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October 5, 2020

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Modern humans arrived in westernmost Europe 41,000 to 38,000 years ago, about 5,000 years earlier than previously known, ...
The same team who re-engineered the plastic-eating enzyme PETase have now created an enzyme 'cocktail' which can digest plastic up to six ...
Experts have examined the evidence that prehistoric flying reptiles called pterosaurs had feathers and believe they were, in ...
New research identifies a process that might have been key in producing the first organic molecules on Earth about 4 billion years ago, before the origin of life. The ...
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Dog Brains Do Not Prefer Faces

Even though dogs gaze into man's eyes, dog brains may not process faces as human brains do. A new study suggests that the canine visual system is organized differently: the face network found in ...

World's Largest Collection of Moss Species

Researchers have established the world's largest collection of moss species for the peat industry and ...

Tracking Sea Turtle Egg Traffickers With GPS-Enabled Decoy Eggs

By placing 3D-printed and GPS-enabled decoy sea turtle eggs into nests on the beach, it's possible to gather key evidence needed to expose rampant illegal trade of the eggs, suggests a new ...

Blocking Vibrations That Remove Heat Could Boost Efficiency of Next-Gen Solar Cells

A study of a solar-energy material with a bright future revealed a way to slow phonons, the waves that transport heat. The discovery could improve novel hot-carrier solar cells, which convert ...

6,500-Year-Old Copper Workshop Uncovered in the Negev Desert's Beer Sheva

A new study indicates that a workshop for smelting copper ore once operated in the Neveh Noy neighborhood of Beer Sheva, the capital of the Negev Desert. The new study also shows that the site may ...

Diagnosing COVID-19 in Just 30 Minutes

Researchers have developed a one-pot diagnostic method for detecting pathogenic RNAs with PCR-level sensitivity. Diagnostic technology for new infectious diseases can be developed within a week to ...

Cyanobacteria as 'Green' Catalysts in Biotechnology

Researchers show how the catalytic activity of cyanobacteria, also known as blue-green algae, can be significantly increased. This brings biotechnological and thus eco-friendly application a big step ...

First Rehoming of Laboratory Dogs in Finland Successful but Required a Great Deal of Work

Researchers monitored the success of rehoming 16 laboratory beagles in 2015-2018. The study revealed that the development of house training skills could be supported by care arrangements at the ...

Hunger Encourages Risk-Taking

An insufficient food supply causes animals to engage in higher-risk behavior: the willingness to take risks rises by an average of 26 per cent in animals that have experienced hunger earlier in their ...

Efficient Pollen Identification

From pollen forecasting, honey analysis and climate-related changes in plant-pollinator interactions, analysing pollen plays an important role in many areas of research. Microscopy is still the gold ...

40 Percent of Amazon Could Now Exist as Rainforest or Savanna-Like Ecosystems

Researchers focused on the stability of tropical rainforests in the Americas, Africa, Asia and Oceania. With their approach they were able to explore how rainforests respond to changing ...

Body Size of the Extinct Megalodon Indeed Off the Charts in the Shark World

A new study shows that the body size of the iconic gigantic or megatooth shark, about 15 meters (50 feet) in length, is indeed anomalously large compared to body sizes of its ...

Anglo-Saxon Warlord Found by Detectorists Could Redraw Map of Post-Roman Britain

A discovery by a metal detectorist on club outing proved to be a significant burial with the remains of an imposing warlord, along with well-preserved weapons and ...

A Tale of Two Cesspits: DNA Reveals Intestinal Health in Medieval Europe and Middle East

Analysis of 14th-15th century latrines in Jerusalem and Riga, Latvia identifies some of the microbes resident in the guts of these pre-industrial populations, illuminating how gut contents have ...

High Throughput Screening Identifies Molecules That Reduce Cellular Stress

A new article describes the discovery of several promising small molecules that appear to reduce cellular stress in mouse skin cells and could lengthen ...

Harvesting Vegetation on Riparian Buffers Barely Reduces Water-Quality Benefits

Allowing farmers to harvest vegetation from their riparian buffers will not significantly impede the ability of those streamside tracts to protect water quality by capturing nutrients and sediment -- ...

New COVID Test Doesn't Use Scarce Reagents, Catches All but the Least Infectious

Scientists have developed an accurate COVID-19 test doesn't use scarce reagents, paving the way for wide testing in both developing countries and industrialized nations like the United States, ...

Biomedical Sciences Researchers Find New Way to Prevent and Cure Rotavirus, Other Viral Infections

A combination of two substances secreted by the immune system can cure and prevent rotavirus infection, as well as potentially treat other viral infections that target epithelial cells, which cover ...

Future Climate Changes in Nature Reserves

The Earth's nature reserves are set to be affected by future climate change in very different ways. Detailed local knowledge of climate change impacts can therefore make a significant ...

Cell Perturbation System Could Have Medical Applications

Research shows that the Nanofountain Probe Electroporation system may lead to quicker and more customized medical treatment ...

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