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2023
March
10,
2023
| 14:40 PM America/New_York
Most of what scientists know about viruses in animals is the list of nucleotides that compose their genomic sequence – which, while valuable, offers very few hints about a virus’s ability to infect humans. ...
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March
09,
2023
| 09:50 AM America/New_York
Being able to take a quick walk to a nearby food retail store may be a significant factor in long-term weight loss after bariatric surgery, new research suggests....
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March
01,
2023
| 15:06 PM America/New_York
Black women at high risk of breast cancer face a variety of obstacles that may keep them from care that could prevent cancer and increase the chances they’ll survive if they develop the disease, new research has found....
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February
28,
2023
| 11:03 AM America/New_York
Immune cells that keep the brain free of debris but also contribute to inflammation are the likely culprits behind the concentration and memory problems that sometimes follow one type of chemotherapy, a new study in mice suggests. ...
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February
23,
2023
| 11:05 AM America/New_York
A more mystical and insightful psychedelic drug experience may be linked to an enduring reduction in anxiety and depression symptoms, according to a new study....
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February
20,
2023
| 12:01 PM America/New_York
Scientists from The Ohio State University have a new theory about how the building blocks of life – the many proteins, carbohydrates, lipids and nucleic acids that compose every organism on Earth – may have evolved to favor a certain kind of molecula...
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February
15,
2023
| 11:28 AM America/New_York
Researchers have produced new evidence of how graphene, when twisted to a precise angle, can become a superconductor, moving electricity with no loss of energy....
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February
08,
2023
| 14:08 PM America/New_York
The risk factors linked to cognitive decline in older adults explain a surprisingly modest amount about the large variation in mental abilities between older people, according to a new national study....
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February
06,
2023
| 08:30 AM America/New_York
Changing the mind of someone who is dismissive of efforts to protect the planet could be accomplished by sharing a pro-sustainability point of view during a conversation, new research suggests....
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February
02,
2023
| 07:50 AM America/New_York
A surprising new study has found that urban Black youth living in segregated neighborhoods spent a substantial amount of time in areas with mostly white residents....
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February
01,
2023
| 14:08 PM America/New_York
Scientists have found the secret behind a property of solid materials known as ferroelectrics, showing that quasiparticles moving in wave-like patterns among vibrating atoms carry enough heat to turn the material into a thermal switch when an electri...
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January
31,
2023
| 08:00 AM America/New_York
When it comes to the evolution of mobile robots, it may be a long time before legged robots are able to safely interact in the real world, according to a new study....
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January
26,
2023
| 08:00 AM America/New_York
Astronomers have developed a powerful technique for identifying starspots, according to research presented this month at the 241st meeting of the American Astronomical Society....
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January
24,
2023
| 09:00 AM America/New_York
Every year, the United States spends nearly a trillion dollars fighting metallic corrosion, an electrochemical reaction that occurs when metals oxidize and begin to rust....
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January
16,
2023
| 15:04 PM America/New_York
While humans have been evolving for millions of years, the past 12,000 years have been among the most dynamic and impactful for the way we live today, according to an anthropologist who organized a special journal feature on the topic....
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January
12,
2023
| 11:03 AM America/New_York
Combining satellite technology with machine learning may allow scientists to better track and prepare for climate-induced natural hazards, according to research presented last month at the annual meeting of the American Geophysical Union....
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January
11,
2023
| 08:29 AM America/New_York
New research suggests coaching overweight or obese pregnant women to improve their ability to plan and make progress toward goals may be key to helping them lower the amount of fat in their diet....
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January
04,
2023
| 10:00 AM America/New_York
Researchers have pioneered the use of a tool that can track the loss of groundwater in California’s Central Valley by measuring how much the Earth is sinking....
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2022
December
20,
2022
| 13:21 PM America/New_York
Using satellite monitoring data, researchers have developed a deep learning algorithm that could provide real-time monthly land use and land cover maps for parts of India.  ...
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December
19,
2022
| 15:07 PM America/New_York
There’s something about test driving an electric vehicle that boosts some potential buyers’ personal identity as being early adopters of the latest technologies, a new study has found....
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December
15,
2022
| 08:35 AM America/New_York
Adult children are over four times more likely to be estranged from their fathers than their mothers, a new long-term national study found....
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December
08,
2022
| 10:56 AM America/New_York
Two Ohio State University health sciences professors have been elected as members of the National Academy of Inventors 2022 class of fellows....
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December
07,
2022
| 09:27 AM America/New_York
Researchers aiming to predict which staph-infection patients might develop a related kidney disease have found a high frequency of gene mutations in the infecting bacteria of affected patients, which suggests these variants may play a role in the bod...
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December
05,
2022
| 16:04 PM America/New_York
States that restricted access to federal welfare benefits had higher numbers of child neglect victims and more children who were placed in foster care, a new national study found....
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November
22,
2022
| 13:57 PM America/New_York
Three currently circulating omicron subvariants of SARS-CoV-2 – including two that currently make up almost 50% of reported COVID-19 infections in the U.S. – are better at evading vaccine- and infection-generated neutralizing antibodies than earlier ...
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November
18,
2022
| 14:03 PM America/New_York
Toxins released by a type of bacteria that cause diarrheal disease hijack cell processes and force important proteins to assemble into “roads to nowhere,” redirecting the proteins away from other jobs that are key to proper cell function, a new study...
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November
15,
2022
| 12:34 PM America/New_York
Adopting some of the strategies behind successfully treating the childhood disease spinal muscular atrophy may enable development of therapies to curb the muscle decline that accompanies aging, new research suggests....
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November
15,
2022
| 11:03 AM America/New_York
Reproductive health experts consider hormonal contraceptives good choices for adolescents because they’re safe and highly effective at preventing pregnancy, but one aspect of their effect on the teenage body remains a mystery – whether and how they m...
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November
14,
2022
| 08:28 AM America/New_York
It doesn’t take long for gaps to appear between children who participate in extracurricular activities and kids who don’t, a new study found....
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October
20,
2022
| 09:40 AM America/New_York
Poverty rates vary between U.S. states as much as they do between European countries, a new study suggests....
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