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Predicting Suicide: The EDOR® Enigma (Part 3)2018-12-15 17:49:56
This time last year I wrote(1,2) about a Swedish company called Emotra. Emotra make a device that is supposed to measure suicide risk in people with m -
Blue Water Task Force expands its reach by teaming up with Swim Guide2018-12-15 12:39:15
The Surfrider Foundation is pleased to announce its participation in the first ever open data standard for the automated exchange of recreational wate -
Most Apollo Astronauts Had Tattoos2018-12-15 12:26:38
When we think of Apollo astronauts, we think of hot-shot pilots who dared to ride rockets to the Moon! But who, at their core, were straight-laced mil -
NASA’s GEDI Mission Will Track Carbon Emissions in Earth’s Forests2018-12-14 18:36:27
The Jedi in Star Wars is all about the force, but NASA’s GEDI is all about the forest. On December 5, the space agency launched their tree-trac -
With Fruit Flies, Researchers are Gaining New Insights Into Autism2018-12-14 18:00:42
A telephone ringing. A car horn blaring. Fluorescent lighting overhead. These are everyday sights and sounds that most people don’t give a secon -
Juno's Mission to Jupiter Just Hit Its Halfway Point: What We've Learned So Far2018-12-14 17:38:49
Juno's Flight NASA’s solar-powered Juno spacecraft is about to fly past Jupiter yet again to gather more data on the gas giant. On Dec. 2 -
In the Blink of an Eye, We're Turning Back the Climatic Clock by 50 Million Years2018-12-14 16:45:49
Absent serious action on climate change, we'll continue careening toward a climatic cliff. And modern civilization will be hard-pressed to survi -
Scientists Find What Makes Our Bones Strong When We Exercise2018-12-13 16:07:16
Exercise is good for us in a lot of ways. It helps cut the pounds, increases cardiovascular health, adds muscle mass and can boost our mood. What it a -
A Nearby Supernova May Have Caused a Mass Extinction 2.6 Million Years Ago2018-12-13 15:51:28
Supernovae are the explosive end stages of massive stars. About 2.6 million years ago, one such supernova lit up Earth’s sky from about 150 ligh -
Researchers Discover 1.5 Million Hidden Penguins by Looking at their Poop From Space2018-12-13 15:37:58
Monitoring the well-being of Antarctica’s delicate ecosystem just got a little bit easier thanks to a very unlikely source: penguin poop. By an -
Ancient DNA Reveals The Surprisingly Complex Origin Story of Corn2018-12-13 15:00:21
In Mexico, corn tortillas rule the kitchen. After all, maize began evolving there from a grass called teosinte some 9,000 years ago, eventually becomi -
HGH Treatment Tragedy Suggests Alzheimer's Might be Transmissible2018-12-13 14:32:21
A medical procedure transferred a key component of Alzheimer’s disease from one person to another, finds a new study published today in the jour
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Comet 46P/Wirtanen to Make Closest Approach to Earth in Over Four Centuries2018-12-15 16:29:24
On Sunday, December 16, 2018, comet 46P/Wirtanen will make a close pass of Earth. The comet will be at its closest distance to our planet in over four -
New Electronic Pill Can Communicate Wirelessly2018-12-14 14:41:18
A research team led by MIT scientists has developed an ingestible capsule that can be controlled using Bluetooth, a widely adopted wireless protocol. -
Hubble Finds Fast-Evaporating Warm Neptune: GJ 3470b2018-12-14 13:01:59
Extrasolar ‘Neptunes’ are exoplanets with masses and radii similar to those of the ice giants in the Solar System. In 2015, astronomers us -
Smaller Member of Binary Protostar Caught Forming Like Planet2018-12-14 11:03:32
While observing a massive protostar called G11.92-0.61 MM 1, a research team led by University of Leeds astronomers discovered it was not in fact one -
NASA’s New Horizons Spacecraft Captures New Images of Ultima Thule2018-12-14 08:40:06
NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft has returned new images captured on approach to its next flyby target, the Kuiper Belt object 2014 MU69, also kno -
Scientists Identify Eight New Genetic Variants Responsible for Red Hair2018-12-14 07:08:38
By performing genome-wide analyses across hair colors, researchers at the University of Edinburgh, UK, have discovered eight new genetic variants that -
Researchers Find Oldest Known Plant Virus2018-12-13 13:21:28
Scientists studying ancient corncobs found at Antelope House, an Ancestral Puebloan ruin located at Canyon de Chelly National Monument, Arizona, have -
ALMA Captures Stunning Views of Protoplanetary Disks2018-12-13 11:04:30
Astronomers using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) have conducted one of the deepest surveys ever of protoplanetary disks &mdas -
Nearby Supernova Explosions Triggered End-Pliocene Marine Mass Extinction, Researchers Say2018-12-13 09:32:34
Approximately 2.6 million years ago (Pliocene epoch), a tsunami of cosmic energy from a massive supernova or a series of them about 150 light-years aw -
Dwarf Planet Ceres Has Carbon-Rich Surface, Study Suggests2018-12-13 07:30:41
The surface of the dwarf planet Ceres may contain several times the concentration of carbon than is present in the most carbon-rich, primitive meteori -
Scientists Repurpose Wasp Venom Peptides to Fight Drug-Resistant Bacteria2018-12-13 06:51:21
After performing an analysis of the antimicrobial properties of a peptide found in the venom of Polybia paulista, a species of South American social w -
Dracula Ants’ Mandibles are Fastest Known Animal Appendages2018-12-12 11:15:48
In a study published today in the journal Royal Society Open Science, researchers examined the kinematics and functional morphology of the Dracula ant
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New research may upend what we know about how tornadoes form2018-12-14 14:06:29
New data on the birth of tornadoes suggest that the twisters don’t form from the top down. -
Endangered northern bettongs aren’t picky truffle eaters2018-12-14 13:21:43
Without the northern bettong, the variety of Australia’s truffle-producing fungi could take a hit, a new study finds. -
Counting the breaths of wild porpoises reveals their revved-up metabolism2018-12-14 06:00:05
A new method tracks harbor porpoises’ breathing to collect rare information on the energy needs of the marine mammals. -
Big data reveals hints of how, when and where mental disorders start2018-12-13 14:49:10
The first wave of data from the PsychENCODE project holds new clues to how and when psychiatric diseases such as schizophrenia emerge. -
Corn domestication took some unexpected twists and turns2018-12-13 14:00:05
A DNA study challenges the idea people fully tamed maize in Mexico before the plant spread. -
Here’s a rare way that an Alzheimer’s protein can spread2018-12-13 11:00:05
Amyloid-beta found in vials of growth hormone can move from brain to brain, a mouse study shows. -
50 years ago, armadillos hinted that DNA wasn’t destiny2018-12-13 07:00:05
Nine-banded armadillos have identical quadruplets. But the youngsters aren’t identical enough, and scientists 50 years ago could not figure out -
The Parker Solar Probe takes its first up-close look at the sun2018-12-12 17:49:28
NASA’s Parker Solar Probe survived its first encounter with the sun and is sending data back to Earth. -
Hybrid rice engineered with CRISPR can clone its seeds2018-12-12 15:52:52
New research has created self-cloning hybrid rice, raising hopes of higher food production. -
Babies born in opioid withdrawal have unusually small heads2018-12-12 15:25:36
Infants born dependent on opioids had heads that were smaller than babies whose moms didn’t use the drugs during pregnancy. -
Many babies are crummy sleepers, confirming what millions of parents already know2018-12-12 08:00:06
A new survey suggests that lots and lots of babies aren’t sleeping through the night. The results may prompt new parents to lower their expectat -
‘Little Foot’ skeleton analysis reignites debate over the hominid’s species2018-12-12 06:00:05
Long-awaited analyses of the Little Foot skeleton have researchers disagreeing over resurrecting a defunct species name.
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Jiggly Jell-O to make powerful new hydrogen fuel catalyst2018-12-15 14:13:52
A cheap and effective new catalyst can generate hydrogen fuel from water just as efficiently as platinum, currently the best -- but also most expensiv -
Wiring diagram of the brain provides a clearer picture of brain scan data2018-12-15 14:13:48
Neuroscientists have used data from the human brain connectome -- a publicly available 'wiring diagram' of the human brain based on data from thousa -
Treatment shown to improve the odds against bone marrow cancer2018-12-15 14:13:45
Hope has emerged for patients with a serious type of bone marrow cancer as new research into a therapeutic drug has revealed improved outcomes and sur -
A damming trend2018-12-15 14:13:41
Hundreds of dams are being proposed for Mekong River basin in Southeast Asia. The negative social and environmental consequences -- affecting everythi -
For these critically endangered marine turtles, climate change could be a knockout blow2018-12-14 12:40:52
Researchers suggest that projected increases in air temperatures, rainfall inundation and blistering solar radiation could significantly reduce hawksb -
Can stem cells help a diseased heart heal itself? Researcher achieves important milestone2018-12-14 12:40:49
Scientists have taken an important step toward the goal of making diseased hearts heal themselves -- a new model that would reduce the need for bypass -
Self-perception and reality seem to line-up when it comes to judging our own personality2018-12-14 12:40:45
When it comes to personality, it turns out your peers probably think the same way about you as you do about yourself. -
Early physical therapy can reduce risk, amount of long-term opioid use, study finds2018-12-14 12:18:14
Patients who underwent physical therapy soon after being diagnosed with pain in the shoulder, neck, low back or knee were approximately 7 to 16 percen -
HIV vaccine protects non-human primates from infection2018-12-14 12:18:11
New research shows that an experimental HIV vaccine strategy works in non-human primates. In the study, rhesus macaque monkeys produced neutralizing a -
Adhesives for biomedical applications can be detached with light2018-12-14 12:18:08
Pulling off a little plastic bandage may soon get a lot less painful. Researchers have developed a new type of adhesive that can strongly adhere wet m -
Colorado River Delta report provides restoration road map2018-12-14 12:18:06
Four growing seasons after the engineered spring flood of the Colorado River Delta in March 2014, the delta's birds, plants and groundwater continue -
Quantum chemical calculations on quantum computers2018-12-14 11:08:05
A new quantum algorithm has been implemented for quantum chemical calculations such as Full-CI on quantum computers without exponential/combinatorial
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Why You Should Definitely Get Your Kids A Flu Shot2018-12-15 08:00:35
Last year, a record number of children died from influenza. As the flu begins to ramp up this month, experts stress the importance of getting the vacc -
Our Plastic Addiction Has Reached A New Crisis Level2018-12-15 05:45:12
At this point, recycling won’t save us. But there are some other scientific innovations that might. -
Cory Booker, Likely 2020 Contender, Says He Supports Green New Deal2018-12-14 15:55:23
He joins Sen. Bernie Sanders in backing the plan to combat climate change, and becomes the second likely presidential candidate to do so. -
NASA's InSight Lander Takes Its First Selfie From The Surface of Mars2018-12-13 17:08:20
Your selfies are going to be pretty terrestrial by comparison. -
Here's Why Dogs Sniff Your Crotch When You're On Your Period2018-12-13 14:30:43
There's a reason for those awkward moments. -
Green New Deal Gains Key Support At Home As Trump Undercuts UN Climate Talks Abroad2018-12-13 09:02:36
A resolution for a House select committee on a Green New Deal has at least 35 backers. -
Stephen Curry Denies Moon Landing. NASA Launches Rebuttal.2018-12-12 07:38:00
The Golden State Warriors superstar now says he was joking, but he could have landed himself on an NBA all-star team of science deniers. -
People Are Already Dying By The Thousands Because We Ignored Earlier Climate Change Warnings2018-12-11 20:20:06
Science allows us to attribute deaths and damage to climate change. So why aren't we more alarmed? -
Joe Manchin Named To Key Senate Energy Post Despite Opposition From Left2018-12-11 19:33:35
The coal-friendly lawmaker vowed to work with both sides of the aisle as his party tries to counter President Donald Trump's environmental policies. -
EPA Proposes Gutting Obama-Era Rule Protecting 117 Million Americans’ Water2018-12-11 11:49:46
President Donald Trump has said he wants “crystal-clean water.” -
The Meat-Heavy Menu At The UN's Climate Conference Shows Shocking Hypocrisy2018-12-10 12:01:44
High-level delegates at COP24 feast on cheeseburgers while they discuss how to solve the climate crisis. -
'Glimmer Of Hope' For Great Barrier Reef As Study Shows Tolerance To Climate Change2018-12-10 11:00:03
Last year's oceanic heat wave wasn't as destructive as one the year before, scientists said.
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Folate deficiency creates hitherto unknown problems in connection with cell division2018-12-14 00:00:00
Folate deficiency creates more problems in connection with DNA replication than researchers had hitherto assumed, researchers from the University of C -
Breastfeeding for more than 6 months associated with smaller maternal waist circumference2018-12-14 00:00:00
Breastfeeding for more than 6 months was found to be independently associated with smaller waist circumference in the decade after delivery among wome -
Atmospheric aerosol formation from biogenic vapors is strongly affected by air pollutants2018-12-14 00:00:00
According to a recent study published in the journal Science Advances, air pollution not only affects air quality, but it also changes the pathways al -
A damming trend2018-12-14 00:00:00
Hundreds of dams are being proposed for Mekong River basin in Southeast Asia. The negative social and environmental consequences -- affecting everythi -
Low skilled, low paid workers of the world don't unite, research shows2018-12-14 00:00:00
Workers in low-skilled, low paid employment aren't prone to band together and form a common bond, new research has shown. -
NASA-NOAA's satellite tracks a stronger Tropical Cyclone Owen nearing landfall2018-12-14 00:00:00
Tropical Cyclone Owen continued to strengthen as it moved east through the Gulf of Carpentaria and toward a landfall in western Queensland, Australia. -
The role of lipid nanoparticles and its surface modification in reaching the brain2018-12-14 00:00:00
Nanomedicine is a field of science that employs materials in the nanometer scale.Alzheimer's disease (AD) and Parkinson's disease (PD) are the most -
Levels of gene-expression-regulating enzyme altered in brains of people with schizophrenia2018-12-14 00:00:00
A study using a PET scan tracer developed at the Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging at Massachusetts General Hospital has identified, for the firs -
HIV vaccine protects non-human primates from infection2018-12-14 00:00:00
New research shows that an experimental HIV vaccine strategy works in non-human primates. In the study, rhesus macaque monkeys produced neutralizing a -
Self-perception and reality seem to line-up when it comes to judging our own personality2018-12-14 00:00:00
When it comes to personality, it turns out your peers probably think the same way about you as you do about yourself -
Early physical therapy can reduce risk, amount of long-term opioid use, study finds2018-12-14 00:00:00
Patients who underwent physical therapy soon after being diagnosed with pain in the shoulder, neck, low back or knee were approximately 7 to 16 percen -
Can stem cells help a diseased heart heal itself? Researcher achieves important milestone2018-12-14 00:00:00
A team of Rutgers scientists have taken an important step toward the goal of making diseased hearts heal themselves -- a new model that would reduce t
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Science décalée : on dort moins bien les nuits de Pleine Lune2018-12-15 15:07:36
La vieille croyance populaire aurait trouvé une vérification scientifique. De nombreux paramètres du sommeil seraient en eff -
Une gomme à mâcher de 9.000 ans révèle des surprises sur la fabrication des outils2018-12-15 13:03:40
Mâché comme un chewing-gum, le brai de bouleau servait de glu pour la fabrication d’outils préhistoriques. L’analyse d -
Stockage d'énergie : un « soleil en boîte » pour stocker l'électricité2018-12-15 12:00:00
Des chercheurs du MIT ont inventé un système de stockage à partir de la lumière dégagée par du silicium -
L'astéroïde, tueur de dinosaures, aurait créé des montagnes plus hautes que l'Everest2018-12-15 09:15:07
L'étude de carottes rocheuses prélevées dans le cratère de Chicxulub vient d'accréditer une théorie concer -
Le plus grand écosystème microbien du monde se cache dans la croûte terrestre2018-12-15 08:00:00
Une grande partie de la vie sur Terre se cache… dans la Terre ! De longues recherches indiquent que la vie grouille dans la croûte terres -
Le corail semble s'habituer au réchauffement climatique, est-ce une bonne nouvelle ?2018-12-15 07:01:00
Les récifs de la Grande Barrière de corail, au nord-est de l’Australie, ont moins souffert en 2017 alors que l’eau ét -
On a retrouvé les Neptunes chaudes perdues : elles se transformeraient en superterres2018-12-14 11:30:00
L'observation de l'évaporation rapide de la Neptune chaude GJ 3470b à l'aide du télescope Hubble accrédite pour la prem -
« Pas de planète B » : le message d'un astronaute de l'ISS à la Terre2018-12-14 10:43:02
L'heure du bilan, ou devrait-on dire de la sentence, approche alors que la COP24 de Katowice, en Pologne, arrive à son terme. Devant se finir -
Des gènes de Néandertal expliqueraient la forme de notre crâne2018-12-14 10:30:00
Une équipe internationale de chercheurs a trouvé des ADN néandertaliens impliqués dans le développement du cerveau -
Nouveau record de supraconductivité à haute température2018-12-14 09:30:00
Une équipe de chercheurs vient de battre le record de haute température pour l'apparition d'une phase supraconductrice, et qui plus es -
Les pesticides font jaunir les singes2018-12-14 07:30:00
Au Costa Rica, le pelage des singes hurleurs vire du noir au jaune. Une évolution dans la production de mélanine, due à -
46P/Wirtanen : la comète de l’année passe près de la Terre ce week-end !2018-12-14 06:25:19
Retenez bien son nom : 46P/Wirtanen. C'est la comète de l'année ! Le 16 décembre, l'astre chevelu passera au plus pr
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La Chine construira une plate-forme pour la télédétection environnementale de l'Arctique2018-12-12 19:00:00
La Chine a lancé un projet pour construire une plate-forme de recherche collaborative sur l'environnement de l'Arctique en utilisant la t&eac -
Des chercheurs chinois découvrent un nouveau composé pouvant réduire le cholestérol2018-12-12 19:00:00
Des chercheurs chinois ont découvert un nouveau composé pouvant aider à réduire le taux de cholestérol dans le sang -
La sonde lunaire chinoise Chang'e-4 ralentit près de la Lune2018-12-11 19:00:00
La sonde lunaire chinoise Chang'e-4 a ralenti mercredi près de la Lune, accomplissant une étape cruciale de son trajet pour procé -
Lancement d'un système de contrôle par ordinateur quantique dans l'est de la Chine2018-12-10 19:00:00
Le premier système chinois de contrôle par un ordinateur quantique doté de droits de propriété intellectuelle ind&ea -
L'avion amphibie Beriev Be-200 équipera l'aéronavale russe d'ici la fin 20192018-12-09 19:00:00
La Marine russe sera équipée d'ici la fin 2019 de l'avion amphibie Beriev Be-200, spécialisé dans les opérations -
Départ d'un navire de recherche chinois pour une nouvelle expédition océanique2018-12-09 19:00:00
Le navire de recherche chinois Dayang Yihao (Océan No.1) a quitté lundi la ville de Qingdao (est) pour une expédition océa -
Des scientifiques australiens développent un test de dépistage du cancer en 10 minutes2018-12-08 19:00:00
Les tests de dépistage du cancer pourraient à l'avenir se faire en dix minutes avec un taux de fiabilité de 90%, grâce &ag -
Quelque 3,9 milliards de personnes dans le monde utilisent Internet fin 2018, selon l'UIT2018-12-07 19:00:00
Environ 3,9 milliards de personnes utilisent Internet, soit environ 51,2% de la population mondiale, selon les estimations publiées vendredi pa -
La Chine lance la sonde lunaire Chang'e-42018-12-07 19:00:00
La sonde lunaire chinoise Chang'e-4 a été lancée aux premières heures de samedi et elle devrait procéder au premie -
NASA : InSight enregistre pour la première fois le son du vent sur Mars2018-12-07 19:00:00
La sonde spatiale InSight, qui s'est posée sur Mars voici dix jours, a transmis le tout premier enregistrement du vent soufflant sur la plan&e -
La Chine lance la sonde lunaire Chang'e-4 pour éclairer la face cachée de la Lune2018-12-07 19:00:00
La sonde lunaire chinoise Chang'e-4 a été lancée aux premières heures samedi et elle devrait procéder au premier a -
Deux satellites saoudiens lancés depuis le centre spatial de Jiuquan en Chine2018-12-06 19:00:00
Deux satellites de surveillance aérienne saoudiens ont été lancés vendredi depuis le centre spatial de Jiuquan, en Chine,
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