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Phys.org / Earthquake-driven land sinking could increase flood risk in Pacific Northwest
The next great earthquake isn't the only threat to the Pacific Northwest. A powerful earthquake, combined with rising sea levels, could significantly increase flood risks in the Pacific Northwest, impacting thousands of residents ...
Medical Xpress / Study reveals how musical expression affects pianists' risk of musculoskeletal injury
Playing the piano involves much more than striking the keyboard. The pianist's entire body is in movement, from the torso to the fingers. But how does the musical expression generated by this choreography heighten the risk ...
Phys.org / Less-thirsty rice offers hope in drought-stricken Chile
A cold, dry part of Chile might not sound like the best place to grow rice, a famously thirsty grain that thrives in tropical conditions.
Medical Xpress / A new computational framework illuminates the hidden ecology of diseased tissues
To understand what drives disease progression in tissues, scientists need more than just a snapshot of cells in isolation—they need to see where the cells are, how they interact, and how that spatial organization shifts ...
Phys.org / 'Extremely rare event': Bone analysis suggests ancient echidnas lived in water
A small bone found 30 years ago at Dinosaur Cove in southeastern Australia could turn what we know about the evolution of echidnas and platypuses on its head.
Medical Xpress / Climate change and lack of sustainable policies may fuel rise in superbugs
Current climate change trajectories and failing to meet sustainable development strategies could contribute to an increase in the global burden of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) by 2050, according to a study published in ...
Phys.org / Vesta's missing core shatters long-held beliefs about the asteroid
For decades, scientists believed Vesta, one of the largest objects in our solar system's asteroid belt, wasn't just an asteroid and eventually concluded it was more like a planet with a crust, mantle and core. Now, Michigan ...
Phys.org / Researchers uncover how intestinal parasite Cryptosporidium alters host cells
Researchers at the Francis Crick Institute have shown that the Cryptosporidium parasite exports a protein into infected intestinal cells, altering the gut environment and enabling the parasite to survive and replicate.
Phys.org / Pugs and Persian cats show strikingly similar 'smushed' faces due to artificial selection
Through intensive breeding, humans have pushed breeds such as pug dogs and Persian cats to evolve with very similar skulls and "smushed" faces, so they're more similar to each other than they are to most other dogs or cats.
Phys.org / Anatomy of a 'zombie' volcano: Investigating the cause of unrest inside Uturuncu
Scientists from China, the UK and the U.S. have collaborated to analyze the inner workings of Bolivia's "zombie" volcano, Uturuncu. By combining seismology, physics models and analysis of rock composition, researchers identify ...
Phys.org / First observation of non-reciprocal Coulomb drag in Chern insulators reported
He Qinglin's group at the Center for Quantum Materials Science, School of Physics, has reported the first observation of non-reciprocal Coulomb drag in Chern insulators. This breakthrough opens new pathways for exploring ...
Phys.org / First synthetic 'mini prion' shows how protein misfolding multiplies
Scientists at Northwestern University and University of California, Santa Barbara have created the first synthetic fragment of tau protein that acts like a prion. The "mini prion" folds and stacks into strands (or fibrils) ...