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What Happens When Phosphorous Runs Out? Hopefully We Never Find Out

Modern agriculture is underpinned by a steady supply of fertilizer.

Soil Microbes Use Different Pathways to Metabolize Carbon

Much of what scientists think about soil metabolism may be wrong.

Low-Cost Gel Film Can Pluck Drinking Water From Desert Air

More than a third of the world’s population lives in drylands, areas that experience significant water shortages.

Legacy of Colonialism Influences Science in the Caribbean

With the retreat of sprawling empires after the Second World War, one might think the colonial mindset of taking from smaller countries to support large nations would likewise be relegated to the past.

6G Component Provides Speed, Efficiency Needed for Next-Gen Network

Even though consumers won’t see it for years, researchers around the world are already laying the foundation for the next generation of wireless communications, 6G.

Zinc Is a Key Regulator of Sperm Functions During Sperm Capacitation Process

In a new study at the University of Missouri, researchers found that zinc ion plays a crucial regulatory role in the sperm capacitation process, or series of changes sperm undergo in the female reproductive tract that enable them to fertilize an egg.

Three Distinct Brain Circuits in the Thalamus Contribute to Parkinson’s Symptoms

Targeting these circuits could offer a new way to reverse motor dysfunction and depression in Parkinson’s patients.

Keeping Web-Browsing Data Safe from Hackers

Studying a powerful type of cyberattack, researchers identified a flaw in how it’s been analyzed before, then developed new techniques that stop it in its tracks.

New CRISPR-Based Map Ties Every Human Gene to Its Function

Jonathan Weissman and collaborators used their single-cell sequencing tool Perturb-seq on every expressed gene in the human genome, linking each to its job in the cell.

Researchers Discover a New Hardware Vulnerability in the Apple M1 Chip

CSAIL scientists’ novel hardware attack against the Apple M1 chip defeats the last line of security while leaving no trace.

Stronger Security for Smart Devices

Researchers demonstrate two security methods that efficiently protect analog-to-digital converters from powerful attacks that aim to steal user data.

Could Used Beer Yeast Be the Solution to Heavy Metal Contamination in Water?

A study shows that yeast, an abundant waste product from breweries, can filter out even trace amounts of lead.

Artificial Neural Networks Model Face Processing in Autism

A new computational model could explain differences in recognizing facial emotions.

Dried Samples of Saliva and Fingertip Blood Are Useful in Monitoring Responses to Coronavirus Vaccines

Based on an antibody study, dried samples of easily self-collected saliva and of blood drawn from the fingertip could be useful for monitoring people’s immune responses to vaccination.

The Coronavirus Epidemic of 2020 in Finland Began with Five Virus Lineages

Researchers from the University of Helsinki and KU Leuven in Belgium investigated the arrival and spread of SARS-CoV-2 in Finland in 2020.

Red Meat Consumption May Remain High in Finland Despite Consumer Support for Plant-Based Diets

Meat production is a significant source of greenhouse gasses and widespread adoption of a plant-based diet is key to achieving the United Nations 2030 Sustainable Development Goals.

British-U.S. team evaluates computational methods vs. fragment screening for drug discovery

Designing new drugs that can target specific diseases is a challenging but crucial task for preventing and treating human diseases.

A Smart Jumpsuit Tracks Infants’ Motor Development

New wearable technology creates new possibilities for assessing the neurological development of young children.

Simulations Reveal Hydrodynamics of Planetary Engulfment by Expanding Star

When our sun exhausts the hydrogen fuel in its core some 5 billion years from now, it will expand to become a red giant, engulfing the inner planets.

100,000-Year-Old Polar Bear Genome Reveals Ancient Hybridization with Brown Bears

Study finds all brown bears today have some polar bear ancestry due to genetic admixture that occurred during a warm interglacial period more than 100,000 years ago