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How Plants Act Fast To Fight Off Infections – New Discovery

Findings could inspire efforts to improve crop yields and combat global hunger. New work led by Carnegie’s Kangmei Zhao and Sue Rhee reveals a new... How Plants Act Fast To Fight Off Infections – New Discovery Could Improve Crop Yields and Combat Global Hunger

What You Eat Affects Tumors: Diet May Slow Cancer Growth

A new study from MIT offers an explanation for why restricting calories may slow tumor growth. Credit: Christine Daniloff, stock image A new study finds cutting off cells’ supplies of lipids can slow the growth...

NASA Images of the Week: Monsters in the Sky, Asteroids, Molten Ring & Mars Sample Return

With the charming name of SDSS J0146-0929, this is a galaxy cluster — a monstrous collection of hundreds of galaxies all shackled together in the unyielding grip of gravity. The mass of this galaxy...

Ancient Driftwood Tracks 500 Years of Arctic Warming, Currents, and Sea Ice

Geoscientist Georgia Hole used tree rings to retrace the paths of driftwood, once frozen in sea ice, as it made its way through the Arctic. “Some of these beaches are really full of driftwood—driftwood...

Scientists Discover New Physical Phenomenon: Complex Braided Structures Made of Skyrmions

Researchers at Jülich have detected string-like structures made of skyrmions. Above, simulated models of six skyrmions at different magnetic field strengths; below, transmission electron microscope images of such structures observed in a thin film....

The Royal Mint of Britain will extract gold from used mobile phones

The UK's Mint coin is trying to extract gold from components of used mobile phones, televisions and laptops, used. This is part of the policy of the Mint for the protection of the surrounding...

How the Earth protects itself from the solar wind

Energy from the solar wind interacting with the magnetospheric ‘bubble’ around Earth creates waves of energy that appear to stand still. This new finding, from research led by Imperial scientists, improves our understanding of the...

More Likely To Relapse: E-Cigarettes Don’t Help Smokers Stay off Cigarettes

Cigarette smokers who quit smoking but substitute e-cigarettes, or other tobacco product, are more likely to relapse. The United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have suggested that smokers who are unable to quit...

New Fundamental Physics? Unexplainable Phenomena From Large Hadron Collider Experiment

Experiment fully reconstructed. Particles identified as pions, kaon, etc. are shown in different colors. Credit: CERN, LHCb Collaboration Results announced by the Large Hadron Collider Experiment (LHCb) experiment at CERN have revealed further hints for phenomena...

Researchers Warn: Common Antidepressant Should No Longer Be Used To Treat People With Dementia

A drug used to treat agitation in people with dementia is no more effective than a placebo, and might even increase mortality, according to a new study. A drug used to treat agitation in people...

The Russian director and actor returned from the ISS with a film

The Russian film director and actress, who stayed on board the International Space Station for 12 days to shoot the first film in space, returned safely to Earth, world agencies reported. The landing capsule of...

New Galaxy Images From the Most Powerful Telescopes Reveal a Fitful Start to the Universe

Image from SHARDS study. Credit: SHARDS research team New images have revealed detailed clues about how the first stars and structures were formed in the Universe and suggest the formation of the galaxy got off...

4 Reasons Americans Are Still Seeing Empty Shelves and Long Waits – With No End in Sight

Consumers are still finding bare store shelves. Walk into any U.S. store these days and you’re likely to see empty shelves. Shortages of virtually every type of product – from toilet paper and sneakers to pickup...

The first completely solar-powered cable car in the world (as of 2012) is in Switzerland

It connects Wildhaus with the Gamplüt Alp. The maximum speed of the cable car is 19.8 km/h. The photovoltaic systems on the roof of the mountain restaurant and the machine hall supply about as...

FIFA proposes that referees explain their decisions publicly

Arsen Wenger, the director of global football development at the International Football Federation (FIFA), believes that football referees should explain their decisions publicly. According to the Frenchman, the referees should give press conferences after...

We Asked a NASA Technologist: Is There Weather on Mars? [Video]

Is there weather on Mars? Short answer: yes! And just like on Earth it varies wildly. Now, thanks to the Mars Environmental Dynamics Analyzer, or MEDA instrument on NASA’s Perseverance Mars Rover, we’re learning...

Infrared Light Therapy Might Help People Living With Dementia

Tracy Sloan with the infrared light therapy helmet. Tracy used the helmet to try and help improve her memory. Credit: Durham University/North News & Pictures Infrared light therapy might have the potential to help people...

Clinical Trial Has Found Interferon Does Not Help Adults Hospitalized With COVID-19

A clinical trial has found that treatment with the immunomodulator interferon beta-1a plus the antiviral remdesivir was not superior to treatment with remdesivir alone in... The post Clinical Trial Has Found Interferon Does Not Help...

The oldest skis discovered in the ice of Norway

As a result of the melting ice, archaeologists have found in Norway a pair of wooden skis of amazing preservation, almost 1,300 years old. I must say that the first ski was discovered in the...

New robot that can walk and fly created

LEO carves out a new type of locomotion somewhere between walking and flying. Researchers at Caltech have created a fearsome robot that can walk on two slender legs and even fly around our world. The...

CV for Celebrities

Eneya Georgieva, editor at Forbes, reflects the successes of Bulgarian entrepreneurs with a focus on the startup ecosystem, technology and social entrepreneurship at https://forbesbulgaria.com. When, two years after its inception, a company is still unable...

Electrodes in the brain replace painkillers

Stimulation with ultra-thin microelectrodes has no side effects, scientists say. Researchers at Lund University in Sweden have developed a new method of stimulating with ultra-thin microelectrodes to treat severe pain, according to the online edition...

Petar Vitanov: We do not want to stop technological progress, but to guarantee basic human rights

"We are trying to limit the use of artificial intelligence in those areas where we see it as a serious problem for the fundamental rights and freedoms of citizens. Evaluations of this type of application...

Bacteria Evolved a Multitude of Defense Systems That Offer Strong Immunity for Protection Against Viruses

Credit: Dr. Tim Blower, Durham University A new study led by a team of bioscientists from Durham University, UK, in collaboration with University of Liverpool, Northumbria University and New England Biolabs, hopes to exploit newly...

Extreme Geophysics: Quantum Phase Transition Detected on a Global Scale Deep Inside the Earth

Illustration to accompany Nature Communications paper, “Seismological expression of the iron spin crossover in ferropericlase in the Earth’s lower mantle.” Credit: Nicoletta Barolini/Columbia Engineering Multidisciplinary team of materials physicists and geophysicists combine theoretical predictions, simulations,...
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