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Researchers have identified the key factors that influence a vital pattern of ocean currents.

Outdoor recreation is a popular activity, but it's been known to have negative behavioural and physiological effects on wildlife. A new scholarly article in the open-access, peer-reviewed journal Nature Conservation from researchers at the Wildlife Conservation Society looked at nearly 40 years of research on recreation impacts on wildlife to try to find the point where recreation starts to impact the wildlife around us.

Direct photocatalytic coupling of methanol to ethylene glycol (EG) is highly attractive. The first metal oxide photocatalyst, tantalum-based semiconductor, is reported for preferential activation of C-H bond within methanol to form hydroxymethyl radical (* CH2OH) and subsequent C-C coupling to EG. The nitrogen doped tantalum oxide (N-Ta2O5) photocatalyst is an environmentally friendly and highly stable candidate for photocatalytic coupling of methanol to EG.

Researchers have created a new nanometer-scale proximity labeling system that targets histidine residues quickly, providing a new chemical tool in protein chemical modification.

The network connection between nerve cells in the spinal cord seems to play a critical role in the development of the severe disease ALS, a new study from the University of Copenhagen suggests. The study, which is based on a mouse model, may change the way we think about the disease, says researchers.

Psychotic disorders comes with a progressive decline in IQ. If current drug treatments are successful in containing psychotic symptoms, nothing can be done to prevent the deterioration of intellectual skills that leads to loss of autonomy. Researchers (UNIGE) have discovered that prescription of selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) in late childhood can reduce the deterioration of intellectual abilities and have a neuroprotective effect on some of the brain regions affected by the psychotic illness.

Up to three quarters of the biodiversity living on Western Australia's iconic ironstone mountains in the State's Mid West (known as Banded Iron Formations) could be difficult or impossible to return quickly to its previous state after the landscape has been mined, a Curtin University study has found.

Scientists at Tokyo Institute of Technology develop a 3D functional interposer -- the interface between a chip and the package substrate -- containing an embedded capacitor. This compact design saves a lot of package area and greatly reduces the wiring length between the chip's terminals and the capacitor, allowing for less noise and power consumption. Their approach paves the way to new semiconductor package structures with greater miniaturization.

A new study led by Dr. Eswaraiah Chakali from Prof. LI Di's research group at the National Astronomical Observatories reveals the diverse magnetic field morphologies in Solar-type star forming cores in the Taurus B213 region.

In the modern day, our interactions with voice-based devices and services continue to increase. In this light, researchers at Tokyo Institute of Technology and RIKEN, Japan, have performed a meta-synthesis to understand how we perceive and interact with the voice (and the body) of various machines. Their findings have generated insights into human preferences, and can be used by engineers and designers to develop future vocal technologies.

Researchers from the Institute of Industrial Science at The University of Tokyo integrated a mobility-enhanced field-effect transistor and ferroelectric capacitor to reduce the energy required by machine learning computation. Both elements contained tin-doped indium gallium zinc oxide, which can be included in the 'back end of line' layers of integrated circuits. The proximity that this made possible is expected to contribute to high-density, energy-efficient computing for future AI applications.

Corruption is pervasive, but we know little about its effects on individual lives. Using individual-level data from 28 post-communist countries, researchers demonstrated that bribing for public services worsens self-assessed health.

Giving a new spin to conventional chemical synthesis, a team of researchers from the National University of Singapore (NUS) has developed a way to automate the production of small molecules suitable for pharmaceutical use. The method can potentially be used for molecules that are typically produced via manual processes, thereby reducing the manpower required.

Lithium metal batteries comprising lithium anodes hold much promise in replacing conventional lithium-ion batteries due to their high theoretical capacity but suffer from poor cycling performance due to undesirable side reactions. Now, Korean researchers have worked around the problem with engineered lithium metal powder pre-planted with lithium nitride (LN-LMP), reporting a surpassing cycling performance for an LN-LMP-based electrode and paving the way for their commercialization.

An odor-based test that sniffs out vapors emanating from blood samples was able to distinguish between benign and pancreatic and ovarian cancer cells with up to 95% accuracy.

Concussions can have serious consequences for toddlers. A Montreal research team has developed a tool to detect them in children who do not yet speak or have a limited vocabulary.

In a recent study, Australian scientists used an original approach to resolve the 3D structure of flaviviruses with an unprecedented level of detail, identifying small molecules known as 'pocket factors' as new therapeutic targets.

Policymakers have looked for ways to get more health care provides to provide outpatient medication management to people battling opioid use disorder. A new study finds that most prescriptions for the drug buprenorphine, used to treat opioid use disorder, are written by a small number of the health care providers.

It might seem like a given than mothers take extra risks to protect their children, but have you ever wondered why? A new study led by Kumi Kuroda at the RIKEN Center for Brain Science (CBS) in Japan shows that in mice, this and other nurturing behaviors are driven in part by neurons in a small part of the forebrain that contain a protein called the calcitonin receptor. The study was published in Cell Reports.

A new discovery in Ewing sarcoma, an aggressive and often fatal childhood cancer, has uncovered the potential to prevent cancer cells from spreading beyond their primary tumour site. Researchers with the University of British Columbia and BC Cancer have learned that Ewing sarcoma cells--and likely other types of cancer cells--are able to develop a shield that protects them from the harsh environment of the bloodstream and other locations as they search for a new place to settle, or metastasize.