Authors Rebecca Oester, Florian Altermatt and Andreas Bruder take a cold dip into Riparian forests and how they influence trophic interactions. In this blog post, lead author Rebecca, a PhD…
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For adult chimps, playing may be more important than previously thought
You are never too old to play — a maxim that even adult chimpanzees seem to follow. Young chimpanzees are already known to get many benefits from playing. But it…
Presence of white spots on MRI brain scans linked to genetic risk of dementia in older adults
Association between white matter hyperintensities and cortical thickness. Credit: Nature Communications (2024). DOI: 10.1038/s41467-024-53689-1 They show up as bright white spots when you get a brain MRI: lesions called white…
Doctor’s bills often come with sticker shock for patients − but health insurance could be reinvented to provide costs upfront
You have scheduled an appointment with a health care provider, but no matter how hard you try, no one seems to be able to reliably tell you how much that…
Optoelectronic device mimics human vision for diversified in-sensor computing
Object tracking by the hybrid D-OEM and NV-OEM sensory system. Credit: Nature Nanotechnology (2024). DOI: 10.1038/s41565-024-01794-z The device presented by the researchers leverages both electricity and light to concurrently process…
Presidency issues draft finance text without numbers
The draft text outlines two very different options on the post-2025 goal for finance for developing nations, leaving out amounts This article will be updated throughout the day and an…
No-burp syndrome: 20,000 people on Reddit’s “I can’t belch” subreddit spread the word of a Botox cure
In a video posted to Reddit this summer, Lucie Rosenthal’s face starts focused and uncertain, looking intently into the camera, before it happens. She releases a succinct, croak-like belch. Then, it’s…
SLAC celebrates 50 years of Nobel-winning discovery in particle physics
Webstory: https://www6.slac.stanford.edu/news/2024-11-20-slac-celebrates-50-years-nobel-winning-discovery-particle-physics On Nov. 11, 1974, two research teams rocked the particle physics world when they announced they had independently discovered a new subatomic particle – the J/psi. The…
Major genetic defect linked to female infertility identified
Manhattan plots for female infertility. Credit: The American Journal of Human Genetics (2024). DOI: 10.1016/j.ajhg.2024.10.018 Up to 15% of all couples suffer from infertility at some point in their lives.…
