Technology
Rooftop Solar Panels can also help with Water Conservation
Electricity-generating rooftop solar cells not only save on planet-warming carbon emissions, they also save a significant amount of water, say a pair of Duke University…
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Health
Allergy Symptoms are Alleviated by Targeted Micronutrition
Micronutrient deficiencies can promote inflammation and render the immune system particularly sensitive to allergenic substances. In particular, iron deficiency signals danger to immune cells and…
Astronomy
Hubble discovers Spiraling Stars, opening a Window into the Early Universe
Stars are the machines that sculpt the universe, yet scientists don’t fully know how they form. To understand the frenzied ‘baby boom’ of star birth…
Astronomy
Enceladus, Saturn’s Moon, Now Has All The Necessary Elements For Life
Enceladus has quickly transformed from being merely another minor moon of Saturn to a key location for determining whether or not we are alone in…
Technology
A Novel Approach to Understanding Cognition
Researchers introduce a new neurocomputational model of the human brain that could bridge the gap in understanding AI and the biological mechanisms underlying mental disorders.…
Plants and Animals
Miami is Considering Paying Rewards For Dead Iguanas
Miami Beach is considering offering rewards for dead iguanas after the price of hiring experts to exterminate the animals increased to more than $200,000. Miami…
Other
Why Did 98% Off Women In Nazi Concentration Camps Quit Period?
Historically, trauma and hunger have been blamed for the abrupt cessation of menstrual cycles (amenorrhea) suffered by captives in Nazi concentration camps, but recent research…
Physics
Physicists Demonstrate a Method for Creating Topological Metals
Physicists have demonstrated a design principle for predicting whether metallic compounds are likely to host topological states that arise from strong electron interactions. The method…
Physics
New Magnetic Quasiparticles are created by researchers
In physics, quasiparticles and collective excitations are two closely related emergent phenomena that occur when a microscopically complicated system, such as a solid, behaves as…
Physics
Circuits that are Ultracold
Cooling materials to extremely low temperatures is important for basic physics research as well as for technological applications. By improving a special refrigerator and a…
Health
According to Studies, Genetic Risk Factors Cause an overall Burden of Disease
Researchers have, for the first time, systematically estimated the impact of a range of different disease-associated genetic risk factors on the loss of healthy life…
Psychology
Middle-aged Nightmares Increase the Chance of Dementia
People who experience frequent bad dreams in middle age are more likely to be diagnosed with dementia later in life, according to research at the…
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