On Jan. 28, 2024, Noland Arbaugh became the first person to receive a brain chip implant from Neuralink, the neurotechnology company owned by Elon Musk. The implant seemed to work: Arbaugh, who is paralyzed, learned to control a computer mouse…
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Some trees are coping with extreme heat surprisingly well
Ecologist Akhil Javad felt the thrill of fieldwork quickly fade when he was faced with the prospect of scaling trees over five times his height. But for some of the trees he was studying in India’s Western Ghat mountains, that was the…
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Cold Temperatures Unlock the Hidden Powers of Shapeshifting Proteins
A new theory suggests temperature controls how metamorphic proteins shapeshift, with colder temperatures promoting transformation. Researchers analyzed multiple protein pairs and found strong evidence supporting this idea. If true, this discovery…
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Lab Mice Seen Giving First Aid to Unconscious Mates
In new lab experiments, scientists at the University of Southern California showed that when mice encountered a familiar social partner in a state of unconsciousness caused by anesthesia, they displayed distinct and consistent behaviors toward…
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Researchers successfully prove the solution to Dudeney’s 120-year-old dissection puzzle
In 1907, the English author and mathematician Henry Ernest Dudeney posed a puzzle: Can any equilateral triangle be cut into as few pieces as possible that will fit together to form a perfect square? Four weeks later, he presented an elegant…
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Receiving low-glucose alerts improves diabetic drivers’ safety on the road
A Japanese study conducted by a team from Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine found that the use of continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) devices, equipped with sensors that alert diabetics when their blood sugar levels drop, can…
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Growing consumption of the American eel may lead to it being critically endangered like its European counterpart
High demand for eel combined with decline in stock have resulted in soaring prices for this food item, which in many cultures, is considered a delicacy. This has fuelled a concern globally as the prized food item is now being illegally traded…
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Common approaches for assessing business impact on biodiversity are powerful, but often insufficient for strategy design
A University of Oxford study has determined that the widely used tools available to businesses for assessing their biodiversity impacts depend on broad assumptions and can have large uncertainties that are poorly understood or communicated. If…
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Decoding the neural basis of affective empathy: How the brain feels others’ pain
Empathy — the ability to share and understand the emotions of others — is a cornerstone of human social interactions. When we witness someone in pain, we often experience a mirrored emotional response, a phenomenon known as affect sharing….
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Evolution of plant network: 600 million years of stress
Without plants on land, humans could not live on Earth. From mosses to ferns to grasses to trees, plants are our food, fodder and timber. All this diversity emerged from an algal ancestor that conquered land long ago. The success of land plants…
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