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Phys.org / Roundworms discovered in Great Salt Lake are new to science

Nematodes discovered in the Great Salt Lake belong to at least one species that is new to science, and possibly two. A University of Utah research team has published a new paper characterizing the tiny roundworm. The team ...

12 hours ago in Biology
Medical Xpress / Blood test reveals clearer prognosis after cardiac arrest

A blood biomarker yet to be used in cardiac arrest care can give a clearer picture of the extent of brain damage after a cardiac arrest. This has been shown in a large international multicenter study led by researchers at ...

12 hours ago in Neuroscience
Phys.org / 'Hidden' contrails in cirrus clouds contribute to climate warming, research finds

Researchers at the Institute for Meteorology at Leipzig University have, for the first time, determined the climatic impact of contrails that form within natural cirrus clouds. Contrails account for the largest share of aviation's ...

12 hours ago in Earth
Medical Xpress / Feeling happier starts with kindness: Compassion tied to higher life satisfaction

People who treat others with compassion often feel more at ease themselves. This is the key finding of a new study by Majlinda Zhuniq, Dr. Friedericke Winter, and Professor Corina Aguilar-Raab from the University of Mannheim. ...

13 hours ago in Psychology & Psychiatry
Phys.org / Storm study shows adaptive selection in southeast lizards

How do intermittent events like hurricanes impact natural selection? How do animals adapt to challenging weather? A University of Rhode Island professor has set out to track natural selection in the Anolis lizard over time ...

12 hours ago in Biology
Tech Xplore / New system efficiently explains AI judgments in real-time

A research team led by Professor Jaesik Choi of KAIST's Kim Jaechul Graduate School of AI, in collaboration with KakaoBank Corp, has developed an accelerated explanation technology that can explain the basis of an artificial ...

7 hours ago in Computer Sciences
Medical Xpress / 'Sloth fever' unlikely to spread via mosquitoes in southeastern US, say researchers

In 2024, "sloth fever" hit the news cycle as a new public health threat: The virus was found in people who'd recently traveled to Cuba, and the serious health risks associated with the disease prompted concern about whether ...

Phys.org / 'Self-activation' is part of the success strategy of parasitic weeds

Parasitic weeds extract water and nutrients from their host plants. But what makes these parasites so successful? A study led by Prof Susann Wicke from the Institute for Evolution and Biodiversity at the University of Münster ...

13 hours ago in Biology
Phys.org / Wildfires can turn harmless minerals in soils into contaminants, research shows

In the wake of a wildfire, a vital micronutrient can become a toxic heavy metal—and could eventually make its way into groundwater.

12 hours ago in Earth
Phys.org / A partner's death can hit harder when finances are unstable

Grief over the sudden death of a partner leads 1 in 6 surviving partners to experience such severe psychological distress that they begin taking sedatives or antidepressants. If the death also results in a noticeable loss ...

7 hours ago in Other Sciences
Phys.org / Plant hormone allows lifelong control of proteins in living animal for first time

Researchers have found a way to control protein levels inside different tissues of a whole, living animal for the first time. The method lets scientists dial protein levels up or down with great precision during the animal's ...

17 hours ago in Biology
Medical Xpress / Abdominal obesity and muscle loss increase the risk of death by 83% after age 50, study finds

A study by researchers at the Federal University of São Carlos (UFSCar) in Brazil, in partnership with University College London (UCL) in the United Kingdom, concluded that the combination of abdominal fat and muscle loss ...

7 hours ago in Overweight & Obesity