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New model shows how our social networks could contribute to generating economic phenomena
Many standard economic models assume people make perfectly rational, individual decisions. But new research suggests economic phenomena like inequality and business cycles are better explained by models which recognize that people's decisions are affected by the decisions and the behaviors of people around them.
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Dolphin species that live together, do not necessarily compete for food
A new molecular method reveals how different species of toothed whales compete for prey and which food they choose in each other's company. According to previous research, the rough-toothed dolphin Steno bredanensis was supposed to be the absolute top predator of a particular area. Amino acid isotope research shows its trophic level is indeed significantly lower than previously determined.
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New insights into the assembly of photosynthetic membranes
An international study has elucidated the structure of a protein that is required for the assembly and stability of photosynthetic membranes.
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Researchers collaborate with First Nations to conserve cultural cedar trees
A collaborative research project between the five First Nations of the Nanwakolas Council of British Columbia and Simon Fraser University is contributing to conservation efforts of the iconic western redcedar tree. New research in the Journal of Ethnobiology highlights concerns about the long-term sustainability of this culturally significant resource. Researchers found that western redcedar trees suitable for traditional carving are generally rare.
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Next-generation sequencing uncovers what's stressing bumblebees
York University scientists used next-generation sequencing to look inside bumblebees for evidence of pesticide exposure, including neonicotinoids, as well as pathogens, and found both. Using a conservation genomic approach - an emerging field of study that could radically change the way bee health is assessed - the researchers studied Bombus terricola or the yellow-banded bumblebee, a native to North America, in agricultural and non-agricultural areas. This new technique allows scientists to probe for invisible stressors affecting bees.
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MasSpec Pen shows promise in pancreatic cancer surgery
A diagnostic tool called the MasSpec Pen has been tested for the first time in pancreatic cancer patients during surgery. The device is shown to accurately identify tissues and surgical margins directly in patients and differentiate healthy and cancerous tissue from banked pancreas samples. At about 15 seconds per analysis, the method is more than 100 times as fast as the current gold standard diagnostic.
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Researchers use multivalent gold nanoparticles to develop efficient molecular probe
Cells play a precise game of telephone, sending messages to each other that trigger actions further on. With clear signaling, the cells achieve their goals. In disease, however, the signals break up and result in confused messaging and unintended consequences. To help parse out these signals and how they function in health -- and go awry in disease -- scientists tag proteins with labels they can follow as the proteins interact with the molecular world around them.
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Face off for best ID checkers
The Glasgow Face Matching Test has been updated to find super-recognisers who can help prevent errors caused by face recognition software.
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COVID-19 news from Annals of Internal Medicine
A retrospective cohort study found that surges in hospital COVID-19 caseload significantly increased mortality in the hardest hit U.S. hospitals. The findings are published in Annals of Internal Medicine.
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Electrokinetic proton transport in triple conducting oxides as key descriptor for highly efficient protonic ceramic fuel cells
South Korea's Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST) has unveiled introduced an innovative way to quantify proton kinetic properties of TCOs.
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Structuring the cerebral neocortex
The neocortex is a layered structure of the brain in which neurons are arranged parallel to each other. This organization is critical for healthy brain function. A team of researchers from Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin have uncovered two key processes that direct this organization. Reporting in Science Advances*, the researchers identify one crucial factor which ensures the timely movement of neurons into their destined layer and, subsequently, their final parallel orientation within this space.
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Sculpted by starlight: A meteorite witness to the solar system's birth
Scientists knew a burst of UV light left its mark on our solar system. Now they know the source of that light.
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Asymptomatic adults may be reservoirs of Streptococcus pneumoniae
In Europe, S. pneumoniae is the most common cause of community-acquired bacterial pneumonia in adults. Still, very little is known about its colonization within this age group. A team of researchers from ITQB NOVA has now taken a crucial step to clarify the dynamics of carriage of this bacterium in adults.
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Study finds genes role in immune response of Florida corals to rapidly spreading disease
MIAMI--A new study led by scientists at the University of Miami (UM) Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science is the first to document what coral genes are doing in response to a disease that is rapidly killing corals throughout Florida and the Caribbean. The findings can help to better understand coral immune system as new diseases emerge as the ocean warm.
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From waste to wealth: Converting CO2 into butanol using phosphorous-rich copper cathodes
Researchers today are looking for ways to convert CO2, which is rapidly accumulating in the atmosphere, into other valuable organic products. Now, scientists from the Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology in South Korea have proposed a reaction for the highly selective production of 1-butanol, a valuable alternative fuel, by electro-chemical reduction using copper phosphide electrodes. Their findings offer a new in-sight on the use of Cu-based electrocatalysts for the electroreduction of CO2.
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Neanderthal artists? Our ancestors decorated bones over 50,000 years ago
Since the discovery of the first fossil remains, the image of the Neanderthal has been one of a primitive hominin. People have known for a long time that Neanderthals were able to fashion tools and weapons. But could they also make jewellery or even art? Researchers from Göttingen University and the Lower Saxony State Office for Heritage analysed a new find from the Unicorn Cave in the Harz Mountains in Germany and conclude that Neanderthals had remarkable cognitive abilities.
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Gulf Coast ready to develop carbon storage hub
The stage is set for a new carbon storage economy to emerge along the Gulf Coast, according to a study led by The University of Texas at Austin, with the region offering ample opportunities to capture and store carbon, and recent state and federal incentives giving an added push to get started.
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Potential of faba beans, rich in protein, has been unlocked
Faba beans have been an excellent source of food protein since pre-historic times, but about 5% of people, mostly from regions where malaria has been endemic and who carry a certain mutation, can't eat them. Now, an international team of researchers, led by the Universities of Helsinki and Copenhagen as well as Luke Natural Resources Institute Finland, has identified the gene responsible for the production of vicine and convicine, which are harmful to these people.
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Researchers discover unusual competition between charge density wave and superconductivity
A research team led by Prof. CHEN Xianhui from University of Science and Technology of China of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) found an unusual competition between charge density wave (CDW) and superconductivity in CsV3Sb5, a layered kagome metal, which provides key experimental evidence for understanding novel CDW and superconductivity. The result was published on Nature Communications and recommended as featured article.
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Researchers shed light on memory effects in multi-step evolution of open quantum system
In a study published in Physical Review Letters, academician GUO Guangcan's team from University of Science and Technology of China of the Chinese Academy of Sciences made progress in the open quantum system research. This team, collaborating with Austrian theoretical physicist Philip Taranto, demonstrated the non-Markovianity in the multi-step evolution of the open quantum system, and proved the measurement-dependent property of quantum memory effects.
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