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The origins of farming insects

Eurekalert - Jun 23 2021 - 00:06
A beetle bores a tree trunk to build a gallery in the wood in order to protect its lay. As it digs the tunnel, it spreads ambrosia fungal spores that will feed the larvae. When these bore another tree, the adult beetles will be the transmission vectors of the fungal spores in another habitat. This mutualism among insects and ambrosia fungi could be more than 100 years old, more than what was thought to date.
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China's EarthLab begins trials as country's first facility exploring Earth system interactions

Eurekalert - Jun 23 2021 - 00:06
On June 23, 2021, China is launching EarthLab in Beijing to better research how the spheres interact and impact the planet.
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Outstanding organic solar cells' performance achieved by using new technology

Eurekalert - Jun 23 2021 - 00:06
Organic solar elements with the self-assembling molecular-thin layer (SAM) of hole-transporting material, the technology, which was used in producing a record-breaking tandem solar cell, achieved 18.4 power conversion efficiency. The invention of Lithuanian chemists working at Kaunas University of Technology (KTU), commercialized by several global companies proved versatile and applicable to different solar technologies.
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10 keys to integrating health into urban and transport planning

Eurekalert - Jun 23 2021 - 00:06
A new paper based on a literature review and a participatory process identifies principles and indicators for healthy urban design.
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Influence of land use on soil erosion in European Russia for the last 30 years

Eurekalert - Jun 23 2021 - 00:06
Research Associate Artyom Gusarov studied a vast array of erosion data to make a general takeaway that soil erosion and river sediment load in the aforementioned region has significantly decreased throughout the post-Soviet period.
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Earth-like biospheres on other planets may be rare

Eurekalert - Jun 23 2021 - 00:06
A new analysis of known exoplanets has revealed that Earth-like conditions on potentially habitable planets may be much rarer than previously thought. The work focuses on the conditions required for oxygen-based photosynthesis to develop on a planet, which would enable complex biospheres of the type found on Earth. The study is published today in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society.
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Study reveals formation mechanism of first carbon-carbon bond in MTO process

Eurekalert - Jun 23 2021 - 00:06
Scientists revealed the mechanism underlying the formation of the first carbon-carbon (C-C) bond formation during the methanol-to-olefins (MTO) process.
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Scientists uncover new mechanism that enables development of cancer

Eurekalert - Jun 23 2021 - 00:06
Researchers at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill have uncovered a mechanism that activates specific genes, leading to the development of cancers. They showed that a mutation that fuses two unrelated genes can promote a process similar to that observed when oil and water are mixed but do not blend together. The process, called liquid-liquid phase separation, can promote cancers such as acute leukemias.
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Bird migration takes plants in wrong direction to cope with climate change

Eurekalert - Jun 23 2021 - 00:06
Migratory birds carry most seeds in the wrong direction to help plants cope with climate change, new research shows.
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Voucher-based kidney donation, redemption for future transplant

Eurekalert - Jun 23 2021 - 00:06
What The Study Did: Researchers examined family voucher-based kidney donations and the capability of voucher redemption to provide timely kidney transplants.
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Changes in physician work Hours, patterns during COVID-19

Eurekalert - Jun 23 2021 - 00:06
What The Study Did: The hours worked and patterns of work activities among U.S. physicians before and during the COVID-19 pandemic were examined in this study.
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Mask mandates and COVID-19 case rates, hospitalizations, deaths in Kansas

Eurekalert - Jun 23 2021 - 00:06
What The Study Did: Researchers investigated the association between counties that adopted state mask mandates in Kansas with COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations and deaths.
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Skin reactions after COVID-19 vaccination: Rare, uncommonly recur after second dose

Eurekalert - Jun 23 2021 - 00:06
Skin problems after a first mRNA COVID-19 vaccine dose occurred in 1.9% of surveyed employees from hospital system Mass General Brigham. Among employees who experienced a skin reaction to the first dose, 83% had no recurrence of symptoms following the second dose.
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Cutaneous reactions after mRNA COVID-19 vaccines

Eurekalert - Jun 23 2021 - 00:06
What The Study Did: Hospital employees were surveyed about symptoms such as a rash, itching, hives or swelling around the face after receiving a messenger RNA COVID-19 vaccine.
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Life in these star-systems could have spotted Earth

Eurekalert - Jun 23 2021 - 00:06
Scientists at Cornell University and the American Museum of Natural History have identified 2,034 nearby star-systems - within the small cosmic distance of 326 light-years - that could find Earth merely by watching our pale blue dot cross our sun.
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Antibody therapy rescues mice from lethal nerve-muscle disease

Eurekalert - Jun 23 2021 - 00:06
Researchers rescued mice from early death caused by a muscle-weakening disease with an antibody treatment.
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Quantum birds

Eurekalert - Jun 23 2021 - 00:06
The magnetic sense of migratory birds such as European robins is thought to be based on a specific light-sensitive protein in the eye. In the current edition of the journal Nature, a team centred at the Universities of Oldenburg (Germany) and Oxford (UK) demonstrate that the protein cryptochrome 4, found in birds' retinas, is sensitive to magnetic fields and could well be the long-sought magnetic sensor.
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Pleistocene sediment DNA from Denisova Cave

Eurekalert - Jun 23 2021 - 00:06
Max Planck researchers have analyzed DNA from 728 sediment samples from Denisova Cave. Their study provides unprecedented detail about the occupation of the site by both archaic and modern humans over 300,000 years. The researchers detected the DNA of Neandertals and Denisovans, the two forms of archaic hominins who inhabited the cave, and -- for the first time -- the DNA of modern humans who appeared around the time of the emergence of an archaeological culture called the Initial Upper Paleolithic around 45,000 years ago.
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Low-cost imaging technique shows how smartphone batteries could charge in minutes

Eurekalert - Jun 23 2021 - 00:06
Researchers have developed a simple lab-based technique that allows them to look inside lithium-ion batteries and follow lithium ions moving in real time as the batteries charge and discharge, something which has not been possible until now.
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People willing to pay more for coffee that's ethical and eco-friendly, meta-analysis finds

Eurekalert - Jun 23 2021 - 00:06
In a study publishing in the journal Heliyon on June 23, researchers combined data from 22 studies to conclude that in general, people are willing to pay $1.36 more for a pound of coffee that's produced in an eco-friendly way and are especially partial to coffee that's labelled "Organic."
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