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Phys.org / Antarctic magnetic anomaly is a trace of an ancient continental collision, scientists find

Geologists from St. Petersburg State University, as part of an international scientific team, have analyzed rock data from East Antarctica and determined that the magnetic anomaly in this region resulted from the convergence ...

14 hours ago in Earth
Medical Xpress / Distinct resilience profiles predict psychological outcomes during adversity, study reveals

Higher self-reported levels of resilience were linked to lower anxiety and depression and better coping strategies during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a study published in PLOS One by Joseph Anthony Pettit of Bangor ...

21 hours ago in Psychology & Psychiatry
Medical Xpress / Shining new light on how cytokines manage immune response

Scientists in the Blavatnik Institute at Harvard Medical School and MIT have created a new family of tools that, for the first time, illuminates the missing half of how the immune system uses molecules called cytokines to ...

22 hours ago in Immunology
Tech Xplore / Toward regenerative bioprinting: Magnetic mixer enables scalable manufacturing of 3D-printed tissues

3D bioprinting, in which living tissues are printed with cells mixed into soft hydrogels, or "bio-inks," is widely used in the field of bioengineering for modeling or replacing the tissues in our bodies. The print quality ...

23 hours ago in Engineering
Phys.org / Flipping and reversing mini-proteins could improve tuberculosis treatment

Antibiotic treatments are losing effectiveness against a range of common bacterial pathogens, including E. coli, K. pneumoniae, Salmonella and Acinetobacter, according to a warning issued by the World Health Organization ...

22 hours ago in Biology
Tech Xplore / Robots use radio signals and AI to see around corners

Penn Engineers have developed a system that lets robots see around corners using radio waves processed by AI, a capability that could improve the safety and performance of driverless cars as well as robots operating in cluttered ...

23 hours ago in Robotics
Phys.org / Tiny marine animal reveals bacterial origin of animal defense mechanisms

Marine animals, such as the extremely simple flatworm Trichoplax, are ideal model organisms for studying the early evolutionary origins of animal life processes. Despite measuring only a few millimeters and lacking true organs ...

23 hours ago in Biology
Phys.org / Keeping an eagle eye on carbon stored in the ocean

Geologic reservoirs that trapped petroleum for millions of years are now being repurposed to store the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide. New research is improving how we monitor this storage and verify how much CO2 these reservoirs ...

23 hours ago in Earth
Phys.org / Sleek, lithe and extremely rare: This elusive California fox has finally been GPS-collared

The stunning Sierra Nevada red fox is one of the nation's rarest and most critically threatened mammals, with fewer than 50 believed to remain in the Sierra. And now, for the first time, a specimen has been successfully GPS-collared ...

15 hours ago in Biology
Medical Xpress / Minimally invasive surgery restores active dad's mobility

Stretching at the gym, AJ Starsiak felt an alarming pop in his back. Starsiak shrugged it off. An active 39-year-old father of two who plays softball and ice hockey, he was no stranger to minor injuries.

13 hours ago in Surgery
Phys.org / Rocket science? 3D printing soft matter in zero gravity

What happens to soft matter when gravity disappears? To answer this, UvA physicists launched a fluid dynamics experiment on a sounding rocket. The suborbital rocket reached an altitude of 267 km before falling back to Earth, ...

15 hours ago in Physics
Phys.org / Valentine's day: Can 36 questions really change your love life?

About a decade ago, author Mandy Len Catron wrote an essay for the New York Times about "36 questions that lead to love." The idea suggests that two people can grow closer—and even fall in love—by answering a series of ...

15 hours ago in Other Sciences