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Scientists in Germany combine spectroscopic techniques to vastly improve spatial and temporal resolution

Scientists combining light pulses with traditional microscopy have demonstrated how it is possible to capture vastly clearer images of the quantum world.

Hiker, paleontologist follow 300-million-year-old fossil footprints to a breakthrough

From a chance glance by a hiker on a storied Grand Canyon trail, a paleontologist and colleagues managed to trace the footsteps of an animal that lived more than 300 million years ago, and unearth a previously unknown — and surprising — evolutionary quirk.

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Ancient singing dog thought to be extinct discovered in the wild, may help further understand human vocalization

An ancient species of dog, believed to be extinct in the wild, was recently discovered roaming near the largest gold mine in the world in Papua, Indonesia. The ancient dog breed may revive a dying species and add a new chapter to the understanding of human vocal learning.

NASA: AI algorithm could help scientists find punctures in the Earth’s magnetic bubble

The first artificial intelligence algorithm that can detect when spacecraft crosses back and forth from the Earth’s magnetic field to the Sun’s could help scientists whose main goal is to find punctures in the Earth’s magnetic bubble.

Study finds black carbon not as important in cloud ice formation as once believed

Black carbon released when fossil fuel or biomass burns does not play as important of a role as once believed in the formation of ice particles in mid-level clouds, according to a new study.

UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN: Scientists discover warped disk ‘torn apart by stars’

Pioneering new research has revealed the first direct evidence that groups of stars can tear apart their planet-forming disk, leaving it warped and with tilted rings.

UC BERKELEY: How we sleep today may forecast when Alzheimer’s disease begins

What would you do if you knew how long you had until Alzheimer’s disease set in?

YALE UNIVERSITY: Portable MRI can detect brain abnormalities at bedside

A new portable MRI device detected specific brain abnormalities in 29 of 30 patients taken to Yale New Haven Hospital’s neuroscience intensive care unit after presenting with symptoms of stroke and other neurological disorders, according to a new study published Sept. 8 in the journal JAMA Neurology.

EMORY UNIVERSITY: High antiviral antibody levels may herald pediatric COVID-19 complication

Measuring blood antibody levels against SARS-CoV-2 may distinguish children with multisystem inflammatory syndrome (MIS-C), which appears to be a serious but rare complication of viral infection, say researchers at Emory University School of Medicine and Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta.

Study: Invasive fish species increase after expansion of Panama, Suez canals

The expansion of the Panama and Suez canals has increased the number of invasive, non-native fish species on the waterways, according to a new study from the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute (STRI) and the Leibnitz Center for Tropical Marine Research (ZMT).

New catheter inspired by blood vessels could become game changer

Inspired by blood vessels themselves, researchers in China have created a new "bio-inspired" liquid gating membrane-based catheter out of novel materials that mimic the function and purpose of the vascular system. The catheter could be a game changer in the use, safety and versatility of catheters and other derived applications.

Newly discovered quantum particles have unique memory properties that improve computers

Researchers at Purdue University have discovered that a collection of electrons under extreme conditions can form quasiparticles called "anyons," which have unique "memory" properties and could advance quantum computing.

NASA partners with research consortium to improve distress beacon technology

NASA’s Search and Rescue office is collaborating with a consortium of universities and other research organizations organized as SmartSat Cooperative Research Center (CRC) in order to improve on existing satellite-related technology that aids in search and rescue efforts around the world.

Laos stalagmite samples may lend new understanding to the end of the Green Sahara

New evidence uncovered in Laos may lend understanding to a possible connection between the end of the Green Sahara and a crippling megadrought that struck Southeast Asia between 4,000 and 5,000 years ago.

UC DAVIS HEALTH: New dopamine sensors could help unlock the mysteries of brain chemistry

Researchers develop a wider spectrum for dLight1 sensor, allowing multiplex imaging of neurotransmitters

Stanford technology predicts the slow death of a lithium-ion battery

A new model offers a way to predict the condition of a battery’s internal systems in real-time with far more accuracy than existing tools. In electric cars, the technology could improve driving range estimates and prolong battery life.

Detection of phosphine gas in Venus' atmosphere hints at life

An international team of scientists and researchers recently announced "spectral detections" of phosphine (PH3 – a phosphorus atom with three hydrogen atoms attached), a potential sign of life in the clouds high above the surface of Venus.

International commission’s report cautions against editing human embryo genome to produce pregnancy

A new report from an international commission of the U.S. National Academy of Medicine, U.S. National Academy of Sciences, and the U.K.’s Royal Society, cautions against permitting editing of the genome of embryos that will be used to produce a pregnancy.

Out amongst the stars, there may be carbon rich planets made of diamonds

Researchers at Arizona State University (ASU) and the University of Chicago have determined in a study published in The Planetary Science Journal that some planets may shine bright like diamonds because they are, in fact, diamonds.

MIT research team launches project to predict weather in space.

Richard Linares, an assistant professor in the Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AeroAstro) at MIT, is leading a multidisciplinary team of researchers to develop software to forecast space weather events.