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Domestic cats that regularly catch wild animals still get most of their nutrition from food provided at home, new research shows. from Top Environment News -- ScienceDaily https://ift.tt/3mgGLCq

The microbiomes of corals -- which comprise bacteria, fungi and viruses -- play an important role in the ability of corals to tolerate rising ocean temperatures, according to new research. The team also identified several genes within certain corals and the symbiotic photosynthetic algae that live inside their tissues that may play a role in their response to heat stress. The findings could inform current coral reef conservation efforts, for example, by highlighting the potential benefits of amending coral reefs with microbes found to bolster corals' heat-stress responses. from Top Environment News -- ScienceDaily https://ift.tt/3AXrQDi

Intermittent fasting is a trendy weight loss strategy. A new study of fasting fruit flies shows how the diet, if properly timed, also slows the aging process and increases longevity by cleaning our cells. from Top Environment News -- ScienceDaily https://ift.tt/39YjIXa

The accelerated proliferation of lianas in old-growth forest due to natural disturbance may be altering forest structure, regeneration, and functioning. from Top Environment News -- ScienceDaily https://ift.tt/3mkfn6O

A subsea electricity cable in the North Sea will allow renewable electricity from Norwegian reservoirs to power 1.4 million homes in Great Britain from New Scientist - Home https://ift.tt/2ZB2jSz

The females of a Central American butterfly species can see UV colours that males can't, which hints the species divides labour by sex in a way that's similar to some monkeys from New Scientist - Home https://ift.tt/3D0C8mJ

Scientists used a nuclear dating technique to study the dynamics of the Floridan Aquifer. The findings show the promise of this emerging technique to help understand geological processes and to forecast the effects of climate change on coastal aquifers. from Top Environment News -- ScienceDaily https://ift.tt/2Y1bTxm

A new study on foot-and-mouth disease among buffalo in South Africa could help explain how certain extremely contagious pathogens are able to persist and reach endemic stage in a population, long after they've burned through their initial pool of susceptible hosts. from Top Environment News -- ScienceDaily https://ift.tt/3DfXVHt

Treating cancer may one day be easier using a map that reveals how hundreds of proteins interact with one another in cancer cells from New Scientist - Home https://ift.tt/2Y7rFqk

Researchers can now rapidly isolate and chemically characterize individual organelles within cells. The new technique tests the limits of analytical chemistry and rapidly reveals the chemical composition of organelles that control biological growth, development and disease. from Top Environment News -- ScienceDaily https://ift.tt/3kXNqSQ

People who stop taking antidepressants have a higher chance of relapsing into depression than those who continue using the medicines – but the difference isn't large from New Scientist - Home https://ift.tt/3ilyqw4

Scientist have utilized so-called SNAP-tag technology to radioactively label cells in living organisms. In a proof-of-principle study they developed a SNAP-tag substrate equipped with the radioactive signal emitter fluorine-18 and used it to make tumor cells in the bodies of mice visible in PET images. The labeling method, already established in microscopy, opens up the prospect of studying cells with different imaging techniques and at different temporal stages -- for example, when inflammation begins, continues and resolves again. This may help reveal more about how the functions of individual cells and entire organs are interconnected. from Top Environment News -- ScienceDaily https://ift.tt/2Y6CqsY

Trilobites of the suborder Phacopina had a unique eye in which about 200 large lenses in each eye spanned at least six individual facets, each of which in turn formed its own small compound eye. from Top Environment News -- ScienceDaily https://ift.tt/3om07J5

Black holes born in the big bang could be the dark matter physicists have sought for decades – if they exist. Now there's an audacious plan to find the scars they would have left as they punched through the moon from New Scientist - Home https://ift.tt/2WrgoAR

Many US universities are built on land obtained via dubious means, which the digitisation of records now reveals in shocking detail, writes Annalee Newitz from New Scientist - Home https://ift.tt/3zQd9AI

New research shows groundwater takes an average of three years to recover from drought -- if it ever recovers at all. In the largest study of its kind, scientists found that this recovery time only applies to aquifers that aren't touched by human activity, and the recovery time might be even longer in regions with excessive pumping. from Top Environment News -- ScienceDaily https://ift.tt/3F3xWof

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Amid historic drought and changing rainfall patterns, a groundwater market in the California desert could serve as a template for the future of water management. from Top Environment News -- ScienceDaily https://ift.tt/3il2Crr

Black holes born in the big bang could be the dark matter physicists have sought for decades – if they exist. Now there's an audacious plan to find the scars they would have left as they punched through the moon from New Scientist - Home https://ift.tt/2WrgoAR

The strange effects of red wine, plus origami clothes that expand to fit children as they grow and a satellite the width of a vegemite sandwich, in Feedback’s weird weekly round-up from New Scientist - Home https://ift.tt/3F675rx

There is a stem cell revolution on the way, but it isn't the regenerative medicine some people are pushing, say John E. J. Rasko and Carl Power from New Scientist - Home https://ift.tt/3zVYlkb

Black and Indigenous people and people of colour are more at risk from covid-19, and new modelling suggests that prioritising vaccines based on race or neighbourhood in addition to age could have led to fewer deaths from New Scientist - Home https://ift.tt/3kU6XDG

Scientists have shown that orangutan call signals believed to be closest to the precursors to human language, travel through forest over long distances without losing their meaning. This throws into question the accepted mathematical model on the evolution of human speech. from Top Environment News -- ScienceDaily https://ift.tt/3msmHxh

Of all European fisheries and coastal communities, the ones in the UK and the Eastern Mediterranean have the highest risk of being affected by climate change. To reduce climate risks, researchers are advising regional policy makers to focus on sustainable and diverse fisheries management. from Top Environment News -- ScienceDaily https://ift.tt/3APcdOh

Worms lose their wiggle when they get Alzheimer's disease, but researchers found that worms fed a diet of E. coli with higher levels of vitamin B12 were given a layer of protection from the dreaded degenerative brain disease. from Top Environment News -- ScienceDaily https://ift.tt/2Y0aRSe

Cells working with an expanded genetic code could make more diverse medicines. A new study shows scientists are within striking distance. from Top Environment News -- ScienceDaily https://ift.tt/3umAloU

Black and Indigenous people and people of colour are more at risk from covid-19, and new modelling suggests that prioritising vaccines based on race or neighbourhood in addition to age could have led to fewer deaths from New Scientist - Home https://ift.tt/3kU6XDG

People aged 65 years or over who lost their homes in the 2011 Japan earthquake and tsunami typically saw an increase in their rate of cognitive decline from New Scientist - Home https://ift.tt/3kTuMeF

New research highlights the development of HySyn, a system designed to synthetically reconnect neural circuits using neuropeptides from Hydra, a small, freshwater organism, into the model organism C. elegans. from Top Environment News -- ScienceDaily https://ift.tt/3a45eFD

Clover plants grown in Mars-like soils experience significantly more growth when inoculated with symbiotic nitrogen-fixing bacteria than when left uninoculated, researchers report. from Top Environment News -- ScienceDaily https://ift.tt/3CXdYK2

Scientists say the health of a terrestrial ecosystem can be largely determined by three variables: vegetations' ability to uptake carbon, its efficiency in using carbon and its efficiency in using water. from Top Environment News -- ScienceDaily https://ift.tt/39QffWM

Mercury released into the atmosphere by industry enters the sea and from there makes its way into the food chain. Now, an analysis by the University of Basel has revealed how the harmful substance enters seawater in the first place. This is not primarily via rainfall, as previously assumed, but rather also involves gas exchange. Measures to reduce mercury emissions could therefore take effect faster than previously thought. from Top Environment News -- ScienceDaily https://ift.tt/3F3QDrN

Researchers have tracked flies' ability to interpret information while asleep, showing which parts of the brain remain 'awake'. from Top Environment News -- ScienceDaily https://ift.tt/3AP6U1g

As the UK and US embark on large-scale coronavirus vaccine booster programmes, the evidence so far suggests it is a good idea to get a booster shot if you are offered one from New Scientist - Home https://ift.tt/3onFL2h

Daniel Craig's final Bond film sees his character faced with a missing scientist, a man with an apocalyptic vision of the world and the return of nifty gadgets from New Scientist - Home https://ift.tt/3umJ1f6

The latest coronavirus news updated every day including coronavirus cases, the latest news, features and interviews from New Scientist and essential information about the covid-19 pandemic from New Scientist - Home https://ift.tt/3F5JZ4y

How long you live and how well you age rests on many factors beyond your control, but the discovery that gut microbes play a key role means what you eat can make a difference from New Scientist - Home https://ift.tt/3F0UB4y

A new study found that the Kuroshio Current Extension is sensitive to global climate change and has the potential to warm greatly with increased carbon dioxide levels. from Top Environment News -- ScienceDaily https://ift.tt/2Zw6gb9

Research has shed new light on the impact of humans on islands' biodiversity. The findings show how human colonization altered forest across the islands of Macaronesia including the loss of landscape authenticity. from Top Environment News -- ScienceDaily https://ift.tt/2Wq7m7i

The newly discovered structures provide game-changing evidence that the imperial power of Teotihuacan exerted considerable influence on Tikal, an ancient Maya capital, as part of a campaign of conquest. from Top Environment News -- ScienceDaily https://ift.tt/3F34LS7

Researchers used tiny radio trackers to follow the movements of birds that migrated between The Bahamas and Michigan, and they found that the same individual birds' gut bacteria were different in the two locations. And to figure that out, the scientists had to get up close and personal with a lot of bird feces. from Top Environment News -- ScienceDaily https://ift.tt/3AUopNF

Supercoiling and looping can transmit mechanical stress along the DNA backbone that can promote the separation of the strands of the double helix at specific distant sites, exposing the DNA bases, which may facilitate repair, replication, transcription or other aspects of DNA function. from Top Environment News -- ScienceDaily https://ift.tt/3EYelWB

Two new species of dinosaur have been identified from fossils found on the Isle of Wight from New Scientist - Home https://ift.tt/39KL5nE

Maritime authorities in the EU are now using drones to “sniff” the exhaust fumes from ships and catch operators using illegal, sulphur-rich fuel from New Scientist - Home https://ift.tt/3zV2q82

Starting decades ago as fashionable, high-value gourmet greens, today microgreens have gained popularity among consumers for their nutritional profile and high content of antioxidant compounds. Now, a new study suggests that the tiny plants have the potential to help provide global nutrition security. from Top Environment News -- ScienceDaily https://ift.tt/3EXwqUy

A major tool against malaria in Africa has been the use of rapid diagnostic tests, which have been part of the 'test-treat-track' strategy in Ethiopia, the second most-populated country in Africa. But researchers studying blood samples from more than 12,000 individuals in Ethiopia now estimate these tests missed nearly 10% of malaria cases caused by the parasite Plasmodium falciparum, the most common cause of malaria cases and deaths. from Top Environment News -- ScienceDaily https://ift.tt/3mdRD4e

The UK government has lifted licensing hurdles that laboratories face when starting a field trial of gene-edited crops in England from New Scientist - Home https://ift.tt/3olai0r

Most people in the U.S. consume too much salt; adult Americans typically eat twice the daily amount recommended by dietary guidelines. Bread may not seem like an obvious culprit; however, due to high consumption and relatively high salt content, baked goods are a major source of sodium in the diet. A new study from the explores ways to reduce sodium in bread without sacrificing taste and leavening ability. from Top Environment News -- ScienceDaily https://ift.tt/3D9JoNt

Asian elephants are keen to cooperate with friends and have evolved strategies to mitigate competition in their social groups, but cooperation breaks down when food resources are limited, according to new research. The study sheds light on the evolution of cooperative behavior in mammals. from Top Environment News -- ScienceDaily https://ift.tt/3F3n61g

An investigation of elephants at 20 Thai tourist facilities show that more than half of the captive animals show repetitive behaviour like swaying or head bobbing, which may be signs of anxiety or boredom from New Scientist - Home https://ift.tt/3m9WAuC

A new study suggests that machine learning using viral genomes may predict the likelihood that any animal-infecting virus will infect humans, given biologically relevant exposure. from Top Environment News -- ScienceDaily https://ift.tt/3ihXN21

Previous research suggested Venus may have been habitable for 2 to 3 billion years, but that didn’t take into account the lack of plate tectonics, which affects CO2 levels and narrows the window for life on Venus from New Scientist - Home https://ift.tt/3ulpPyh

'Efficient coding theory' describes the most perfect, low-energy way to design a light-detecting device for a future camera or prosthetic retina. Or you could just look at a mammalian retina that's already organized this way. In a pair of papers on retinal structure, a team of neurobiologists has shown that the rigors of natural selection and evolution shaped our retinas to capture noisy data just as this theory of optimization would prescribe. from Top Environment News -- ScienceDaily https://ift.tt/3EY3hsr

Astronomers have spotted hints of a planet that orbits a distant system of three stars – if confirmed, it will be the first time such a world has been found from New Scientist - Home https://ift.tt/3ibWBwP

Scientists develop stronger and tougher glass, inspired by the inner layer of mollusk shells. Instead of shattering upon impact, the new material has the resiliency of plastic and could be used to improve cell phone screens in the future, among other applications. from Top Environment News -- ScienceDaily https://ift.tt/3AL2wAm

Ice melange, a slushy mixture of snow and ice chunks, can heal large rifts in Antarctica's ice shelves. Researchers found that a thinning of ice melange may have enabled a Delaware-sized iceberg to break off from the Larsen C ice shelf in 2017. A new article has the scientists' analysis of the dynamics behind large iceberg calving events. from Top Environment News -- ScienceDaily https://ift.tt/3ocwJF9

The rise of dinosaurs coincided with environmental changes driven by major volcanic eruptions over 230 million years ago, a new study reveals. from Top Environment News -- ScienceDaily https://ift.tt/39L4rcs

In many North American lakes, a tiny clawed creature has become a big bully. The invasive rusty crayfish roams lakebeds, snapping up snails, bivalves, and water plants, cutting off food supplies for native crayfish and other animals. And when they're feeling saucy, some mount daring raids on fish eggs, reducing sport-fish populations. from Top Environment News -- ScienceDaily https://ift.tt/3iexsSx

Although female giraffes have closer 'friends' than male giraffes, male giraffes have more 'acquaintances' than females, according to new research. The study demonstrates that giraffes form a complex multilevel society that is driven by differences in the social connections among individuals, which could have conservation implications for the endangered giraffes. from Top Environment News -- ScienceDaily https://ift.tt/3EV3tZz

The missing link isn't a not-yet-discovered fossil, after all. It's a tiny, self-replicating globule called a coacervate droplet, developed by researchers to represent the evolution of chemistry into biology. from Top Environment News -- ScienceDaily https://ift.tt/3oaOg0p

Mechanical thinning alone can calm the intensity of future wildfires for many years, and prescribed burns lengthen thinning's effectiveness. from Top Environment News -- ScienceDaily https://ift.tt/3zMYtlY

A 25-million-year-old eagle fossil found in South Australia adds to the long evolutionary history of raptors in Australia. from Top Environment News -- ScienceDaily https://ift.tt/3of5jyn

The latest coronavirus news updated every day including coronavirus cases, the latest news, features and interviews from New Scientist and essential information about the covid-19 pandemic from New Scientist - Home https://ift.tt/3ofIY3O

Plumes of water shot into space by Enceladus, the icy moon of Saturn, may contain molecular signs of alien life, and a spacecraft could collect them from orbit from New Scientist - Home https://ift.tt/3kNXQ7j

The US Air Force has used an AI as part of its "kill chain" - the process of gathering intelligence and directing weapons to destroy a target - though details of the incident are limited from New Scientist - Home https://ift.tt/3zO5hj1

DNA suggests the Antarctic fur seal population has grown and shrunk as the climate has warmed and cooled, and this might help predict where the mammal will move in future from New Scientist - Home https://ift.tt/3AN0Zty

Living or biological systems cannot be easily understood using the standard laws of physics, such as thermodynamics, as scientists would for gases, liquids or solids. Living systems are active, demonstrating fascinating properties such as adapting to their environment or repairing themselves. Exploring the questions posed by living systems using computer simulations, researchers have now discovered a novel type of ordering effect generated and sustained by a simple mechanical deformation, specifically steady shear. from Top Environment News -- ScienceDaily https://ift.tt/3ufpywW

Previously published solar exposure guidelines for optimal vitamin D synthesis based on a study of skin samples may need to be revised. from Top Environment News -- ScienceDaily https://ift.tt/2ZsK9SW

Anthrax is an infectious bacterial disease endemic in some parts of Africa. It affects people, livestock as well as wildlife. Using GPS telemetry data, a team of scientists reconstructed a special case of anthrax infection in Namibia: Three free-ranging cheetahs in the Namib Desert died within 24 hours after feeding on a mountain zebra that tested positive for the disease. The zebra is the first described case of a wild animal infected with anthrax in this arid region. The case also shows that there might be previously unknown risks to cheetah populations in the desert. from Top Environment News -- ScienceDaily https://ift.tt/3CW9149

Highly positive social outcomes are linked to biodiversity efforts in Amazonian Sustainable-Use Protected Areas, according to new research. The study investigated the social consequences of living both inside and outside Sustainable-Use Protected Areas containing aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems in Brazil's state of Amazonas. Researchers used data from more than 80 local semi-subsistence communities along a 2,000-km section of the Juruá River, the second-longest tributary of the Amazon River. from Top Environment News -- ScienceDaily https://ift.tt/3m6V2S2

As early as 18,000 years ago, humans in New Guinea may have collected cassowary eggs near maturity and then raised the birds to adulthood, according to an international team of scientists, who used eggshells to determine the developmental stage of the ancient embryos/chicks when the eggs cracked. from Top Environment News -- ScienceDaily https://ift.tt/3m5WTGY

Ancient animal burrows in rocks once thought to be 1.2 billion years old have been re-examined, and were likely made 40 to 50 million years ago by crustaceans from New Scientist - Home https://ift.tt/3AMN1In

N95 respirators offer the best protection against wildfire smoke and other types of air pollution, performing better than synthetic, cotton and surgical masks. N95s were so effective in the lab experiments that the researchers estimate their widespread use could reduce hospital visits attributable to wildfire smoke by 22% to 39%. from Top Environment News -- ScienceDaily https://ift.tt/3kHrXxc

Researchers describe how withdrawal from nicotine, methamphetamine and cocaine alters the functional architecture and patterns in the brains of mice, compared to control animals, a key to developing addiction treatments. from Top Environment News -- ScienceDaily https://ift.tt/3AHukWl

A device that bakes moon rocks to temperatures above 1000°C can efficiently extract water and oxygen from the dirt, which could be helpful for future lunar explorers from New Scientist - Home https://ift.tt/3kMeKTM

Jupiter’s early orbit had a wobble that may have flung asteroids from the inner and outer solar system into each other, creating hybrid rocks such as the Nedagolla meteorite that fell in India in 1870 from New Scientist - Home https://ift.tt/39EItHW

Against a backdrop of climate change protests across German cities, the centre-left Social Democratic party narrowly won the election and now plans to create a coalition to tackle climate change from New Scientist - Home https://ift.tt/3APP12g

In parts of Africa up to 80 per cent of malaria parasites have evolved to evade detection by the rapid tests used to determine if people need treatment from New Scientist - Home https://ift.tt/3ukuv7x

Between 2015 and 2100, if the world follows a 1.5°C global warming trajectory instead of a 3.1°C one it would mean 1.8 billion fewer people will experience a tropical storm in their lifetime from New Scientist - Home https://ift.tt/3EWlbLX

New 'reporter viruses' developed by researchers make it much easier to observe SARS-CoV-2 and its variants in cells and live animals in the lab, enabling faster screening of potential anti-viral drugs, vaccines and neutralizing antibodies. from Top Environment News -- ScienceDaily https://ift.tt/3EUrm3b

Increasing global warming from currently one to two degrees Celsius by mid-century might lead to about 25 percent more people put at risk by tropical cyclones, a new study finds. Already today, hurricanes and typhoons are among the most destructive natural disasters worldwide and potentially threaten about 150 million people each year. Adding to climate change, population growth further drives tropical cyclone exposure, especially in coastal areas of East African countries and the United States. Considering the joint impact of climate change and population growth provides an untapped potential to protect a changing world population. from Top Environment News -- ScienceDaily https://ift.tt/3icwFBs

Hyenas are frequently vilified and often feared. Hemingway once described the hyena as a stinking, foul devourer of the dead, with jaws that crack the bones the lion leaves. from Top Environment News -- ScienceDaily https://ift.tt/2WjyoNC

A protein - measuring just a few nanometers in size - acts as a molecular switch with a crucial role in determining whether we feel hungry or full. By determining of the protein's 3D structure, researchers were able to visualize the molecular structures of the hormones with which this protein -- melanocortin 4 receptor (MC4R) -- interacts. from Top Environment News -- ScienceDaily https://ift.tt/3CVPEbv

If necessity is the mother of invention, frustration is the father. When scientists kept running into aggravating problems with the existing tools and methods they were using to perform genetic engineering experiments, they decided to make better ones. They teamed up and created an integrated pipeline called STAMPScreen that combines novel algorithms, a new gene cloning technique, and powerful next-generation sequencing technology to help scientists get from a database to results quickly, easily, and frustration-free. from Top Environment News -- ScienceDaily https://ift.tt/2Y3CQAW

Researchers have gained new insights into the learning ability of tobacco hawkmoths. In two recent publications, they report that learning odors does not only play a role in foraging, but that female moths are also influenced by previously learned odors when choosing a host plant to lay their eggs. In this context, a single deposited egg on a certain plant is sufficient for the moth's choice to visit the same plant species again even after 24 hours. In contrast, the moth's second nose, the tip of the proboscis on which olfactory sensory cells have also been identified, does not appear to play a role in learning odors and making odor-guided foraging decisions. The results provide clues to the adaptability of these insects to their environment. from Top Environment News -- ScienceDaily https://ift.tt/3AOq4Em

Older people who had large home libraries as children perform better in memory tests, possibly because early cognitive enrichment helps to buffer the brain from New Scientist - Home https://ift.tt/39EHis7

The latest coronavirus news updated every day including coronavirus cases, the latest news, features and interviews from New Scientist and essential information about the covid-19 pandemic from New Scientist - Home https://ift.tt/2XRrWxE

The gas crisis fatally undermines the argument that fossil fuels provide a stable, economically viable solution to satisfying our future energy needs from New Scientist - Home https://ift.tt/3zIGdtN

The US Army Corps of Engineers has developed technology that can 3D print buildings in disaster areas, and there are plans for the world’s first 3D-printed vehicle bridge from New Scientist - Home https://ift.tt/3lWqHpk

A smartphone sensor, much like what is used in GPS systems, might be a way to determine whether or not someone is intoxicated after consuming marijuana, according to a new study. from Top Environment News -- ScienceDaily https://ift.tt/3zE7ldj

Cooking sous vide offers a route to perfection via precisely controlled temperatures. Here's how to do it at home, no gadgets necessary from New Scientist - Home https://ift.tt/3AI1Hs7

The debate on green vehicles often focuses on fuel efficiency and alternative fuels, with the transition to fuel alternatives commonly being considered better for the environment the faster it is. A new study shows that keeping and using existing fuel-efficient cars a little longer can actually reduce CO? emissions even with gasoline cars. Thus, a gradual transition and policies that encourage a change in consumption patterns are also key for reducing overall emissions. from Top Environment News -- ScienceDaily https://ift.tt/2XPYCrv

Machine learning can pinpoint 'genes of importance' that help crops to grow with less fertilizer, according to a new study. It can also predict additional traits in plants and disease outcomes in animals, illustrating its applications beyond agriculture. from Top Environment News -- ScienceDaily https://ift.tt/3D0rL2z

New research reveals not only that the coastal Northeast -- from Maine to Delaware -- is heating faster than most regions of North America, but that this heating is linked to drastic alterations in the ocean and atmospheric conditions over the North Atlantic. from Top Environment News -- ScienceDaily https://ift.tt/3F1OM75

A perilous journey through the dark corners of the human mind, Psychonauts 2 somehow manages to be as entertaining as it is empowering, writes Jacob Aron from New Scientist - Home https://ift.tt/39yZ9AA

Netflix's adaptation of the bestselling picture book series Ada Twist, Scientist will be loved by children and provoke a smile from even the most jaded parents from New Scientist - Home https://ift.tt/3zA4Zwc

Researchers present comprehensive ancient DNA data retrieved from peoples culturally affiliated with the iconic Etruscans, settling a long-lasting debate on the origins of this highly skilled and enigmatic culture. from Top Environment News -- ScienceDaily https://ift.tt/3CNBRmW

The direction of movement of a microbe directly depends on the curvature of its environment, according to new findings. The researchers investigated the navigation of a model microbe, a small self-propelling microalga, in confined compartments with different shapes. They also developed theoretical models to predict the probability flux of that microswimmer which was confirmed by experiments. With this model available, it is now possible to pre-define the average trajectory of such microbes by manipulating the curvature of the compartments which directly affects their movement. from Top Environment News -- ScienceDaily https://ift.tt/3kFVc3o

Arctic ice levels logged in the last two years have reached record lows, whilst per decade have -- on average since 1979 to 2020 -- dropped by nearly 13%, a new vast report on the ocean worldwide shows. from Top Environment News -- ScienceDaily https://ift.tt/3ADAYgc

Food waste isn't just morally objectionable; it also produces vast amounts of greenhouse gases. But this is one food fight we can win, with simple actions at home and new tech in industry from New Scientist - Home https://ift.tt/3o09Cxr

AI software identifies which areas of your face you should subtly change with make-up to fool facial recognition technology – and it works 98.8 per cent of the time from New Scientist - Home https://ift.tt/2XTrUWk

Natalie Starkey's new book will make you rethink what you thought you knew about how volcanoes around our solar system look, what they do and what comes out of them when they erupt from New Scientist - Home https://ift.tt/3CGXqWj

Apple TV's adaptation of Isaac Asimov’s Foundation series stays true to the big ideas, but sensibly nixes the 1940s sexism from New Scientist - Home https://ift.tt/3zzMqbn

Footprints at White Sands National Park in New Mexico confirm human presence over at least two millennia, with the oldest tracks dating back 23,000 years. from Top Environment News -- ScienceDaily https://ift.tt/3lZOa9k

Scientists offer an alternative way to understand and minimize health impacts from human-caused changes to the climate and environment. from Top Environment News -- ScienceDaily https://ift.tt/3EJnwdc

A new study finds that that some large whale species (humpback, fin and minke whales) use the waters off New York and New Jersey as a supplemental feeding area feasting on two different types of prey species. from Top Environment News -- ScienceDaily https://ift.tt/3ADmT2q

There are many forms of dietary restriction and their health benefits are not 'one size fits all.' Researchers provide a framework for a new personalized sub-specialty: precision nutrigeroscience, based on biomarkers affected by genetics, gender, tissue, and age. from Top Environment News -- ScienceDaily https://ift.tt/3u5mT8M

People are more aware of the plight of endangered gorillas than of gorillas' gut worms, and are understandably more enamored with mouse lemurs than their mites. Half of the world's roughly 500 primate species are at risk of extinction due to human activities such as hunting, trapping and deforestation. But the demise of the world's threatened primates could also trigger even more extinctions for the parasites that lurk within them, finds a new study. from Top Environment News -- ScienceDaily https://ift.tt/3AxSceZ

The global decline of pollinators threatens the reproductive success of 90 per cent of all wild plants globally and the yield of 85 per cent of the world's most important crops. Pollinators -- mainly bees and other insects -- contribute to 35 per cent of the world's food production. The service provided by pollinators is particularly important for securing food produced by the more than two billion small farmers worldwide. An agroecologist points out that yields could be increased if pollinators were encouraged. from Top Environment News -- ScienceDaily https://ift.tt/3EMllFP

Vampire bats that form bonds in captivity and continue those 'friendships' in the wild also hunt together, meeting up over a meal after independent departures from the roost, according to a new study. from Top Environment News -- ScienceDaily https://ift.tt/3u5eZMV

Cancer cells proliferate despite a myriad of stresses -- from oxygen deprivation to chemotherapy -- that would kill any ordinary cell. Now, researchers have gained insight into how they may be doing this through the downstream activity of a powerful estrogen receptor. The discovery offers clues to overcoming resistance to therapies like tamoxifen that are used in many types of breast cancer. from Top Environment News -- ScienceDaily https://ift.tt/3o3nhUA

A new study shows that the intensification of global hydrological cycle drives more ocean heat uptake into the deep ocean and moderates the pace of global warming. from Top Environment News -- ScienceDaily https://ift.tt/2Wbge0u

A new study from the Kalahari Desert finds that teamwork allows birds to cope with brutally unpredictable environments. from Top Environment News -- ScienceDaily https://ift.tt/39BaVul

Researchers have found a way to mimic the natural processes that create complex shapes and landscapes with the help of a vibrating plate and resulting energy fields. from Top Environment News -- ScienceDaily https://ift.tt/2XLl30Z

Researchers can predict what syllables a bird will sing -- and when it will sing them -- by reading electrical signals in its brain, reports a new study. The work is an early step toward building vocal prostheses for humans who have lost the ability to speak. from Top Environment News -- ScienceDaily https://ift.tt/3o7zx6x

Engineers are developing new ways to convert greenhouse gases to fuel to address climate change and get astronauts home from Mars. from Top Environment News -- ScienceDaily https://ift.tt/3zBtmJU

When cells multiply and migrate, they can be compressed and their nucleus may break open. This phenomenon causes DNA damage. Scientists have now shown that this facilitates the spread of cancer cells in breast tumors. from Top Environment News -- ScienceDaily https://ift.tt/3u85M6z

Engineers have come up with a revolutionary new method for tackling plastic pollution by harnessing the inner workings of proteins. The result? A whole new way of looking at plastic recycling. from Top Environment News -- ScienceDaily https://ift.tt/2W7dgKp

Researchers used ancient DNA analysis to identify a member of a population expelled from medieval Spain known as the 'Segorbe Giant'. The results have shed light on the brutal political decision that led to a dramatic change in population following the Christian reconquest of Spain. from Top Environment News -- ScienceDaily https://ift.tt/3lRApt8