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Phys.org / Water conservation works, but climate change is outpacing it: Phoenix, Denver and Las Vegas show the future
When a drought turns into an urban water crisis, a city's first step is often to limit lawn watering and launch a campaign to encourage everyone to conserve. It might raise water-use rates or offer incentives for installing ...
Phys.org / Archaeological survey at Gnith reveals new details about pearl millet's westward expansion
A study published in Azania: Archaeological Research in Africa sheds new light on the westward spread of pearl millet (Pennisetum glaucum) agriculture in prehistoric West Africa. A recent survey documented its earliest known ...
Tech Xplore / Interface tweak triples graphene oxide fuel cell power density to 0.7 W/cm²
A breakthrough in interface engineering clears the path for sustainable, high-power hydrogen energy. As the world races toward a hydrogen-based society, the quest for a truly green fuel cell has faced a persistent material ...
Medical Xpress / New yellow fever vaccine matches safety and effectiveness of current shot
Yellow fever is a viral disease that is spread to humans through the bites of infected mosquitoes. The symptoms range from mild fever-like aches and pains to severe liver disease with bleeding, often accompanied by yellowing ...
Medical Xpress / Experimental drug cuts Parkinson's-linked protein up to 60% in early trial
An experimental drug designed to silence a gene strongly linked to Parkinson's disease has shown encouraging effects in a first-in-human clinical trial, according to a study published in Nature Medicine. The drug, known as ...
Phys.org / Peculiar core-collapse supernova breaks the mold with a long, dim plateau
Astronomers from the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) have employed the Lijiang 2.4-m telescope to perform optical photometric and spectroscopic observations of a core-collapse Type IIP supernova designated SN 2024abfl. ...
Phys.org / Saturday Citations: Octopus behavior; children's nightmares; the fast effects of meditation
Happy Saturday! This week, researchers reported on the familiar phenomenon of speeding away from a slower-driving car only to have it catch up at the next traffic light—they've named it Voorhees law, after the well-known ...
Phys.org / 'Poor man's Majoranas' can be used as quantum spin probes
A Majorana fermion is a particle that would be identical to its antiparticle. Such an object has not yet been found. However, certain solid materials exhibit analogous behavior as if Majorana fermions were present through ...
Phys.org / Microbial hockey: Scientists discover how bacteria rotate tiny pucks
At the Institute of Science and Technology Austria (ISTA), Jérémie Palacci's research group is venturing into metallurgy—albeit with a twist. Instead of traditional tools, the scientists use E. coli bacteria, often associated ...
Phys.org / Dual-frequency Paul trap shows potential for synthesizing antihydrogen outside of CERN
A new type of radiofrequency trap can capture particles with extremely different requirements and could theoretically hold both types of particles at the same time. Researchers in the group of Professor Dmitry Budker from ...
Medical Xpress / Genetic variants in 1 in 10 people may reduce blood‑sugar response to GLP‑1 diabetes drugs
More than a quarter of people with Type 2 diabetes take GLP-1 receptor agonists, but the popular diabetes drugs might not work as well for people who have certain genetic variants, according to a new study by Stanford Medicine ...
Phys.org / Chimpanzee empire falls apart in rare instance of division and deadly violence
The largest group of wild chimpanzees known to scientists has permanently split in two. In a study published in Science, researchers from the University of Texas at Austin and other institutions report the first clearly documented ...
