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Underwater umbrellas could protect coral reefs from heat damage: « Temporary shades placed over particularly vulnerable Caribbean corals can mitigate damage from high sea temperatures driven by global warming, which turns them ghostly white—and eventually kills them. »

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Underwater umbrellas could protect coral reefs from heat damage: « Temporary shades placed over particularly vulnerable Caribbean corals can mitigate damage from high sea temperatures driven by global warming, which turns them ghostly white—and eventually kills them. »

goodnewsnetwork.org

u/fchung — 10 days ago

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Sugar amplifies damage done to gut health by antibiotics: « Eating sweets while taking antibiotics may worsen the harm done by the drugs to the normal community of bacteria in the gut, a new study found. »

u/fchung — 11 days ago

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Ready, set, exhale: Study links respiration and cognition, « Scientists discover response speed is measurably faster when exhaling than inhaling. »

news.northwestern.edu

u/fchung — 15 days ago

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Volcanic springs Amoeba survives 63 °C, setting a new heat record for complex life: « One newly discovered amoeba, which calls a sweltering 63 °C (145 °F) geothermal spring in California's Lassen Volcanic National Park home, has just broken the upper temperature limit for eukaryotic life. »

sciencealert.com

u/fchung — 18 days ago

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A burst of “pink noise” may lead to more restorative sleep: « Delivered at just the right time, this type of auditory stimulus can strengthen the flow of cerebrospinal fluid, which clears debris from the brain and keeps it healthy. »

u/aHumanRaisedByHumans — 1 month ago

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Newly discovered stem cell reveals potential drug target for spinal stenosis: « Researchers at Weill Cornell Medicine and Hospital for Special Surgery have discovered the stem cells that give rise to the body’s tendons and ligaments, the tissues connecting muscles and bones. »

news.weill.cornell.edu

u/fchung — 1 month ago

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Do black holes have hidden hair? Scientists find a new way to check: « For almost sixty years, general relativity has predicted that black holes are defined by only mass and spin. A new study works out how to check whether some black holes are hiding something more. »

en.nagoya-u.ac.jp

u/fchung — 1 month ago

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Magic mushroom compound may prevent chemotherapy pain: « Research in mice finds that psilocybin protects against nerve damage and sensitivity caused by common cancer drugs. »

u/fchung — 1 month ago

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Scientists recreated the long-lost chirps of Jurassic insects. Listen to the simulated soundscape of 165 million years ago: « With artificial intelligence and careful modeling of fossilized wings, researchers reproduced how some extinct, katydid-like insects might have made noise. »

smithsonianmag.com

u/fchung — 1 month ago

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Scientists find a huge 10-sided wave pattern swirling in the clouds over Saturn’s south pole: « The researchers suspect the bizarre atmospheric phenomenon may have formed between 2017 and 2023, when Saturn’s south pole was tilted away from Earth and therefore out of view. »

u/fchung — 1 month ago

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Atlas of the brain’s striatum could guide researchers to new drug treatments: « A new study reveals insights into populations of neurons affected by Huntington’s disease, schizophrenia, addiction, and other disorders. »

u/fchung — 1 month ago

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Electrically charged raindrops can corrode cars and buildings: « Charge picked up as water and surfaces interact may be damaging buildings like the Eiffel Tower. »

u/fchung — 1 month ago

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An experimental one-time treatment for high cholesterol shows promising results: « Heart disease remains the leading killer of people worldwide, and one of the key risk factors driving deaths is elevated levels of cholesterol. »

u/fchung — 2 months ago

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Loneliness rewires the brain to drive alcohol consumption, mouse study finds: « First-of-its-kind study shows how isolation escalates drinking in males but suppresses it in females. »

news.northwestern.edu

u/fchung — 2 months ago

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A smartphone navigation app for people with blindness and low vision: « Mobilio uses AI, built-in sensors to give users continuous guidance. »

seas.harvard.edu

u/fchung — 2 months ago

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Massive study links the time you eat breakfast to how long you'll live: « Most breakfast advice focuses on what to put on your plate. But a large study of US adults suggests the clock may deserve attention, too. »

sciencealert.com

u/fchung — 2 months ago

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Jellyfish enable surprising new findings about cancer: « Although increased cell proliferation is a hallmark of cancerous tissues, in some cases, it may actually be protective against tumor growth. »

u/fchung — 2 months ago

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AI tool reveals climate shifts may have fueled bursts of bird evolution: « Evolutionary theory predicts that the evolution of organisms occurs in pulsed bursts followed by slowdowns—something researchers have seen hints of in the fossil record. »

u/fchung — 2 months ago

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Drug that targets an inflammatory enzyme could help prevent lung cancer: « A new study by MIT researchers shows that inhibiting caspase-1 can reduce the risk of tumor growth. »

u/fchung — 2 months ago

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The largest galaxy in the universe is even bigger than we thought… and it hasn't finished growing: « The central galaxies in a cluster are always the biggest, and collisions with other galaxies help them grow. So, it isn't surprising that IC1101 is big. But it is still a cut above the rest. »

u/fchung — 2 months ago