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New Models Describe the Behavior of the Cometary Dust Trails and Their Shape

On May, researchers from an international research group from Finland, Canada, and Russia, publicized findings about the dust trail of the comet 17P/Holmes, which orbits the Sun between Mars and Jupiter.

Young People’s Climate Anxiety Linked to Action Mitigating Environmental Change

In the study Climate anxiety, pro-environmental action and wellbeing: antecedents and outcomes of negative emotional responses to climate change in 28 countries, anxiety and concern about climate change among young people was predictably high, particularly in Finland, but the researchers found that the action taken to curb and tackle climate change was strong in Finland at the same time.

London, U.S. scientists suggest cognition far more than neuron processing in the brain

What if cognition--thinking--is not simply a function of neurons interacting in the brain, but a process involving the entire human organism?

Global Biobank Collaboration Revealed New Risk Genes for a Devastating Rare Lung Disease

The study, led by the University of Helsinki, identified seven previously novel genetic risk factors for idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis.

Endangered Fruit-Eating Animals Play an Outsized Role in a Tropical Forest — Losing Them Could Have Dire Consequences

A new study by researchers at the University of Washington shows that losing a particular group of endangered animals

Animals in National Parks Impacted by Even Just a Few People

People often visit U.S. national parks to catch a glimpse of wildlife. But how does our presence impact the animals we hope to see?

Seeing Electron Movement at Fastest Speed Ever Could Help Unlock Next-Level Quantum Computing

New technique could enable processing speeds a million to a billion times faster than today's computers and spur progress in many-body physics

Exercise Can Modify Fat Tissue in Ways That Improve Health—even Without Weight Loss

Exercise is one of the first strategies used to treat obesity-related health problems like Type 2 diabetes and other cardiovascular disease, but scientists don’t understand exactly how it works to improve metabolic health.

A New, Sustainable Way to Make Hydrogen for Fuel Cells and Fertilizers

A new sustainable and practical method for producing hydrogen from water has been discovered by a team of researchers at the RIKEN Center for Sustainable Resource Science (CSRS) in Japan led by Ryuhei Nakamura.

Strong, Stretchy, Self-Healing Polymers Rapidly Recover from Damage

A catalytic combination of multiple monomers generates a polymer that has an exceptional ability to self-heal

Selective Synthesis of Meta Isomers Now Possible

A roof-like ligand permits the selective synthesis of one of the three possible isomers of a key class of aromatic chemicals

Shining Light on a Fluid Completely Changes Its Dielectric Permittivity

Simply illuminating a fluid can cause its interaction with an electric field to greatly vary

Fluorescent Molecules Revealed by Quantum Chemistry and Machine Learning

Six fluorescent compounds have been uncovered by a novel strategy for designing molecules that combines machine learning and quantum chemistry calculations

Nature’s Own Assembly Line

RIKEN-engineered microbes and plant lignin could soon help produce everything from car tires to engine components.

Self-Templating, Solvent-Free Supramolecular Polymer Synthesis

A green method for producing crystalline supramolecular fibers promises to make polymer production more sustainable

Threatened Aldabra Giant Tortoise Genome Decoded

They can live for more than 100 years and weigh up to 250 kilograms – Aldabra giant tortoises.

Early Self-Regulation Boosts Children’s Educational Success

A study by the universities of Zurich and Mainz has shown that teaching children how to manage their attention and impulses in primary school has a positive long-term effect on their later educational success.

Research Shows How Poliovirus Takes Over Cells from Within

For the first time, researchers at Umeå University can now show how the dreaded poliovirus behaves when it takes over an infected cell and tricks the cell into producing new virus particles. Polio was thought to be almost eradicated, but infection has now been rediscovered in London and New York.

Diabetes Self-Care Reached by 32% Who Built Trust with Community Health Workers

One-third of 986 patients achieved long-term self-care of their type 2 diabetes after building trusting relationships with community health workers (promotores in Spanish) over 12 weeks

Dozens More Genes Linked with Stroke; Potential Drug Targets Identified

Researchers from The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio (UT Health San Antonio) are part of an international team that discovered 61 additional genetic loci associated with stroke and six genes that are potential targets for drug therapy to prevent or treat stroke.