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December 11, 2018

Humans Reversing Climate Clock: 50 Million Years

Water Discovered On Asteroid Bennu

Key Advance for Future Topological Transistors

Glimmer of Hope for the World's Coral Reefs

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A Correlation Between Obesity and Income Has Only Developed in the Past 30 Years

Dec. 11, 2018 — It is well known that poorer Americans are more likely to be obese or suffer from diabetes; there is a strong negative correlation between household ... read more

Researchers Identify Additional Mechanisms at Play in Insecticide Resistance

Dec. 11, 2018 — Researchers have used a bioinformatics approach to integrate information from multiple studies on insecticide resistance in mosquitoes and uncovered ... read more

How Catnip Makes the Chemical That Causes Cats to Go Crazy

Dec. 11, 2018 — Researchers have shed light on how catnip -- also known as catmint -- produces the chemical that sends cats into a state of ... read more

Improved Treatment of Anxiety Disorders

Dec. 11, 2018 — Traumatic experiences can become deeply entrenched in a person's memory. How can fears following a traumatic event be reduced in the long term and prevented from becoming a permanent stress-related ... read more

New Understanding of Mysterious 'Hereditary Swelling'

Dec. 11, 2018 — For the first time ever, biomedical researchers have unveiled cellular defects that lead to the rare disease hereditary angioedema (HAE), where patients experience recurrent episodes of swelling that ... read more

Neighborhood Affects the Healthiness of Dietary Choices

Dec. 11, 2018 — A new study shows that living or moving to a neighborhood with a higher socioeconomic status is clearly associated with better adherence to dietary recommendations. Researchers studied the connection ... read more

New Light-Based Technology Reveals How Cells Communicate in Human Disease

Dec. 11, 2018 — Scientists have developed a new technique that uses light to understand how cells communicate in human ... read more

Attention Training Improves Intelligence and Functioning of Children's Brain

Dec. 11, 2018 — Being able to voluntarily regulate our attention is crucial for mental processes such as intelligence and learning in children. With this in mind, ... read more

New Method Gives Microscope a Boost in Resolution

Dec. 11, 2018 — Scientists have been able to boost current super-resolution microscopy by a novel tweak. They coated the glass cover slip as part of the sample carrier with tailor-made biocompatible nanosheets that ... read more

Green Production of Chemicals for Industry

Dec. 11, 2018 — Industry consumes large quantities of crude oil to produce basic substances for drugs, cosmetics, plastics, or food. However, these processes consume a lot of energy and ... read more

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Degrading Permafrost Puts Arctic Infrastructure at Risk by Mid-Century

Dec. 11, 2018 — Seventy percent of the current infrastructure in the Arctic has a high potential to be affected by thawing permafrost in the next 30 years. Even meeting the climate change targets of the Paris ... read more

Unique Immune Cell Likely Drives Chronic Inflammation

Dec. 11, 2018 — For the first time, researchers have identified that an immune cell subset called gamma delta T cells that may be causing and/or perpetuating the systemic inflammation found in normal aging in the ... read more

Did Supernovae Kill Off Large Ocean Animals at Dawn of Pleistocene?

Dec. 11, 2018 — The effects of a supernova -- and possibly more than one -- on large ocean life like school-bus-sized Megalodon 2.6 million years ago are detailed in a new ... read more

Terahertz Laser for Sensing and Imaging Outperforms Its Predecessors

Dec. 11, 2018 — A new terahertz laser is the first to reach three key performance goals at once -- high constant power, tight beam pattern, and broad electric frequency tuning -- and could thus be valuable for a ... read more

Taking Uncertainty out of Cancer Prognosis

Dec. 11, 2018 — An analysis of nearly 20,000 cancer patient histories and genetic data has revealed that knowing the genetic cause of a cancer does not help predict how deadly the disease will be. Instead, ... read more

Possible Connection Between Cardiovascular Disease and Living Near Oil and Gas Wells

Dec. 11, 2018 — Researchers have found a possible connection between the intensity of oil and gas exploration in an area and early indicators of cardiovascular disease among nearby ... read more

Better Biomedical Devices, Wearable Displays May Result from Tiny Light-Guiding Structures

Dec. 11, 2018 — For the first time, researchers have fabricated light-guiding structures known as waveguides just over one micron wide in a clear silicone commonly used for biomedical applications. The tiny, ... read more

Relationship Impairments Hinder Men Seeking Mental Health Treatment

Dec. 11, 2018 — Relationship impairment (difficulty managing expectations and requirements within an intimate relationship) plays a role in explaining the association between symptom severity and those seeking ... read more

Can Social Interactions Affect Spread of Disease?

Dec. 11, 2018 — Researchers draw connections between people's social activity and the spread of epidemics through a mathematical ... read more

Algorithms to Locate Centrioles in the Cell

Dec. 11, 2018 — Investigators from the UEx have developed a methodology with new algorithms to analyze the location of the centriole in a model cell. Thanks to this technology, they have been able to discover how ... read more

Meditation Adapts the Brain to Respond Better to Feedback

Dec. 11, 2018 — Researchers have discovered a link between meditation and how individuals respond to ... read more

Citations Show Academic and Non-Academic Researchers 'Win' When They Collaborate

Dec. 11, 2018 — Findings in new article indicate that when academics work with business, government, and/or NGO partners they produce more cited, higher impact ... read more

'Pest-Controlling' Bats Could Help Save Rainforests

Dec. 11, 2018 — A new study shows that several species of bats are giving Madagascar's rice farmers a vital pest control service by feasting on plagues of insects. And this, a zoologist believes, can ease the ... read more

Music Evokes Powerful Positive Emotions Through Personal Memories

Dec. 11, 2018 — Music is known to evoke emotions through a range of mechanisms. A new study gives insights into the way positive emotional reactions can be triggered by music and ... read more

Depression: New Tool Delivers Swifter Picture of Cognitive Deficit

Dec. 11, 2018 — A new tool will assist clinicians to assess people suffering from major depressive disorder ... read more

Pushing Closer to a New Cancer-Fighting Strategy

Dec. 11, 2018 — A molecular pathway that's frequently mutated in many different forms of cancer becomes active when cells push parts of their membranes outward into bulging protrusions, researchers ... read more

Sierra Snowpack Could Drop Significantly by End of Century

Dec. 11, 2018 — A future warmer world will almost certainly feature a decline in fresh water from the Sierra Nevada mountain snowpack. Now a new study that analyzed the headwater regions of California's 10 ... read more

Study Links Frequent Red Meat Consumption to High Levels of Chemical Associated With Heart Disease

Dec. 11, 2018 — Researchers have identified another reason to limit red meat consumption: high levels of a gut-generated chemical called trimethylamine N-oxide (TMAO), that also is linked to heart disease. ... read more

When Less Is More: A Promising Approach for Low-Cell-Number Epigenomic Profiling

Dec. 11, 2018 — Scientists have developed a technique that enables analysis of DNA-protein interactions using very small numbers of cells, ranging from 100 to 1,000. Their method could capture previously unexamined ... read more

New Sepsis Treatment a Step Closer

Dec. 11, 2018 — A large clinical study assesses how clinicians are treating ... read more

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