What do albatrosses searching for food, stock market fluctuations, and the dispersal patterns of seeds in the wind have in common?
They all exhibit a type of movement pattern called Lévy walk, which is characterized by a flurry of short,…
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Rosemary Compound Shows Promise for Alzheimer’s Disease
Researchers developed a stable form of carnosic acid, a compound found in rosemary and sage. The compound showed promise for improving learning and memory and reducing signs of Alzheimer’s disease in mouse…
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13x Stiffer Than Existing Designs: Scientists Develop New Material With Remarkable Compressive Strength
Inspired by the humble deep-sea sponge, RMIT University engineers have developed a new material with remarkable compressive strength and stiffness that could improve architectural and product designs. Inspired by the deep-sea sponge Venus’ flower…
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Study pinpoints the impact of prenatal stress across 27 weeks of pregnancy
A team of researchers at Michigan State University and the University of Michigan found new insights on the timing of prenatal stress and its effect on infant stress reactivity and temperament — including differences between genders.
The study,…
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Clothes dryers and the bottom line: Switching to air drying can save hundreds
Researchers from the University of Michigan are hoping their new study will inspire some Americans to rethink their relationship with laundry. Because, no matter how you spin it, clothes dryers use a lot of comparatively costly energy when air…
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New remarkably complete skeleton of Mixodectes reveals arboreality in a large Paleocene primatomorphan mammal following the Cretaceous-Paleogene mass extinction
Description and functional assessment of NMMNH P-54501
NMMNH P-54501 preserves a dorsoventrally compressed partial skull (Fig. 1A). The rostrum includes a right premaxilla with I1 and a partial crown of I2, a right maxilla with P2-4, M1-2, and…
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Food waste used as a resource can reduce climate and resource burdens in agrifood systems
Clark, M. A., Domingo, N., Colgan, K., Thakrar, S. K. & Hill, J. D. Global food system emissions could preclude achieving the 1.5° and 2 °C climate change targets. Science 370, 705–708 (2020).
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Effects of input modality and second-language vocabulary proficiency on processing of Japanese compound verbs
Classification and semantic transparency of Japanese compound verbs
In Indo-European languages, the classification of compound words often depends on semantic transparency, focusing on the relationship between the meanings of the constituent…
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Fate of pistachio production in Iran holds lessons for the world
Groundwater depletion, climate shifts and policy failures threaten one of the world’s largest pistachio supplies, in Rafsanjan, Iran. The situation should be a warning to others about climate-related risks to agriculture.
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