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Rapid Evolution May Help Species Adapt to Climate Change and Competition

Loss of biodiversity in the face of climate change is a growing worldwide concern.

Why Do Some People Live To Be A 100? Intestinal Bacteria May Hold The Answer

GUT Some people live longer than others – possibly due to a unique combination of bacteria in their intestines, new research from the University of Copenhagen concludes.

MIT Engineers Build A Battery-Free, Wireless Underwater Camera

The device could help scientists explore unknown regions of the ocean, track pollution, or monitor the effects of climate change.

WSU Graduate Recognized as Time100 Next Innovator

A breakthrough in superconductivity has landed a WSU grad in the latest Time Magazine list of top innovators.

Without A Key Extracellular Protein, Neuronal Axons Break And Synaptic Connections Fall Apart

Scientists find a protein common to flies and people is essential for supporting the structure of axons that neurons project to make circuit connections.

Lab-Made Hexagonal Diamonds Stiffer Than Natural Diamonds

Nature’s strongest material now has some stiff competition.

Slow Walking Could Be Sign of Dementia in Older Dogs

Dogs who slow down physically also slow down mentally, according to a new study from North Carolina State University.

Memory Killer Cells Could Help Improve Survival For Melanoma Patients

THE SKIN Our skin contains specialised long-lived killer cells that can protect against intruders or cause inflammatory skin diseases. Researchers at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden and the University of Copenhagen in Denmark have now identified how these cells are formed and shown that people with better survival in melanoma have high levels of such memory killer cells in cancer tissue.

New Tool Predicts Crop Yields in the Southeast

Researchers have developed a computer model that forecasts yield for four key crops in the southeastern United States: cotton, corn, sorghum, and soybeans.

Researchers Find How Tiny Plastics Slip Through the Environment

Washington State University researchers have shown the fundamental mechanisms that allow tiny pieces of plastic bags and foam packaging at the nanoscale to move through the environment.

Physicists Discover A New Switch For Superconductivity

The results could help turn up unconventional superconducting materials.

A Dog’s Breed Can Affect Pain Sensitivity, But Not Necessarily The Way Your Vet May Think

Dog breeds differ in pain sensitivity, but these differences don’t always match up with the beliefs people – including veterinarians – hold about breed-specific pain sensitivity.

Researchers Advance 3D Printing to Aid Tissue Replacement

Professor Arda Gozen looks to a future someday in which doctors can hit a button to print out a scaffold on their 3D printers and create custom-made replacement skin, cartilage, or other tissue for their patients.

Modern Humans Arrived In Southeast Asia 40,000 Years Earlier Than We Thought

ANCIENT MIGRATION An international research team jointly lead by Globe Institute show one of the earliest modern humans migrations out of Africa. The study is published in Nature Communications.

Unraveling Connections Between The Brain And Gut

MIT engineers’ new technology can probe the neural circuits that influence hunger, mood, and a variety of diseases.

Current Conservation Policies Risk Damaging Global Biodiversity, Researchers Argue

‘Green’ farming policies may accelerate global biodiversity loss, two leading academics have warned.

Visualizing Spin Angular Momentum in Water Waves

An important concept in quantum physics known as spin can be seen in water waves

A New Mathematical “Blueprint” Is Accelerating Fusion Device Development

New research explores how Dyson maps are putting quantum computers to work in designing fusion energy devices.

Quantum Computing and Deep Learning Could Help Solve the Mysteries of Quantum Gravity

Emerging technologies are promising for helping physicists develop a theory that unites quantum physics and gravity

Doctors Diagnosing Fetal Heart Disease Benefit from Explanatory Ai

Researchers from the RIKEN Center for Advanced Intelligence Project (AIP) and colleagues have tested AI-enhanced diagnosis of fetal congenital heart disease in a clinical setting.