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  • Neuroscientists Develop Models to ID Internal States of the Brain

    November 27, 2019
    Rather than tackling the intricacies of human brains, researchers investigated fruit flies with fewer behaviors and, one imagines, fewer internal states. They built on prior work studying the songs and movements of amorous Drosophila melanogaster males. read more

  • Carbon Emissions Down in 2019, Renewables Up (But Not Enough)

    December 02, 2019
    Results from carbon emissions data compared year over year have revealed the United States electricity sector is continuing to get cleaner with coal generation decreasing and renewable energy on the rise. Compared to the same time last year, total U.S. power generation fell by 4 percent in Q2 of 2019, and the carbon intensity of the sector, measured in pounds of CO2 emissions per megawatt-hour, dropped by 9 percent. read more

  • Underwater Telecom Cables Make Superb Seismic Network

    December 02, 2019
    Fiber-optic cables that constitute a global undersea telecommunications network could one day help scientists study offshore earthquakes and the geologic structures hidden deep beneath the ocean surface. read more

  • Caught on Camera: Bacterial 'Hitchhikers' on Marine Plastic Trash

    December 02, 2019
    Marine microplastics aren't floating solo- they quickly pick up a thin coating of bacteria and other microbes, a biofilm known as "The Plastisphere." These biofilms can influence the microplastics' fate - causing them to sink or float, or breaking them down into even tinier bits, for example. read more

  • New Ebola Drugs Outperform ZMapp, Reduce Mortality Rates in Congo

    December 03, 2019
    The PALM trial evaluated three Ebola antibody preparations and one antiviral drug in a randomized controlled trial conducted in the midst of the yearlong outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) that has already claimed the lives of nearly 2,000 people. A monoclonal antibody and antibody cocktail were both found to be superior to ZMapp. read more

  • Researcher to Make Workhorse Microscopes More Powerful

    December 03, 2019
    Kevin Eliceiri plans to improve the architecture and infrastructure of µManager, an open-source software package for control of automated microscopes. Open-source software is crucial to modern scientific research for advancing biology and medicine while also providing reproducibility and transparency. read more

  • Journals Need to Recognize Citizen Scientists, Researchers Say

    December 03, 2019
    Regulations governing minimum qualifications for authorship in academic journals mean that citizen scientists are usually excluded from credit for their work. read more

  • Researchers Map the Formation of Ducts Connecting Digestive Organs in Zebrafish

    December 03, 2019
    A specialized system of ducts transports bile and enzymes from the liver and pancreas to the intestine. In a new study, researchers have shown how this ductal system is formed. read more

  • Five Things Nobel Laureate Gregg Semenza Wishes Everyone Knew About Science

    December 04, 2019
    On Dec. 10, Johns Hopkins scientist Gregg Semenza, M.D., Ph.D., along with William Kaelin Jr., M.D., and Peter Ratcliffe, M.D., will accept the 2019 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in Stockholm, Sweden, for the groundbreaking discovery of the gene that controls how cells respond to low oxygen levels. read more

  • Highly Sensitive Epigenomic Technology Combats Disease

    December 04, 2019
    Much remains unknown about diseases and the way our bodies respond to them, in part because the human genome is the complete DNA assembly that makes each person unique. A Virginia Tech professor and his team of researchers have created new technology to help in understanding how the human body battles diseases. read more

  • CRISPR-Cas9 Study Shows Low Risk of Off-target Editing

    December 04, 2019
    In the almost decade since CRISPR-Cas9 gained mainstream attention, it has been the subject of thousands of published papers. A new study from researchers at the Children’s Hospital of Chicago illustrates results on-par with previous data from animal models that suggest gene editing poses minimal risk to the rest of the genome. read more

  • Parker Solar Probe: ‘We’re Missing Something Fundamental About the Sun’

    December 05, 2019
    Our closest-ever look inside the sun’s corona has unveiled an unexpectedly chaotic world that includes rogue plasma waves, flipping magnetic fields and distant solar winds under the thrall of the sun’s rotation. read more

  • 'Treatment Train' is Possible Solution to Cleaning up PFAS

    December 05, 2019
    Engineers have published a new set of experiments tackling a particular PFAS compound called hexafluoropropylene oxide dimer acid, better known by its trade name, GenX. read more

  • How Much Will We Eat in the Future?

    December 05, 2019
    Researchers at the University of Göttingen have now analyzed how the actual quantity of food that people would like to eat is likely to change. read more

  • Wildfires Benefit Forest Bats, Biodiversity

    December 06, 2019
    Wildfire is actually an important ecological process that influences biodiversity and habitat quality. In a new study, researchers found bats have responded positivity to the wildfires plaguing the Sierra Nevada Mountains, and suggest beneficial fire as a way to conserve bat populations and further manage their habitats. read more
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