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High Under-5 Mortality in Sub-Saharan Africa

Parkinson's Disease: Mitophagy and Cell Health

Study: Estradiol-Based Hormone Therapy and Memory Performance

Study Reveals High Stroke Rate in Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander People

The Complicated Question: Getting a Covid-19 Vaccine

Novel Intervention Boosts Quality of Life in Sickle Cell Adolescents

Understanding Cancer Cells' Flexibility: Epigenetic Influence

Challenges of Short Bowel Syndrome in Gastroenterology

Managing Resistance in Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumors

Pad2 Enzyme Promotes Tumor Growth in Pancreatic Cancer

High Dropout Rates in Youth Sports Linked to Social Class

Myocardial Infarction: Infectious Disease Discovery

U.S. Regulators Approve Updated Covid-19 Shots, Limiting Access

Understanding Glaucoma: Impact of Steroid Eye Medications

Breakthrough in Fight Against Viral Diseases

Music-Enhanced Breathwork Boosts Brain Regions: Study

Study Links Better Sleep and Diet to Mental Well-Being

Cannabis-Based Treatment Improves Insomnia Sleep Quality

Obesity-Causing Food Lipids Linked to Asthma Inflammation

Hope Rises: Biomarker Predicts CDK4/6 Response in ER+ Breast Cancer

Study Reveals Disappearance of Midlife Unhappiness Hump

Innovative 3D-Printing and Nanodiamonds for Fetal Lung Repair

Mapping Human Brain Response to Body Part Removal

Brain Cells Overactivated: Link to Parkinson's Identified

Study Reveals Diverse Evolution of Mantle Cell Lymphoma

Leveraging Nature's Check: Purdue Researchers Target Cancer

Biochemical Approach Reducing Drug-Seeking Behavior

Living Heart Valves Show Promise for Pediatric Heart Conditions

Study Reveals Therapeutic Clues for Treating Childhood Brain Tumor

Eli Lilly's Orforglipron: Weight Loss & Blood Sugar Reduction

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Sauropod Bones Unearthed in Ibirá, São Paulo

Neolithic Revolution: Shift to Farming in Human History

8% of Your Genome: Viral Souvenir from Evolutionary Past

New Bacteria Species Linked to Leishmaniasis in Amazon

Tiny Fish Study Reveals Effects of Oil and Flame Retardants

Researchers Discover Genomic Evidence of Plague of Justinian

Impactful Supercell Thunderstorms in Europe: Summer's Fury

Yale Study Uncovers Evolution of Amblyopsid Cavefishes

Astronomers Discover Conflicting Data on Exoplanet GJ 1132 b

Chinese Academy of Sciences Study Maps PM2.5 Pollution Transport

Textbook Picture of Planet Formation Gets Cosmic Twist

"NeuO Revealed: Selective Neuronal Staining Mechanism Unveiled"

Presence of Essential Elements in Air, Water, and Food

Material Selection Challenges: Theory vs. Experiment in Discovery

Pangolin Species Face Extinction Risk

Unveiling the Importance of Gut Microbiome Interactions

Global Agricultural Trade Impact on Water Distribution

Cells' Localized Translation Impact on Protein Function

Study Reveals Link Between Low Water Levels and Air Pollution Deaths

Tuning Valence Electron Ratios for Magnetic Properties

Study Reveals Gender Stereotypes Hinder Female Bosses

Insights into Exosome Dynamics: Breakthrough Research at Regensburg

Researchers Uncover Mechanism of Action of Protective Protein PspA

Artifacts Found in Mediterranean Sea Off Egypt Coast

Newly Discovered Crocodile-Relative Predator Fossil from Argentina

Orangutans' Balanced Diet: Lessons for Humans

Stockholm University Reveals Botulinum Toxin Blueprint

Developing Sustainable Blue Economies in Africa

New High-Energy Compound Revolutionizes Rocket Fuel

Cloudburst near Kheer Ganga Causes Flash Flood

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Real-time technique directly images material failure in 3D to improve nuclear reactor safety and longevity

Mit Researchers Develop Real-Time 3D Monitoring for Nuclear Reactor

The '100,000-year data gap': Researcher explains why robots lag behind AI chatbots

Rapid Advancement of AI Chatbots: Personal Assistants to Therapists

Novel signal detector could significantly cut energy consumption in next-generation wireless communication networks

Novel CF-MIMO Signal Detector Cuts Energy Use by 58%

Research Team Boosts Heat-to-Electricity Efficiency

Tiny defects deliver big gains: Controlling oxygen vacancies boosts thermoelectric efficiency by 91%

Smarter navigation: AI helps robots stay on track without a map

AI-Powered Solution Enhances Robot Navigation

'Resident Evil' makers marvel at 'miracle' longevity

"Resident Evil: A Decade-Long Zombie Survival Saga"

Next-generation wireless systems can benefit from robust, low-overhead semantic communication framework

Advancements in Semantic Communications: Enhancing User Experience

YouTube TV subscribers may lose access to Fox content, including sports, due to contract dispute

Fox Channels at Risk on YouTube TV: Content Deal Uncertain

Smart packaging reveals product condition through color changes

University of Vaasa Research: Smart Packaging with Color-Changing Inks

EU Researchers Cultivate Fungi on Agricultural Waste for Greener Construction

From mushrooms to new architecture: The rise of living, self-healing buildings

Guanidinium Thiocyanate Boosts Perovskite Solar Cells

Simple salt could help unlock more powerful perovskite solar cells

Nrel Researchers Suggest Testing Perovskite Solar Modules Outdoors

Perovskite experts push for outdoor tests to validate durability of emerging solar technology

Starfish-inspired tube feet could help underwater robots get a grip

Soft Robotics in Autonomous Systems: Bioinspired Adhesion for Grippers

"Ice Batteries: Texas A&M Boosts Thermal Energy Storage"

Ice-cooled buildings could ease strain on power grid

Recycling lithium from old electric vehicle batteries could be done cheaply with new electrochemical process

Reusing Spent EV Batteries: Recycling for New Energy

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Friday, 5 July 2019

From points of light to worlds: UA explores the solar system

A determined bunch of scientists set out to map the moon in preparation of the Apollo landings, but that was only the beginning. A new field of science blossomed, and UA scientists have been involved in nearly every U.S. space mission since.

source https://www.lifetechnology.com/blogs/life-technology-news-blog/from-points-of-light-to-worlds-ua-explores-the-solar-system

Trip to check radiation after 1989 sinking of Russian sub

A joint Norwegian-Russian expedition will assess whether a Russian submarine that sank 30 years ago is leaking radioactive material, Norwegian authorities said Friday.

source https://www.lifetechnology.com/blogs/life-technology-news-blog/trip-to-check-radiation-after-1989-sinking-of-russian-sub

UK investigates Amazon investment in food delivery firm

The U.K. competition watchdog on Friday launched an investigation into Amazon's purchase of a big stake in food delivery service Deliveroo, a move that suggests authorities are taking a harder line on the expansion of Big Tech.

source https://www.lifetechnology.com/blogs/life-technology-news-blog/uk-investigates-amazon-investment-in-food-delivery-firm

Self-assembling materials can form patterns that might be useful in optical devices

Self-assembling materials called block copolymers, which are known to form a variety of predictable, regular patterns, can now be made into much more complex patterns that may open up new areas of materials design, a team of MIT researchers say.

source https://www.lifetechnology.com/blogs/life-technology-news-blog/self-assembling-materials-can-form-patterns-that-might-be-useful-in-optical-devices

Altered gene expression may trigger collapse of symbiotic relationship

Researchers in Japan have identified the potential genes responsible for coral bleaching caused by temperature elevation.

source https://www.lifetechnology.com/blogs/life-technology-news-blog/altered-gene-expression-may-trigger-collapse-of-symbiotic-relationship

Facing fury over 'fake websites,' Grubhub says restaurants have it wrong

It looked like yet another example of Big Tech's overreach, a David-and-Goliath story pitting a massive internet platform against powerless individuals.

source https://www.lifetechnology.com/blogs/life-technology-news-blog/facing-fury-over-fake-websites-grubhub-says-restaurants-have-it-wrong

When convenience meets surveillance: AI at the corner store

Jacksons Food Store customer Denise Diharce was surprised to learn that the Tacoma location she frequents for odds and ends is testing a high-tech system that, prior to entry, will compare her to images of previous crime suspects.

source https://www.lifetechnology.com/blogs/life-technology-news-blog/when-convenience-meets-surveillance-ai-at-the-corner-store

Facebook Libra digital currency will carry hidden costs

When Facebook announced its intention last month to get into the money business with its own digital currency, we were left wondering what would be next. Its own court system? Its own standing army?

source https://www.lifetechnology.com/blogs/life-technology-news-blog/facebook-libra-digital-currency-will-carry-hidden-costs

Surge in sick, hungry sea lions off California coast puzzles marine biologists

A rise in the number of ailing and malnourished sea lions along the California coastline has marine experts somewhat puzzled, KNTV reports.

source https://www.lifetechnology.com/blogs/life-technology-news-blog/surge-in-sick-hungry-sea-lions-off-california-coast-puzzles-marine-biologists

Jaguar Land Rover decides to build electric cars in UK

Car manufacturer Jaguar Land Rover will make electric cars at its central England factory, it announced Friday, securing thousands of jobs in a major boost to post-Brexit Britain.

source https://www.lifetechnology.com/blogs/life-technology-news-blog/jaguar-land-rover-decides-to-build-electric-cars-in-uk

Google backs down after New Zealand murder case gaffe

Google agreed Friday to change how it publishes New Zealand news after top officials in Wellington lashed the US tech giant for breaching court suppression orders in a high-profile murder case.

source https://www.lifetechnology.com/blogs/life-technology-news-blog/google-backs-down-after-new-zealand-murder-case-gaffe

Study shows potential for reduced methane from cows

An international team of scientists has shown it is possible to breed cattle to reduce their methane emissions.

source https://www.lifetechnology.com/blogs/life-technology-news-blog/study-shows-potential-for-reduced-methane-from-cows

Turning food waste into bioplastics

An ingenious new solution being engineered at the University of Canterbury (UC) aims to turn food waste into valuable chemical components that could be used to make bioplastics.

source https://www.lifetechnology.com/blogs/life-technology-news-blog/turning-food-waste-into-bioplastics

Hell in high water: Braving the monsoon to save India's rhinos

The monsoon may bring respite from the scorching heat, but for the rangers and animals at Kaziranga National Park it also brings danger as poachers take advantage of greater camouflage and flooding.

source https://www.lifetechnology.com/blogs/life-technology-news-blog/hell-in-high-water-braving-the-monsoon-to-save-indias-rhinos

Elephants: the jumbo surprise outside Nigeria's megacity

The jungle was so thick that Emmanuel Olabode only found the elephants he was tracking when the great matriarch's sniffing trunk reached out close enough to almost touch.

source https://www.lifetechnology.com/blogs/life-technology-news-blog/elephants-the-jumbo-surprise-outside-nigerias-megacity

Tel Aviv takes a ride to scooter 'paradise'

Matan Ben Ari was among the many taking to one of Tel Aviv's main streets on a recent day—not with a car or public transport, but with an electric scooter.

source https://www.lifetechnology.com/blogs/life-technology-news-blog/tel-aviv-takes-a-ride-to-scooter-paradise

Call for green burial corridors alongside roads, railways and country footpaths

A leading public health expert is calling for a strategic initiative to develop green burial corridors alongside major transport routes because British graveyards and cemeteries are rapidly running out of room. With 500,000 deaths annually in England and Wales, it is likely that there will be no burial space left within five years.

source https://www.lifetechnology.com/blogs/life-technology-news-blog/call-for-green-burial-corridors-alongside-roads-railways-and-country-footpaths

Hundreds of sharks and rays tangled in plastic

Hundreds of sharks and rays have become tangled in plastic waste in the world's oceans, new research shows.

source https://www.lifetechnology.com/blogs/life-technology-news-blog/hundreds-of-sharks-and-rays-tangled-in-plastic

Strain of common cold virus could revolutionize treatment of bladder cancer

A strain of the common cold virus has been found to potentially target, infect and destroy cancer cells in patients with bladder cancer, a new study in the medical journal Clinical Cancer Research reports. No trace of the cancer was found in one patient following treatment with the virus.

source https://www.lifetechnology.com/blogs/life-technology-news-blog/strain-of-common-cold-virus-could-revolutionize-treatment-of-bladder-cancer

Surgery restores arm function in some paralysed patients: study

Surgeons in Australia have managed to restore arm function in paralysed patients, allowing them to feed themselves, use tools and handle electronic devices, according to the results of a groundbreaking study released Friday.

source https://www.lifetechnology.com/blogs/life-technology-news-blog/surgery-restores-arm-function-in-some-paralysed-patients-study

E-scooters: a transport 'tsunami' flooding cities worldwide

They appeared in June last year as Paris was waking up from its annual all-night Festival of Music: hundreds of green-and-black electric scooters dotting the pavements of the capital.

source https://www.lifetechnology.com/blogs/life-technology-news-blog/e-scooters-a-transport-tsunami-flooding-cities-worldwide

E-scooter market charges ahead but faces bumpy road

The E-scooter market has exploded over the past two years but operators are by no means assured of finding a long-term niche in the urban transport sector.

source https://www.lifetechnology.com/blogs/life-technology-news-blog/e-scooter-market-charges-ahead-but-faces-bumpy-road

Samsung predicts 56% drop in 2Q profit on weak chip market

Samsung Electronics Co. said Friday its operating profit for the last quarter likely fell more than 56% from a year earlier amid a weak market for memory chips.

source https://www.lifetechnology.com/blogs/life-technology-news-blog/samsung-predicts-56-drop-in-2q-profit-on-weak-chip-market