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Phys.org / Silkworm cultivation predates the Silk Road in southern Central Asia, ancient cocoons suggest
The silkworm moth, whose caterpillars have been used in silk production since antiquity, may have been brought to southern Central Asia 4,000 years ago—nearly 2,000 years earlier than previously assumed—according to new research ...
Medical Xpress / Brain cancer map uncovers thousands of hidden targets for personalized immunotherapies
Researchers from the Clinical Neuroscience Consortium (CNC), a collaborative platform jointly established by the LKS Faculty of Medicine of the University of Hong Kong (HKUMed) and Queen Mary Hospital, in collaboration with ...
Phys.org / Can ocean chemistry be altered to absorb carbon? The pros and cons
As the planet warms, countries around the world are racing to meet their net-zero targets set out in the 2015 Paris Agreement.
Medical Xpress / Scientists develop more photostable near-infrared fluorescent dye for longer surgical imaging
Researchers in Korea have developed a new near-infrared (NIR) fluorescent dye with significantly improved photostability, overcoming the rapid signal fading that has long limited fluorescence imaging during surgery for cancer, ...
Medical Xpress / Traveling waves in rat brains give hints about information transfer in consciousness
How and why we experience consciousness is a question that has long plagued philosophers and scientists alike. We have come to understand that, when awake, our brains organize neural information for perception, yet we completely ...
Tech Xplore / Playful AI robots mirror toddlers' language-learning mistakes and recover
Do AI models understand the language that they produce? To help answer this question and elucidate the mechanisms of language acquisition more generally, researchers at the Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology (OIST) ...
Medical Xpress / First person vaccinated during trial of new Ebola jab
A volunteer was injected Friday with the first dose of a rapidly developed vaccine targeting the Bundibugyo strain of Ebola driving a deadly outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Oxford University said.
Phys.org / Low cloud-cover has helped mute warming for the last 47 years, but models predict this will change
A recent study, published in Geophysical Research Letters, combines historical satellite observations with atmospheric reanalysis data to construct a multidecade record of low-cloud cover in the hope of improving current ...
Phys.org / Juno takes temperature of Jupiter's fiery moon Io
NASA's Juno mission has provided the first measurements of the temperature below the surface of Jupiter's moon Io, revealing significant heating within the shallow subsurface of the most volcanically active world in the solar ...
Medical Xpress / Natural compounds against sarcoma: Which one shows the greatest potential?
Curcumin, berberine and other plant-derived compounds have long attracted scientific interest because of their anti-inflammatory and anticancer properties. A new study by researchers from Wroclaw Medical University and the ...
Medical Xpress / A mother's devotion to newborns begins in the brain, study suggests
New research has found that a hormone is responsible for making mothers' interactions with newborns feel rewarding rather than just necessary. The University of Otago—Ōtākou Whakaihu Waka study, published in Science Advances, ...
Medical Xpress / Is it worse to eat unhealthy food in the morning, or later in the day? And what if you skip breakfast?
Many of us have grown up with the mantra that breakfast is the most important meal of the day. But whether it's snatching an extra half hour of sleep or focusing on getting the kids out of the house, there are various reasons ...
