Articles by Bob Yirka
Phys.org / East Asian human gene that allows adult humans to digest sugars in milk likely came from Neanderthals
A small team of computational and evolutionary biologists from the University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Zhongshan Hospital and the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, reports that unique lactase genes ...
Medical Xpress / Reformulation of HIV prevention drug lenacapavir makes it last for a year
A team of pharmaceutical researchers at biopharma company Gilead Sciences has announced that a reformulation of its HIV prevention drug lenacapavir allows it to persist in the body for up to a year. In their paper published ...
Phys.org / Laser-based radiation detector allows testing from a safer distance
A multi-institutional team of physicists and engineers has developed a laser-based radiation detection system that operates from as far away as 10 meters and perhaps farther. Their research is published in the journal Physical ...
Phys.org / Global rooftop solar panels could cool Earth by 0.13°C, modeling study suggests
An interdisciplinary team affiliated with a host of institutions across China, working with one colleague from Singapore and another from MIT, has found evidence suggesting that if solar panels could be installed on every ...
Phys.org / Male blue-lined octopuses paralyze females before mating to prevent being eaten
A team of neurologists, environmentalists and bioengineers at the University of Queensland, in Australia, has found that male blue-lined octopuses paralyze females prior to mating to avoid being eaten. In their study published ...
Phys.org / Microplastics may threaten global food supply by disrupting photosynthesis
A team of environmental researchers, Earth scientists and pollution specialists at Nanjing University, the Chinese Academy of Sciences and colleagues from Germany and the U.S. has found evidence that microplastics have a ...
Phys.org / Study shows students in large research groups more likely to drop out of academia than peers in smaller groups
A team of systems scientists from Beijing Normal University, IT University of Copenhagen and Southern University of Science and Technology has found evidence that college students working in large research groups at all levels ...
Phys.org / Astronomers find potential new class of icy interstellar objects
A trio of astronomers with the University of Tokyo and Niigata University has discovered a possible new class of interstellar object. In their study, published in The Astrophysical Journal, Takashi Onaka, Itsuki Sakon and ...
Phys.org / Fossil evidence found of humans domesticating avocados 7,500 years ago
A team of anthropologists and evolutionary biologists affiliated with several academic institutions in the U.S., working with a colleague from the Smithsonian Institution, has found evidence of humans domesticating avocados ...
Medical Xpress / No evidence for 'wind turbine syndrome' claims: Windmill noise is no more stressful than traffic sounds, study suggests
A team of cognitive neuroscientists and acoustic engineers at Adam Mickiewicz University, in Poland, has found no evidence that wind turbine noise causes mental impairment. In their study, published in the journal Humanities ...
Medical Xpress / Do we see the same red? New qualia structure paradigm measures shared sensory experiences
A team of psychologists, bioengineers and neurologists from The University of Tokyo and Monash University in Australia has tested the possibility of using a qualia structure paradigm to understand whether sensory experiences ...
Tech Xplore / Perovskite solar cells reach new efficiency heights with novel additive
A small team of optical and solar cell specialists and electrical engineers affiliated with several institutions in China, and one in France, has found that adding pyrrodiazole to formamidinium iodide perovskite films can ...
Tech Xplore / When outplayed, AI models resort to cheating to win chess matches
A team of AI researchers at Palisade Research has found that several leading AI models will resort to cheating at chess to win when playing against a superior opponent. They have published a paper on the arXiv preprint server ...
Phys.org / Laser light made into a supersolid for the first time
A small international team of nanotechnologists, engineers and physicists has developed a way to force laser light into becoming a supersolid. Their paper is published in the journal Nature. The editors at Nature have published ...
Phys.org / No evidence that personality traits are revealed during ambiguous image testing
A pair of psychologists in the U.K. report that there is no scientific basis for the idea that personality traits influence what people see first in ambiguous images on the internet. In their study, published in the journal ...
