Mice Can Actually Learn Much Faster than Previously Thought
A new experimental setup for studying animal behavior and learning. Your commute to work may seem like a mundane thing, but it is a great example of the complicated tasks…
Water Blisters Trapped Beneath Greenland’s Thick Ice Sheet Could Provide Critical Hydrological Insight
A study led by Princeton University researchers found that as meltwater lakes on the surface of Greenland’s ice sheet (pictured) rapidly drain, they create water blisters between the ice and…
NASA Seeking Help on Artemis Lunar Terrain Vehicle Solutions
Credit: NASA NASA is asking American companies for additional input on approaches and solutions for a vehicle to transport Artemis astronauts around the lunar South Pole later this decade. The…
Stellar Collision Triggers Supernova Explosion – “This Is the First Time We’ve Actually Seen Such an Event”
Fast-moving debris from a supernova explosion triggered by a stellar collision crashes into gas thrown out earlier, and the shocks cause bright radio emission seen by the VLA. Credit: Bill…
National study of anti-contagion policies is first worldwide to show reducing jail populations leads to community-wide public health benefits — ScienceDaily
How can government slow the spread of COVID-19 in the U.S.? Look to America’s unique epidemic engines: jails and prisons in America. Extremely high rates of incarceration in the U.S.…
Study suggests new method is as effective as manually-based ‘gold-standard’ at classifying a diagnosis — ScienceDaily
In an article published in the journal Patterns, scientists at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai described the creation of a new, automated, artificial intelligence-based algorithm that can…
‘Leaky’ heart valves in pregnant women need more attention than once thought, study suggests — ScienceDaily
An analysis of more than 20,000 individual medical records suggests that a form of heart valve disease thought to be relatively benign during pregnancy may put women at risk for…
Rapid and sensitive on-site measurement of antibodies against the COVID-19 virus — ScienceDaily
A research team at the RIKEN Center for Emergent Matter Science (CEMS) in Japan has developed a diagnostic system that can rapidly and sensitively measure the amount of antibodies in…
Minor cell population plays major role in triggering a silent subset of inherited MDS cases — ScienceDaily
In the United States, as many as 187,000 people are coping with myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS) that damage the bone marrow’s ability to produce healthy blood cells. In most cases, MDS…
Researchers identify oral bacteria as the major cause for periodontitis, a gum infection causing tooth loss — ScienceDaily
One of the major causes of tooth loss is the inflammation and weakening of the supporting structures of the teeth caused by bacterial infection, a condition commonly known as “periodontitis.”…
