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New Tech Solves Longstanding Challenges for Self-Healing Materials

Engineering researchers have developed a new self-healing composite that allows structures to repair themselves in place, without having to be removed from service.

New Technique Helps ID Genes Related to Aging

Researchers from North Carolina State University have developed a new method for determining which genes are relevant to the aging process.

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Researchers Show How Network Pruning Can Skew Deep Learning Models

Computer science researchers have demonstrated that a widely used technique called neural network pruning

Carnivore Gut Microbes Offer Insight Into Health of Wild Ecosystems

A new study finds the microbial ecosystem in the guts of wild marten (Martes americana) that live in relatively pristine natural habitat is distinct from the gut microbiome of wild marten that live in areas that are more heavily impacted by human activity.

Can Shifting Social Norms Help Mitigate Climate Change?

Climate change is the result of many human activities, from carbon emissions to deforestation, and it will take multiple and varied interventions to mitigate it, including legislation, regulation, and market-based solutions implemented at local, national, and global levels.

A Broader Definition of Learning Could Help Stimulate Interdisciplinary Research

We often conceive of learning through the lens of cramming for an exam or teaching a dog to sit

Global Analysis Shows Where Fishing Vessels Turn Off Their Identification Devices

A new dataset of intentional disabling of Automatic Identification System devices by fishing vessels provides insights into illegal, unreported, and unregulated fishing activity

Can Your Phone Tell If a Bridge Is in Good Shape?

A new study suggests mobile data collected while traveling over bridges could help evaluate their integrity.

History of Rhino Images Illustrates Changing Human-Rhino Relations and Horn Size

An international team of scientists, led by the University of Helsinki, has demonstrated that image databases can be used as an alternative to museum collections when studying long-term changes in human-nature interaction and as material in ecological and evolutionary research.

A Promising Drug Candidate Discovered for the Prevention of Type 1 Diabetes

According to a study, type 1 diabetes could be prevented by inhibiting a gene associated with the onset of the disease.

Artefacts Made of Bird Feathers, Plant Fibres and Fur Buried with a Child in the Mesolithic Stone Age

On the basis of archaeological research, it was possible to identify human remains as a child who may have been laid on a bed of down in a Stone Age burial site discovered under a gravel road in eastern Finland.

Family History Is Not Sufficient for Assessing Inherited Disease Risk

A new study from the University of Helsinki demonstrates the added value of genetic information in measuring inherited disease risk, alongside the widely used assessment of family history.

Magma Floods Erupt from Deeper Sources Than Earlier Believed

An international group of geologists has demonstrated with computer simulation that huge magma eruptions can initiate deeper below the Earth’s surface than previously believed.

Use of Digital Devices May Affect Children’s Language Development

Screen time spent alone may hinder children’s language development.

Can Shifting Social Norms Help Mitigate Climate Change?

Climate change is the result of many human activities, from carbon emissions to deforestation, and it will take multiple and varied interventions to mitigate it, including legislation, regulation, and market-based solutions implemented at local, national, and global levels.

Patients Believe in Psychotherapy More When Practitioners Demonstrate Warmth and Competence

Therapy is a collaborative process informed not just by a practitioner’s expertise but also by the patient’s expectations about that expertise and how likely they are to benefit from it.

A Broader Definition of Learning Could Help Stimulate Interdisciplinary Research

We often conceive of learning through the lens of cramming for an exam or teaching a dog to sit, but humans and other mammals aren’t the only entities capable of adapting to their environment—

Deprivation May Explain the Link Between Early Adversity and Developmental Outcomes in Adolescence

Experiences of early adversity due to poverty, abuse, and neglect are known to interfere with children’s cognitive and emotional development.

Was I Happy Then? Our Current Feelings Can Interfere with Memories of Past Well-Being

Many of us spend our lives chasing “happiness,” a state of contentment that is more difficult for some to achieve than others.

The Unintended Consequences of Using a Ventilator

Breakthrough research addresses a long-standing question in pulmonary medicine about whether modern ventilators overstretch lung tissue.