chemicals inside of planetary nurseries in extraordinary detail. The newly unveiled maps reveal the locations of dozens of molecules within five protoplanetary disks -- regions of dust and gas where planets form around young stars. https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/09/210915111005.htm ScienceDaily: Latest Science News urn:uuid:eb0194b5-4725-8990-f66f-4a59fedd5a55 Wed, 15 Sep 2021 10:10:05 -0500 The long-distance migrations of early Bronze Age pastoralists in the Eurasian steppe have captured widespread interest. But the factors behind their remarkable spread have been heavily debated by archaeologists. Now a new study provides clues regarding a critical component of the herders' lifestyle that was likely instrumental to their success: dairying. https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/09/210915111002.htm ScienceDaily: Latest Science News urn:uuid:799b36d0-b853-3b39-f55e-63932d780983 Wed, 15 Sep 2021 10:10:02 -0500 Nearly half of New York City mothers who had been trying to become pregnant again before the coronavirus pandemic began stopped in the first few months of the outbreak, a new study shows. https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/09/210915110959.htm ScienceDaily: Latest Science News urn:uuid:363f0cf1-6fc6-edbc-aad9-07415885b40c Wed, 15 Sep 2021 10:09:59 -0500 Smoke and ash from the 2019-20 Australian wildfires triggered widespread algal blooms in the Southern Ocean thousands of miles downwind, a new study finds. The study is the first to conclusively link a large-scale response in marine life to fertilization by iron aerosols from wildfire emissions. It raises intriguing questions about the role wildfires may play in spurring the growth of marine phytoplankton and how that may affect oceanic carbon uptake and productivity. https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/09/210915095430.htm ScienceDaily: Latest Science News urn:uuid:2f747ab4-6967-b69d-1c1c-16f1a384198d Wed, 15 Sep 2021 08:54:30 -0500 One of the frequently used methods to monitor endangered whales is called passive acoustics technology, which doesn't always perform well. In the increasingly noisy ocean, current methods can mistake other sounds for whale calls. This high 'false positive' rate hampers scientific research and hinders conservation efforts. Researchers used artificial intelligence and machine learning methods to develop a new and much more accurate method of detecting Right whale up-calls -- a short 'whoop' sound that lasts about two seconds. https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/09/210915095418.htm ScienceDaily: Latest Science News urn:uuid:3b244da2-585e-d1dd-99a1-8b30d023a8ee Wed, 15 Sep 2021 08:54:18 -0500 A 900-year-old cosmic mystery surrounding the origins of a famous supernova first spotted over China in 1181AD has finally been solved, according to an international team of astronomers. New research says that a faint, fast expanding cloud (or nebula), called Pa30, surrounding one of the hottest stars in the Milky Way, known as Parker's Star, fits the profile, location and age of the historic supernova. https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/09/210915095408.htm ScienceDaily: Latest Science News urn:uuid:f7175efb-a363-79b3-ea81-6b470c3688ac Wed, 15 Sep 2021 08:54:08 -0500 New research has examined the association between vitamin D and COVID-19, and found that ambient ultraviolet B (UVB) radiation (which is key for vitamin D production in the skin) at an individual's place of residence in the weeks before COVID-19 infection, was strongly protective against severe disease and death. https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/09/210915085845.htm ScienceDaily: Latest Science News urn:uuid:c43685a8-e600-8aa1-b295-6e15a9f56339 Wed, 15 Sep 2021 07:58:45 -0500 A new study uses a wide range of methods to date the heavily eroded reliefs, and connecting them to a period in which a green Arabia was home to monument-building pastoralists.