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Automating The Income Gap

This is going to be another one of those “let’s ask ourselves some difficult questions” newsletter introductions, so if you’re in the U.S., I certainly won’t blame you for not giving Actuator your full attention until after the holiday.

Mussel Survey Reveals Alarming Degradation Of River Thames Ecosystem Since The 1960s

Scientists replicated a 1964 River Thames survey and found that mussel numbers have declined by almost 95%, with one species – the depressed river mussel – completely gone.

Signs Of Past Chemical Reactions Detected On Mars

The Perseverance rover landed in the Jezero crater in 2021 and has already found some clues to the planet's past.

These Robots Can Build Almost Anything—Including Clones Of Themselves

The breakthrough robot swarms function as both the builders and final products.

Has Pandemic-Related Stress Negatively Impacted Your Sleep?

Low-quality sleep is nothing new. However, the COVID-19 pandemic brought to the forefront the topic of stress and how it plays a role in negatively affecting sleep quality.

Two UCI Researchers Named Fellows By The National Academy Of Inventors

UCI and Johns Hopkins researchers uncover mineral modification through biology

UCI-led study finds pay practices, job barriers to blame for women making less than men

Findings across 15 countries suggest how new policies could resolve continuing issues

UCI Researchers Demonstrate How To Trigger A Pathogen Release With Music

Hospital and laboratory biocontainment facilities vulnerable to terrorist attack

UCI-Led Study Finds Virtual Green Space Exposure Beneficial To Pregnant Women

Parklike setting was most effective in reducing physiological and affective stress

Association Between Poor Sleep Quality And An Increased Risk Of Developing Alzheimer's, New Study Finds

New research has shown an association between sleep quality – less than seven hours - and Alzheimer's disease-related pathology in people without cognitive impairment.

Fertilisers Limit Pollination By Changing How Bumblebees Sense Flowers

Pollinators are less likely to land on flowers sprayed with fertilisers or pesticides as they can detect electric field changes around the flower, researchers at the University of Bristol have found.

Social Bees Travel Greater Distances For Food Than Their Solitary Counterparts, Study Finds

Social bees such as honeybees and bumblebees have larger foraging ranges, according to researchers at the University of Bristol.

Fossil Discovery In Storeroom Cupboard Shifts Origin Of Modern Lizards Back 35 Million Years

A specimen retrieved from a cupboard of the Natural History Museum in London has shown that modern lizards originated in the Late Triassic and not the Middle Jurassic as previously thought.

NASA Mars Rover Finds ‘Very, Very Strange Chemistry’ and Ingredients for Life

A trio of new studies using data from NASA's Perseverence rover confirm that Jezero Crater on Mars was once habitable.

Is Earth a Self-Regulating Organism? New Study Suggests Our Planet Has a Built-In Climate Control

Earth can correct its climate over eons, scientists say; sadly, it doesn't work fast enough to stop climate change

This Company Is Sending Plastic-Eating Enzymes Into Space

SeedLab’s experiment will test how enzymes can break down plastic, and then how bacteria can turn it into a new material.

CRISPR’s ‘Ancestry Problem’ Misses Cancer Targets In Those Of African Descent

Reference genomes used to direct the gene editor fail to account for human diversity

There Might Be a Perfect Indoor Humidity to Curb COVID Spread

FRIDAY, Nov. 18, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- It’s sort of like the Goldilocks principle — a room that’s either too dry or too humid can influence transmission of COVID-19 and cause more illness or death, Massachusetts Institute of Technology researchers say.

This Is How An Alzheimer’s Gene Ravages The Brain

Study in cells and mice suggests that the variant APOE4 affects the all-important insulation around nerve cells.

Scientists Discover What Was On The Menu Of The First Dinosaurs

The earliest dinosaurs included carnivorous, omnivorous and herbivorous species, according to a team of University of Bristol palaeobiologists.