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91540 Those home-delivered meal kits are greener than you thought

Meal kit services, which deliver a box of pre-portioned ingredients and a chef-selected recipe to your door, are hugely popular but get a bad environmental rap due to perceived packaging waste. 2019-04-22 09:08:44 [anonymous]
91539 Study suggests overdiagnosis of schizophrenia

In a small study of patients, researchers report that about half the people referred to the clinic with a schizophrenia diagnosis didn't actually have schizophrenia. Schizophrenia is a chronic, severe and disabling disorder marked by disordered thinking, feelings and behavior. People who reporte... 2019-04-22 09:08:42 [anonymous]
91538 New insight into how obesity, insulin resistance can impair cognition

Obesity can break down our protective blood brain barrier resulting in problems with learning and memory, scientists report. 2019-04-22 08:22:53 [anonymous]
91537 Group decisions: When more information isn't necessarily better

Modular -- or cliquey -- group structure isolates the flow of communication between individuals, which might seem counterproductive to survival. But for some animal groups, more information isn't necessarily better, according to new research. 2019-04-22 08:22:49 [anonymous]
91536 Biomimetics: Artificial receptor distinguishes between male and female hormones

Researchers at Tokyo Tech have revealed that an artificial receptor preferentially binds male steroid hormones from a mixture of male and female hormones in water. Based on their findings, they succeeded in the preparation of a prototype detection system for male hormones at the nanogram level. This... 2019-04-22 08:22:46 [anonymous]
91535 Better labor practices could improve archaeological output

Archaeological excavation has, historically, operated in a very hierarchical structure, according to archaeologist. The history of the enterprise is deeply entangled with Western colonial and imperial pursuits, she says. Excavations have been, and often still are, led by foreigners from the West, w... 2019-04-22 08:22:41 [anonymous]
91534 Global burden of emergency diseases and conditions

In 2015, about half of the world's 28 million human deaths were the result of medical emergencies, with the bulk of the burden borne by poorer nations, according to a statistical analysis of information from nearly 200 countries. 2019-04-22 08:22:38 [anonymous]
91533 Mechanism of a protein upon infection of the 'Fasciola hepatica'

The study also validated ten reference genes in sheep that allow for studying how the immune system behaves when facing this disease. 2019-04-22 08:22:35 [anonymous]
91532 Artificial intelligence can diagnose PTSD by analyzing voices

A specially designed computer program can help to diagnose post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in veterans by analyzing their voices. 2019-04-22 08:22:32 [anonymous]
91531 Sustainable way to increase seed oil yield in crops

Scientists have developed a sustainable way to demonstrate a new genetic modification that can increase the yield of natural oil in seeds by up to 15% in laboratory conditions. 2019-04-20 09:05:34 [anonymous]
91530 From 2D to 1D: Atomically quasi '1D' wires using a carbon nanotube template

Researchers have used carbon nanotube templates to produce nanowires of transition metal monochalcogenide (TMM), which are only 3 atoms wide in diameter. These are 50 times longer than previous attempts and can be studied in isolation, preserving the properties of atomically quasi '1D' objec... 2019-04-20 09:05:31 [anonymous]
91529 High performance solid-state sodium-ion battery

Solid-state sodium-ion batteries are far safer than conventional lithium-ion batteries, which pose a risk of fire and explosions, but their performance has been too weak to offset the safety advantages. Researchers have now reported developing an organic cathode that dramatically improves both stab... 2019-04-19 16:55:34 [anonymous]
91528 Thermodynamic magic enables cooling without energy consumption

Physicists have developed an amazingly simple device that allows heat to flow temporarily from a cold to a warm object without an external power supply. Intriguingly, the process initially appears to contradict the fundamental laws of physics. 2019-04-19 16:55:31 [anonymous]
91527 Continuing impacts of Deepwater Horizon oil spill

Nine years ago tomorrow -- April 20, 2010 -- crude oil began leaking from the Deepwater Horizon drilling rig into the Gulf of Mexico in what turned out to be the largest marine oil spill in history. A long-term study suggests the oil is still affecting the salt marshes of the Gulf Coast, and reveals... 2019-04-19 16:55:28 [anonymous]
91526 A universal framework combining genome annotation and undergraduate education

Scientists and educators have developed a framework for using new genome sequences as a training resource for undergraduates interested in learning genome annotation. This strategy will both make the process of determining gene functions more efficient and help train the next generation of scientis... 2019-04-19 16:55:25 [anonymous]
91525 Discovery may help explain why women get autoimmune diseases far more often than men

New evidence points to a key role for a molecular switch called VGLL3 in autoimmune diseases, and the major gap in incidence between women and men. Building on past research showing that women have more VGLL3 in their skin cells than men, a team studied it further in mice. They show that having too ... 2019-04-19 10:37:13 [anonymous]
91524 Warming: Plants are also stressed out

What will a three-degree-warmer world look like? When experiencing stress or damage from various sources, plants use chloroplast-to-nucleus communication to regulate gene expression and help them cope. Now, researchers have found that GUN1 -- a gene that integrates numerous chloroplast-to-nucleus re... 2019-04-19 10:37:08 [anonymous]
91523 New method to detect off-target effects of CRISPR

Since the CRISPR genome editing technology was invented in 2012, it has shown great promise to treat a number of intractable diseases. However, scientists have struggled to identify potential off-target effects in therapeutically relevant cell types, which remains the main barrier to moving therapie... 2019-04-19 10:36:57 [anonymous]
91522 Through thick and thin: Neutrons track lithium ions in battery electrodes

Lithium-ion batteries are expected to have a global market value of $47 billion by 2023, but their use in heavy-duty applications such as electric vehicles is limited due to factors such as lengthy charge and discharge cycles. Engineers are examining how the lithium moves in battery electrodes, imp... 2019-04-19 09:40:50 [anonymous]
91521 Mysterious river dolphin helps crack the code of marine mammal communication

The Araguaian river dolphin of Brazil was thought to be solitary with little social structure that would require communication. But researchers have discovered the dolphins actually are social and can make hundreds of different sounds, a finding that could help uncover how communication evolved in m... 2019-04-19 09:40:47 [anonymous]
91520 Triplet superconductivity demonstrated under high pressure

Researchers have demonstrated a theoretical type of unconventional superconductivity in a uranium-based material, according to a new study. 2019-04-19 09:40:32 [anonymous]
91519 Marijuana users weigh less, defying the munchies

New evidence suggests that those who smoke cannabis, or marijuana, weigh less compared to adults who don't. The findings are contrary to the belief that marijuana users who have a serious case of the munchies will ultimately gain more weight. 2019-04-19 09:40:26 [anonymous]
91518 On-chip drug screening for identifying antibiotic interactions in eight hours

A research team developed a microfluidic-based drug screening chip that identifies synergistic interactions between two antibiotics in eight hours. This chip can be a cell-based drug screening platform for exploring critical pharmacological patterns of antibiotic interactions, along with potential a... 2019-04-19 09:39:54 [anonymous]
91517 Important insight on the brain-body connection

A study reveals that neurons in the motor cortex exhibit an unexpected division of labor, a finding that could help scientists understand how the brain controls the body and provide insight on certain neurological disorders. 2019-04-18 20:13:33 [anonymous]
91516 Investigators incorporate randomized trial within dialysis care delivery

The Time to Reduce Mortality in ESRD (TiME) trial was a large pragmatic trial demonstration project designed to determine the benefits of hemodialysis sessions that are longer than many patients currently receive. The trial was conducted through a partnership between academic investigators and 2 lar... 2019-04-18 20:13:29 [anonymous]
91515 BRB-seq: The quick and cheaper future of RNA sequencing

Bioengineers have developed a new method for Bulk RNA Sequencing that combines the multiplexing-driven cost-effectiveness of a single-cell RNA-seq workflow with the performance of a bulk RNA-seq procedure. 2019-04-18 20:13:25 [anonymous]
91514 Brain wiring differences identified in children with conduct disorder

Behavioral problems in young people with severe antisocial behavior -- known as conduct disorder -- could be caused by differences in the brain's wiring that link the brain's emotional centers together, according to new research. 2019-04-18 20:13:22 [anonymous]
91513 How do we make moral decisions?

Some people may rely on principles of both guilt and fairness and may switch their moral rule depending on the circumstances, according to a new study on moral decision-making and cooperation. 2019-04-18 16:43:42 [anonymous]
91512 Behavioral disorders in kids with autism linked to reduced brain connectivity

More than a quarter of children with autism spectrum disorder are also diagnosed with disruptive behavior disorders. Now researchers have identified a possible biological cause: a key mechanism that regulates emotion functions differently in the brains of the children who exhibit disruptive behavio... 2019-04-18 16:43:40 [anonymous]
91511 New variety of zebra chip disease threatens potato production in southwestern Oregon

Named after the dark stripes that form inside potatoes after they are cut and fried, zebra chip disease is a potentially devastating affliction that can result in yield losses up to 100 percent for farmers. Researchers identified a new haplotype, designated haplotype F, that causes zebra chip sympt... 2019-04-18 15:36:44 [anonymous]