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Two cows. Same University of Wyoming McGuire Ranch pasture northeast of Laramie near Sybille Canyon. from Phys.org - latest science and technology news stories https://ift.tt/3lAOqKz

The 2020/21 fire season will be driven by vastly different climate drivers than the previous two fire seasons, according to the Australian Seasonal Bushfire Outlook: September–November 2020, released today by the Bushfire and Natural Hazards Cooperative Research Center. from Phys.org - latest science and technology news stories https://ift.tt/3bgzmx1

The police frequently encounter explosives in their forensic investigations related to criminal and terrorist activities. Chemical analysis of explosives can yield valuable tactical information for police and counter-terrorist units. Within the compass of her doctoral research, Karlijn Bezemer has developed a new generation of tools which can be used to not only identify signature properties of explosives and their raw materials but also to enable comparison of explosives. Bezemer, who works at the Netherlands Forensic Institute (NFI), is set to obtain her Ph.D. at the University of Amsterdam (UvA) on Wednesday, 2 September. from Phys.org - latest science and technology news stories https://ift.tt/2EREzPG

While filming herself getting ready for work recently, TikTok user @gracie.ham reached deep into the ancient foundations of mathematics and found an absolute gem of a question: from Phys.org - latest science and technology news stories https://ift.tt/34P7miQ

A unique type of helium that can flow without being affected by friction has helped a KAUST team better understand the transformation of rapidly moving liquids into tiny droplets. from Phys.org - latest science and technology news stories https://ift.tt/2QH7TLr

Many of us have heard about inflammatory bowel disease, a debilitating condition that is associated with an abnormal collection of microbes in the human gut—known as the gut microbiome. My lab recently found that, like humans, plants can also develop this condition, known as dysbiosis, with severe consequences. from Phys.org - latest science and technology news stories https://ift.tt/34Mzi6X

Hurricane Laura blew up quickly as it headed for the Louisiana coast, intensifying from a tropical storm to a major hurricane in less than 24 hours. By the time it made it landfall, it was a powerful Category 4 hurricane with 150 mile-per-hour winds. from Phys.org - latest science and technology news stories https://ift.tt/3ltdlQt

Using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA), astronomers from Japan have probed a nearby starburst galaxy known as NGC 1482. They detected a molecular gas outflow that could be essential to improving the understanding of the galactic wind in NGC 1482. The finding is detailed in a paper published August 20 on arXiv.org. from Phys.org - latest science and technology news stories https://ift.tt/2YQsrph

A golden age may be coming for human spaceflight research as more astronauts than ever fly to the International Space Station aboard commercial crew vehicles and through private companies. from Space.com https://ift.tt/3jAvTfX

NASA's Lucy spacecraft is one step closer to getting up close and personal with a host of strange space rocks as assembly begins. from Space.com https://ift.tt/3gLKBid

Hair may record the information swallowed by the gravitational monsters. from Space.com https://ift.tt/32ILPWj

Greece's culture minister says the archaeological site of Mycenae has not been damaged by a wildfire that swept through the area, despite blackening the entrance to the ancient citadel. from Phys.org - latest science and technology news stories https://ift.tt/31IFwD2

Wildlife rangers have trapped a 4.4-meter (14.5-foot) saltwater crocodile at a tourist destination in Australia's Northern Territory, the biggest caught in the area in years, a wildlife ranger said Monday. from Phys.org - latest science and technology news stories https://ift.tt/32DmYmU

While appearing as a delicate and light veil draped across the sky, this image from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope actually depicts a small section of the Cygnus supernova blast wave, located around 2,400 light-years away. The name of the supernova remnant comes from its position in the northern constellation of Cygnus (the Swan), where it covers an area 36 times larger than the full moon. from Phys.org - latest science and technology news stories https://ift.tt/2QLh2m9

Solar filaments are large magnetic structures confining cool and dense plasma suspended in the hot and tenuous corona. from Phys.org - latest science and technology news stories https://ift.tt/2YP8HSV

Controlling the regioselectivity has been a fundamental issue in organic synthesis due to the possible formation of a set of regioisomers in chemical reactions. from Phys.org - latest science and technology news stories https://ift.tt/2GawQwR

It shouldn't be any secret that mitochondria can make their own fatty acids. The enzymes mitochondria use to do it were discovered decades ago. Unfortunately, only a few individuals among the biologically literate masses have come to appreciate this critical fact about mitochondrial behavior. Perhaps the bigger issue is why mitochondria would go to all the trouble when cells can already make all the fatty acids they need. from Phys.org - latest science and technology news stories https://ift.tt/3gITbOS

Imagine working on a jigsaw puzzle with so many pieces that even the edges seem indistinguishable from others at the puzzle's center. And to make matters worse, the pieces are not only numerous, but ever-changing. In fact, it is necessary not only to solve the puzzle, but to "un-solve" it to parse out how each piece brings the picture wholly into focus. from Phys.org - latest science and technology news stories https://ift.tt/2ExjH0B

In recent years, mangrove deforestation has raised alarms about increased carbon emissions into the atmosphere. Research led by the Singapore-ETH Center shows that the net amount of carbon released from deforestation between 1996 and 2016 globally is only 1.8%, or less than 0.1% of global CO2 emissions. The new approach of quantifying net losses of mangrove carbon stocks is the first to take into account mangrove expansion through conservation, restoration and natural establishment. from Phys.org - latest science and technology news stories https://ift.tt/3gFZ4fH

Ammonia (NH3) is a colorless, gaseous and water-soluble compound used in several sectors, including agriculture, the energy sector, and a variety of industries. For over a century, the main way of producing large quantities of ammonia has been via the Haber-Bosch process, which entails the use of high pressure to produce a chemical reaction that enables the direct synthesis of ammonia from hydrogen and nitrogen. from Phys.org - latest science and technology news stories https://ift.tt/2DeMlTn

The IMS and SUM Hospital is one of the 12 medical centres in the country chosen by the ICMR for conducting the human trial of the vaccine developed by Bharat Biotech from The Hindu - Science https://ift.tt/34NrAtp

Rocket Lab's Electron launcher aced its return-to-flight mission tonight (Aug. 30), delivering an Earth-observation satellite to orbit. from Space.com https://ift.tt/3bdh4N3

SpaceX launched an Earth-observation satellite along with two small piggyback payloads today (Aug. 30) and aced yet another rocket touchdown. from Space.com https://ift.tt/3jsq9EL

SpaceX delayed the launch of its latest Starlink fleet on Sunday (Aug. 30) due to bad weather, even as the company prepares for a launch later in the day. from Space.com https://ift.tt/32SRZDJ

The solidification of the inner core may have strengthened Earth's magnetic field. from Space.com https://ift.tt/31HAMgW

While medium black holes remain elusive for now, a team of astronomers has devised a strategy for listening to their gravitational wave emissions when they crash into other objects. But we're going to have to wait a while. from Space.com https://ift.tt/2EHANc7

Space agencies of the two countries are also collaborating on nearly ₹10,000 crore Gaganyaan mission that aims to send three Indians to space by 2022 from The Hindu - Science https://ift.tt/31HIoQo

A video explainer on how SARS-CoV-2 directly and indirectly impacts children around the world from The Hindu - Science https://ift.tt/32FXCEP

One in five patients die within a year after the most common type of heart attack. from Latest Science News -- ScienceDaily https://ift.tt/2Gb0aDB

Feeling angry these days? New research suggests that a good night of sleep may be just what you need. from Latest Science News -- ScienceDaily https://ift.tt/2YLX9Qo

A new study published reveals that three-quarters of participants in an inpatient addiction intervention program came into the hospital using more than one substance. The findings suggests that a singular focus on opioids may do more harm than good if doctors overlook the complexity of each individual's actual substance use. from Latest Science News -- ScienceDaily https://ift.tt/34Kx5ZZ

Natural disasters alone are not enough to motivate local communities to engage in climate change mitigation or adaptation, a new study has found. Rather, policy change in response to extreme weather events appears to depend on a combination of factors, including fatalities, sustained media coverage, the unusualness of the event and the political makeup of the community. from Latest Science News -- ScienceDaily https://ift.tt/2Evo10p

Researchers found that last-mile delivery networks will become more decentralized and the delivery speed of the drones will increase as the technology matures. from Latest Science News -- ScienceDaily https://ift.tt/32zAcBi

While speakers of English and other Western languages prefer using suffixes more than prefixes, a new study reveals that this preference is not as universal as once thought. from Latest Science News -- ScienceDaily https://ift.tt/2QyjE77

Breast milk strengthens a child's immune system, supporting the intestinal flora. These facts are common knowledge. But how does this work? What are the molecular mechanisms behind this phenomenon? And why is this not possible the same way with bottle feeding? The reasons were unknown until a team recently discovered the role of alarmins. from Latest Science News -- ScienceDaily https://ift.tt/34LKlgW

New biomaterials reduce the risk of infection and facilitate the body's healing processes. These nanostructured materials are based on spider silk proteins. They prevent colonization by bacteria and fungi, but at the same time proactively assist in the regeneration of human tissue. They could be used for implants, wound dressings, prostheses, contact lenses, and other everyday aids. from Latest Science News -- ScienceDaily https://ift.tt/3hKzKGA

Using seismic profile data from across 40 years and over 150 expeditions, the team reconstructed the past from The Hindu - Science https://ift.tt/3bf0Sen

A collaboration of Mumbai-based organisations has spawned a workable solution from The Hindu - Science https://ift.tt/32EyRsD

How do birds migrate in unfavourable winds?Bird migration has always fascinated scientists, and the behaviour of billions of migratory birds has been from The Hindu - Science https://ift.tt/2ECybMz

The immune cells may mount a faster and stronger response upon exposure to the SARS-CoV-2 virus from The Hindu - Science https://ift.tt/2EIa6np

The second infection led to severe symptoms, including hypoxia, breathlessness from The Hindu - Science https://ift.tt/3gCxShH

High-resolution ocean modelling has found the world's strongest ocean currents, which play key roles in fisheries and ocean ecosystems, will experience more intense marine heatwaves than the global average over the coming decades. from Latest Science News -- ScienceDaily https://ift.tt/32CxRW3

When writing papers, using multiple acronyms can hinder understanding from The Hindu - Science https://ift.tt/31EpwSB

A U.S. spy satellite launch on a Delta IV Heavy rocket has been delayed a week after a last-minute abort Saturday (Aug. 29). from Space.com https://ift.tt/3lxffiM

The wildfires raging across California have left burn scars visible from space. from Space.com https://ift.tt/3lyy8Ci

NASA's Mars rover Curiosity has spotted a dust devil swirling through the parched Red Planet landscape. from Space.com https://ift.tt/2EsPrUB

Hurricane Laura was a monster storm that could have, even should have, wreaked much more destruction than it did, except for a few lucky breaks and some smart thinking by Gulf Coast residents, experts say. from Phys.org - latest science and technology news stories https://ift.tt/31EjKAr

Neuroscientists unaffiliated with the company said the presentation indicated that Neuralink had made great strides but cautioned that longer studies were needed. from The Hindu - Science https://ift.tt/2G87Oyy

More patients could benefit from combinations of cholesterol-lowering drugs to reduce their risk of stroke and heart attacks. from Latest Science News -- ScienceDaily https://ift.tt/2YMpdmG

New research could improve the odds that people with obsessive-compulsive disorder will receive a therapy that really works for them - something that eludes more than a third of those who currently get OCD treatment. The study suggests the possibility of predicting which of two types of therapy will help people with OCD: One that exposes them to the subject of their obsessive thoughts and behaviors, or one that focuses on stress reduction and problem-solving. from Latest Science News -- ScienceDaily https://ift.tt/32z0qUp

It wasn't long after Hurricane Laura hit the Gulf Coast Thursday that people began flying drones to record the damage and posting videos on social media. Those videos are a precious resource, say researchers who are working on ways to use them for rapid damage assessment. By using artificial intelligence, the researchers are developing a system that can automatically identify buildings and make an initial determination of whether they are damaged and how serious that damage might be. from Latest Science News -- ScienceDaily https://ift.tt/3joNCXl

Boe Pahari's short reign as boss of AMP's lucrative investment management division and the resignations this week of AMP chairman David Murray and board member John Fraser have shown the power of major shareholders in public companies. from Phys.org - latest science and technology news stories https://ift.tt/31BWeEc

Primary school teachers often provide students with short physical activity breaks to energize kids and minimize classroom disruptions. Our study, published in the journal Educational Psychology Review, found we should be doing this for senior students too. from Phys.org - latest science and technology news stories https://ift.tt/32taEpi

Children living in the most disadvantaged communities across Australia are far less likely to attend the required 15 hours of preschool and more likely to become developmentally vulnerable in their first five years of life, a new Bankwest Curtin Economics Center (BCEC) report has found. from Phys.org - latest science and technology news stories https://ift.tt/2DapfNO

Cells that are infected by a virus or carry a carcinogenic mutation, for example, produce proteins foreign to the body. Antigenic peptides resulting from the degradation of these exogenous proteins inside the cell are loaded by the peptide-loading complex onto so-called major histocompatibility complex molecules (MHC for short) and presented on the cell surface. There, they are specifically identified by T-killer cells, which ultimately leads to the elimination of the infected cells. This is how our immune system defends us against pathogens. from Phys.org - latest science and technology news stories https://ift.tt/2QvsUbR

One kilowatt is about what it takes to heat up some leftovers in a microwave—or to power the largest and most technically advanced telescope ever built. Thanks to its solar array, NASA's James Webb Space Telescope will stay energy-efficient more than 1 million miles (1.5 million kilometers) from Earth. from Phys.org - latest science and technology news stories https://ift.tt/31AzjJ7

Microbial communities in Arctic permafrost changed drastically at the end of the last ice age—and the shift could happen again due to modern climate change, according to a new study by University of Alberta scientists. from Phys.org - latest science and technology news stories https://ift.tt/3gCC8Oi

The northern quoll, one of Australia's most adorable and endangered native carnivores, appears to be adapted to dramatically different landscapes—which may be key to the species' survival. from Phys.org - latest science and technology news stories https://ift.tt/3b5kPo3

Everyone knows the existential dread that comes along with standing in line for what seems like an eternity. But new research by Wharton operations, information and decisions professor Hummy Song, Guillaume Roels from INSEAD and Mor Armony from New York University's Stern School of Business suggests that knowledge-based industries should rethink how they approach this aspect of customer service. In this article, originally published in INSEAD Knowledge, the researchers write about their findings and how operational design can change organizational culture and improve performance. from Phys.org - latest science and technology news stories https://ift.tt/2QwZHNV

The topic of mail-in voting has been top news lately, with Democrats touting its benefits early in the pandemic while some Republicans, President Trump in particular, insisted that the method is rife with fraud, a claim with no evidence to support it. Then came the report of recent cost-cutting measures by the U.S. Postal Service, just as record numbers of voters are expected to send their ballots via mail. from Phys.org - latest science and technology news stories https://ift.tt/3b287X5

How governments and the private sector consider the natural environment when constructing policy is being transformed thanks to a new "natural capital" decision-making framework. from Phys.org - latest science and technology news stories https://ift.tt/3lqCf35

Soil organic matter is essential for the maintenance of soil fertility, absorption of pollutants and mitigation of global climate change. In the past few decades, the long-term protection mechanism of organic matter in soil and sediment has been extensively studied. from Phys.org - latest science and technology news stories https://ift.tt/2ErAQJ7

Researchers at the Anhui Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics, Hefei Institutes of Physical Science, developed an automated dynamic chamber system to simultaneously measure the HONO flux and NOX flux in farmland ecosystems. Their work was published in Science of The Total Environment. from Phys.org - latest science and technology news stories https://ift.tt/2YEAWnd

Optical vortices, characterized by a helical phase front and doughnut-shaped intensity distribution, contribute to a broad range of applications, from microscopy to optical communications. And applications for optical vortices are proliferating. So, what's the best way to generate optical vortices? Active, direct emission from a laser cavity is considered one of the best approaches. For applications in quantum optics and super-resolution imaging, a laser source capable of generating vortices over a wide spectral range is essential. from Phys.org - latest science and technology news stories https://ift.tt/34GJYUT

NIMS, HUE and HUSM have developed a method of easily and cheaply producing an adhesive structure capable of repeated attachment and detachment. The design of this structure was inspired by the adhesive spatula-shaped hairs (setae) found on the footpads of flies, while the method of producing it was hinted at by seta formation in fly pupae. These environmentally sound technologies could potentially contribute to a more sustainable society. from Phys.org - latest science and technology news stories https://ift.tt/2G6vzad

In the depths of Venus' hellish atmosphere, a layer of mysterious haze could be home to life, a new study finds. from Space.com https://ift.tt/2G6ZUFC

United Launch Alliance (ULA) shared a spectacular 3D projection of the Delta IV Heavy rocket at Cape Canaveral ahead of this week's satellite launch. from Space.com https://ift.tt/3hBZbtL

Step outside around 8:30 p.m. local daylight time on Friday evening (Aug. 28) and Saturday (Aug. 29) and in a single glance you'll be able to partake in a gathering of the moon and the two gas giants of the solar system in the south-southeast sky. from Space.com https://ift.tt/34Kt7QT

Sri Lanka will ban the import of most plastic products in a bid to protect wild elephants and deer that die eating the waste, the environment minister announced Friday. from Phys.org - latest science and technology news stories https://ift.tt/3b2Bc4u

A new study led by University of Hawai'i at Mānoa researchers, published in the journal Nature Communications this week, revealed that correctly simulating ocean current variations hundreds of feet below the ocean surface—the so-called Pacific Equatorial Undercurrent—during El Niño events is key in reducing the uncertainty of predictions of future warming in the eastern tropical Pacific. from Phys.org - latest science and technology news stories https://ift.tt/3lrBAyo

A wild storm that hit Australia's second-largest city knocked out power to 56,000 homes, contaminated the water supply and felled trees that killed three people, authorities said Friday. from Phys.org - latest science and technology news stories https://ift.tt/2YC3uxV

One of the strongest hurricanes ever to strike the U.S., Laura barreled across Louisiana on Thursday, shearing off roofs and killing at least six people while carving a destructive path hundreds of miles inland. from Phys.org - latest science and technology news stories https://ift.tt/32suIbm

Jakob van Zyl, an engineer who held crucial positions at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory and was involved in numerous space exploration missions over decades, has died. He was 63. from Phys.org - latest science and technology news stories https://ift.tt/3ltOlID

A stretchable, wearable gas sensor for environmental sensing has been developed and tested by researchers at Penn State, Northeastern University and five universities in China. from Phys.org - latest science and technology news stories https://ift.tt/3b47Vq5

A cosmic dance between two merging galaxies, each one containing a supermassive black hole that's rapidly feeding on so much material it creates a phenomenon known as a quasar, is a rare find. from Phys.org - latest science and technology news stories https://ift.tt/3lo3T0F

Solar cells can now be made so thin, light and flexible that they can rest on a soap bubble. The new cells, which efficiently capture energy from light, could offer an alternative way to power novel electronic devices, such as medical skin patches, where conventional energy sources are unsuitable. from Phys.org - latest science and technology news stories https://ift.tt/2EHYoc5

A team of researchers from the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC) has, for the first time, detected constant infrared emission from winds produced during the eruption of a black hole in an X-ray binary. from Phys.org - latest science and technology news stories https://ift.tt/2YGbwpn

New mathematical modeling shows that U.S. political parties are becoming increasingly polarized due to their quest for voters -- not because voters themselves are becoming more extremist. from Latest Science News -- ScienceDaily https://ift.tt/3hug0XA

A Seattle fishing vessel that departed port in May returned 18 days later with an unusual haul: the first human evidence that neutralizing antibodies provide protection from reinfection by SARS-CoV-2. from Latest Science News -- ScienceDaily https://ift.tt/2Qvunz6

Researchers have been crafting a concept mission that would send a submarine to Saturn's huge moon Titan, which sports lakes and seas of liquid hydrocarbons on its frigid surface. from Space.com https://ift.tt/2YHE3Ls

The more congested space is, the more contested it becomes, creating challenges for both national and global security. from Space.com https://ift.tt/3hC7vcY

Hibernation is a familiar feature on Earth today. Many animals—especially those that live close to or within polar regions—hibernate to get through the tough winter months when food is scarce, temperatures drop and days are dark. from Phys.org - latest science and technology news stories https://ift.tt/3gBWGq2

Scientists have discovered how a biological switch helps animals make the seasonal changes crucial for survival, such as growing a warm winter coat and adjusting body temperatures. from Phys.org - latest science and technology news stories https://ift.tt/2Qw644a

A new study from the Center for Injury Research and Prevention (CIRP) at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) found that teen drivers and drivers 65 years and older—two age groups at a higher risk of being involved in an automobile accident—are more likely to be driving vehicles that are less safe, putting them at even higher risk of injury. The findings underscore the need for these groups to prioritize driving the safest vehicle they can afford. The findings were published today in the journal Traffic Injury Prevention. from Phys.org - latest science and technology news stories https://ift.tt/2YHyFrI

Mice that grow up in stimulating environments not only become smarter and more curious but are also more likely to develop individualized "personalities," a new study showed Wednesday. from Phys.org - latest science and technology news stories https://ift.tt/2FXcQh3

The U.N. children's agency says at least a third of children couldn't access remote learning when the COVID-19 pandemic closed schools, creating "a global education emergency." from Phys.org - latest science and technology news stories https://ift.tt/3gz19cY

A destructive storm is rising from warm waters. Again. from Phys.org - latest science and technology news stories https://ift.tt/2YE3vl3

Hurricane Laura pounded the Gulf Coast for hours with ferocious wind, torrential rains and rising seawater as it roared ashore over southwestern Louisiana near the Texas border early Thursday as a life-threatening Category 4 storm. from Phys.org - latest science and technology news stories https://ift.tt/32tmC2i

A typhoon barreled through the Korean Peninsula on Thursday, damaging buildings, flooding roads and toppling utility poles before weakening into a tropical storm. from Phys.org - latest science and technology news stories https://ift.tt/34BpbSz

A new University of Washington study of thousands of local rental ads finds a pattern of "racialized language" that can perpetuate neighborhood segregation, using specific terms to describe apartments in different areas of town. from Phys.org - latest science and technology news stories https://ift.tt/34CJbnV

At the Berry Patch farm in Stephentown, New York, big, ripe blueberries are waiting to be picked. from Phys.org - latest science and technology news stories https://ift.tt/2Qx8aQY

Turing machines were first proposed by British mathematician Alan Turing in 1936, and are a theoretical mathematical model of what it means for a system to "be a computer." from Phys.org - latest science and technology news stories https://ift.tt/2EG4Noc

Scientists at the Universities of Bath and Sussex have developed a new system that slowly releases ant pheromones to attract pests to an insecticide bait. This means that instead of spraying the whole crop with pesticides, traps can be placed in specific areas for more targeted protection. from Phys.org - latest science and technology news stories https://ift.tt/2ElKEUV

The first complete dinosaur skeleton ever identified has finally been studied in detail and found its place in the dinosaur family tree, completing a project that began more than a century and a half ago. from Phys.org - latest science and technology news stories https://ift.tt/2Ewciyj

Intensively tilled soils have lost up to 50% of their original C with the attendant degradation in soil properties and productivity. Restoring the C lost with current conservation practices (i.e., no-till, cover crops) often takes decades. Applying high-C coal combustion residue from sugar beet (Beta vulgaris L.) processing factories, known as char, may rapidly restore soil C and productivity in degraded croplands. from Phys.org - latest science and technology news stories https://ift.tt/3gxITAZ

Roughly a quarter of US Internet users today use ad-blocking software, and those numbers continue to grow. Many find online ads annoying and disruptive to their browsing experience, while others have security and privacy concerns. To push back, the online advertising industry has claimed that online ads actually help consumers find better, cheaper products faster. from Phys.org - latest science and technology news stories https://ift.tt/2G2VLCA

Male lions typically have manes. Male peacocks have six-foot-long tail feathers. Female eagles and hawks can be about 30% bigger than males. But if you only had these animals' fossils to go off of, it would be hard to confidently say that those differences were because of the animals' sex. That's the problem that paleontologists face: it's hard to tell if dinosaurs with different features were separate species, different ages, males and females of the same species, or just varied in a way that had nothing to do with sex. A lot of the work trying to show differences between male and female dinosaurs has come back inconclusive. But in a new paper, scientists show how using a different kind of statistical analysis can often estimate the degree of sexual variation in a dataset of fossils. from Phys.org - latest science and technology news stories https://ift.tt/2YFD7Hh

Flowering plants abide by the concept, "the more the merrier," with respect to their genomes. In their base state, they are diploids with two genome copies, one from each parent. Having three or more genome copies from additional parents or duplication, also known as "polyploidy," is common among flowering plants; at least once during their evolution, the genomes of flowering plants multiply. Over time, plants lose many genes after such events, returning their genomes to a diploid state while retaining multiple copies of some genes. from Phys.org - latest science and technology news stories https://ift.tt/3hHB9gU

Research has revealed that anxious and depressed laboratory mice are more disappointed when something bad happens, but their low mood has no effect on how elated they are when something good happens. from Phys.org - latest science and technology news stories https://ift.tt/2QrLDoM

Transparent transistors fabricated onto the sharp curves of a tiny glass tube are paving the way toward a therapeutic advance for the nearly 10 percent of the U.S. population who have diabetes. from Phys.org - latest science and technology news stories https://ift.tt/3jewIe4

A group of scientists from Skoltech and Pustovoit All-Russian Research Institute of Oil Crops in Krasnodar performed genetic analysis of the Russian rapeseed collection. The scientists described the genetic diversity of Russian rapeseed lines and discovered new candidate genes that are potentially involved in controlling the content of glucosinolates, toxic secondary metabolites in rapeseed oil. Their findings can be used by crop breeders to improve the rapeseed oil composition. The research was published in the Genes journal. from Phys.org - latest science and technology news stories https://ift.tt/2YDpHeO

The nebula known as W51 is one of the most active star-forming regions in the Milky Way galaxy. First identified in 1958 by radio telescopes, it makes a rich cosmic tapestry in this image from NASA's recently retired Spitzer Space Telescope. from Phys.org - latest science and technology news stories https://ift.tt/3aVkAf9

An international team of researchers led by the University of Adelaide has developed a new method to better understand the drivers of water theft, a significant worldwide phenomenon, and deterrents to help protect this essential resource. from Phys.org - latest science and technology news stories https://ift.tt/2QqcdyH

Primates receive a lot of research attention and conservation funding compared to other taxonomic groups, owing largely to their anthropological significance and charisma. Yet, we remain unable to conserve them effectively. To date, about 60 percent of primate species are threatened with extinction and 75 percent have declining populations. from Phys.org - latest science and technology news stories https://ift.tt/32r3YYL

Four missions are scheduled to launch from Thursday to Sunday (Aug. 27 to Aug. 30), three of them from Florida's Space Coast. from Space.com https://ift.tt/2EBMd0J

Huge constellations of internet satellites could fundamentally change how astronomers study the night sky and how the rest of us experience it, a new report finds. from Space.com https://ift.tt/3hIU9Mp

Astronomers recently spotted perhaps the strangest white dwarf yet: a dead star the spins twice a second, sucking down material from a nearby companion as it goes. from Space.com https://ift.tt/3lm2Heg

Laboratory of Viral Zoonotics’ team have developed libraries of computer-generated antigen structures encoded by synthetic genes. from The Hindu - Science https://ift.tt/3ll2LLe

On the southern outskirts of the city of Owensboro in Kentucky, US, there is a square, nondescript building. Inside, rows and rows of small plants are growing under artificial lights. This is a new generation biotech venture: a molecular farm. Others are springing up across the US and elsewhere—and they farm vaccines. This means that if we find a coronavirus vaccine that works, their produce could be used by households worldwide. from Phys.org - latest science and technology news stories https://ift.tt/2EBu0QV

A new paper, co-authored by a University of Sussex scientist, has revealed major holes in an international treaty designed to help repair the ozone layer, putting human health at risk and increasing the speed of climate change. from Phys.org - latest science and technology news stories https://ift.tt/3aWC9vf

Building on a new hanging garden trend, a greenhouse atop a Montreal warehouse growing eggplants and tomatoes to meet demand for locally sourced foods has set a record as the largest in the world. from Phys.org - latest science and technology news stories https://ift.tt/2YzLXWS

In the largest U.S. evacuation of the pandemic, more than half a million people were ordered to flee the Gulf Coast on Tuesday as Laura strengthened into a hurricane that forecasters said could slam Texas and Louisiana with ferocious winds, heavy flooding and the power to push seawater miles inland. from Phys.org - latest science and technology news stories https://ift.tt/3lig3YX

A California wildfire has destroyed a sanctuary for the endangered California condor and the fates of several condors, including a chick, remain unknown. from Phys.org - latest science and technology news stories https://ift.tt/2YCIAyB

A recently published study led by The University of Texas at Arlington says that student debt may hurt students' chances of securing full-time employment due to added pressure in their job search. from Phys.org - latest science and technology news stories https://ift.tt/2Qs4kIV

An international team of researchers led by the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL) has upgraded a key computer code for calculating forces acting on magnetically confined plasma in fusion energy experiments. The upgrade will be part of a suite of computational tools that will allow scientists to further improve the design of breakfast-cruller-shaped facilities known as stellarators. Together, the three codes in the suite could help scientists bring efficient fusion reactors closer to reality. from Phys.org - latest science and technology news stories https://ift.tt/3jf2SGd

In the search for a reliable, quick-charging, cold-weather battery for automobiles, a self-assembling, thin layer of electrochemically active molecules may be the solution, according to a team or researchers. from Phys.org - latest science and technology news stories https://ift.tt/3gvVrc6

A research team led by Florida State University found that sea turtles in the U.S. will have less suitable nesting habitat in the future because of climate change and coastal development. from Phys.org - latest science and technology news stories https://ift.tt/2YC0txt

Fewer of the world's large aquifers are depleting than previously estimated, according to a new study by the University of Sussex and UCL. from Phys.org - latest science and technology news stories https://ift.tt/3huxdjR