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Deep Learning Can Predict Tsunami Impacts In Less Than A Second

Deep learning could save lives by slashing the time needed to predict the height and reach of large tsunamis

Ethanol Preps Rice And Wheat For Drought

A cost-effective soil treatment could increase the survival rate of water-stressed crops more than ten-fold by reducing water loss and increasing sugar production in the aftermath.

A Robust Self-Healing Polymer Made From A Common Chemical

A polymer that heals itself has been made from a readily available building block

An Experimental Strategy For Recreating Organ Formation In The Lab

Organ development has been modeled in the lab by selectively activating signaling pathways in the embryo

Spanish researchers probe role of protein RBP33 in trypanosome parasite

Understanding the mechanism of microscopic parasites that can sicken and kill humans and animals is essential for controlling their spread.

Scientists Unveil The Functional Landscape Of Essential Genes

Researchers harness new pooled, image-based screening method to probe the functions of over 5,000 essential genes in human cells.

Study: Automation Drives Income Inequality

New data suggest most of the growth in the wage gap since 1980 comes from automation displacing less-educated workers.

How “2D” Materials Expand

A new technique that accurately measures how atom-thin materials expand when heated could help engineers develop faster, more powerful electronic devices.

Are Covid-19 “Comas” Signs Of A Protective Hibernation State?

Scientists hypothesize that, as in a hibernating turtle, the brain under sedation and deprived of oxygen may assume a protective state.

Study: Zebrafish Are Smarter Than We Thought

Researchers have discovered that the brains of these simple fish can create three-dimensional maps of their surroundings.

Using ‘Cat States’ To Realize Fault-Tolerant Quantum Computers

A proposal to use cat states promises to make more quantum computers less prone to errors

Earth Can Regulate Its Own Temperature Over Millennia, New Study Finds

Scientists have confirmed that a “stabilizing feedback” on 100,000-year timescales keeps global temperatures in check.

One Catalyst Generates Four Nitrogen-Containing Products At High Selectivities

A new approach to electrocatalysis allows researchers to selectively produce various nitrogen-containing compounds

Single-Electron Devices Could Manage Heat Flow In Electronic Components

A nanoscale device offers insights into how single electrons interact with vibrations in the presence of a temperature gradient

Empowering Social Media Users To Assess Content Helps Fight Misinformation

An experimental platform that puts moderation in the hands of its users shows that people do evaluate posts effectively and share their assessments with others.

Nascent Gas Giant Planets May Be Lurking In Dusty Disk

Clumps of matter in a protostellar disk cast a cold shadow that could affect how some planets gestate

Inducing Hibernation-Like State In Mice Can Protect Organs During Heart Surgery

Researchers led by Hidetoshi Masumoto and Genshiro Sunagawa at the RIKEN Center for Biosystems Dynamics Research (BDR) in Japan have developed a new method of protecting organs during heart and aortic surgery when blood circulation has to be blocked.

Gene-Reading Enzyme Razes And Rebuilds DNA-Winding Structures In Its Path

During DNA transcription, an enzyme takes apart nucleosomes and then puts them back together again

Recipe For Creating A New Plant From A Single Differentiated Cell

A way to reliably induce plant cells to convert into cells capable of growing into whole plants has been demonstrated

A Cleaner, Better Way To Produce Single-Photon Emitters

A vapor-phase reaction makes carbon nanotubes now even more attractive as single-photon emitters for quantum technologies