Global warming, income, and air conditioning
Rising income throughout the world may drive increased use of air conditioning and electricity consumption, according to a study. Sales of electricity-intensive air conditioning units have grown...
View ArticleMonitoring global hydrofluorocarbon emissions
Countries that report hydrofluorocarbon (HFC) emissions display reporting inaccuracies for individual HFCs, but high accuracy for combined HFC levels, according to a study. HFCs are organic compounds...
View ArticleCoordinating environmental restoration
Coordinating environmental restoration efforts on a large scale may be more cost-effective than having many local and regional organizations working independently, a study finds. Thomas Neeson and...
View ArticleAlso of interest from the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
A study of 200 people identifies genetic alleles that may be associated with an increased risk of high-altitude pulmonary edema through regulation of the vasodilator apelin, which can regulate blood...
View ArticleAutonomous convergence and divergence of the self-powered soft liquid metal...
Conventional rigid machines even living organism, generally do not own the capabilities like autonomous convergence or divergence. Based on the previous study on liquid metal enabled autonomous...
View ArticleEmbracing the 5G era
To meet the demands of 2020, the 5G research has attracted global attention and made remarkable progress. Now, researchers in China have overviewed the latest research progress on 5G systems and...
View ArticleOrganic farming can reverse the agriculture ecosystem from a carbon source to...
Now researchers showed that replacing chemical fertilizer with organic manure significantly decreased the emission of GHGs. Organic farming can reverse the agriculture ecosystem from a carbon source...
View ArticleFilter information of GC-content can enhance resolution of classifying bacteria
Among various methods of constructing Genome Tree, the K-String Composition Approach which is Alignment-Free shows nonnegligible superiority. By analyzing the correlation between species specificity...
View ArticleStature of Han Chinese dialect groups
The statures of 26,940 Chinese Han adults (16,503 rural adults and 10,437 urban adults) from 11 Han ethnic groups were measured and analyzed in the current survey. The statures of Northeast China...
View ArticlePhysical mechanisms of summer spatiotemporal precipitation variations over...
One of the hotspots in studying climate change is the spatiotemporal precipitation variations. Now a scientific research has revealed the physical mechanisms of summer spatiotemporal precipitation...
View Article3D-printed, personalized device treats airway disease in infants
For up to nearly three years after implantation, a “4D biomaterial”—a 3D-printed medical device designed to change shape over time—improved breathing in three infants with a severe airway disease,...
View ArticleUC3M creates tool for monitoring brands on Twitter
Universidad Carlos III de Madrid (UC3M) has developed a monitoring tool with which brands can test the effects of their strategies on social networks. This program can control millions of “tweets” and...
View ArticleInside lookat making of beetle’s toxic, pulsed spray
The distinct pulses of hot toxin that bombardier beetles spray at their predators are a product of a special expansion and contraction process inside the beetles’ defensive glands, a new study...
View ArticleGlobal warming accelerating world’s extinctions
One in six species on the planet could face extinction due to the effects of climate change if carbon emissions and changes proceed on their current trajectories, according to new research. Mark Urban...
View ArticlePersonalized messages between brain regions revealed
A new study in live rats shows that the hippocampus -- an area of the vertebrate brain associated with spatial memory, anxiety, and reward -- selectively targets other brain regions with specific...
View ArticlePre-human extinction rates reveal risks in the tropics
By combining data on the extinction rates of marine species over the past 23 million years with data on human activity and climate change, researchers have identified specific taxa and regions of the...
View ArticleElectronics you can wrap around your finger
Researchers from South Korea have taken a new step toward more bendable devices by manufacturing a thin film that keeps its useful electric and magnetic properties even when highly curved.
View ArticleDetecting cryptosporidium in China
Recently, researchers at Fudan University's Institute of Biomedical Sciences in Shanghai developed a lab-on-a-chip device that can rapidly diagnose Cryptosporidium infections from just a finger prick...
View ArticleGlucose, fructose, and appetite
Fructose may enhance the reward value of high-calorie food and promote eating, compared with glucose, according to a study. Differences in metabolism of fructose and glucose may lead to differential...
View ArticleAutism and visual noise sensitivity
Certain perceptual impairments in autism spectrum disorder may be associated with a heightened sensitivity to sensory noise rather than with deficiencies in sensory integration, according to a study.
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