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Taste Cells Can Control a Whole Animal’s Foraging Strategy
https://youtu.be/fn86amCAlPM A time-lapse graphic showing the foraging behavior of C. elegans based on a computer-generated model of the way four sensory cells dictate the search for food. Credit: University of Leeds Neuroscientists have developed a compu...
Office Air Quality Can Have Significant Impacts on Employees’ Cognition and Productivity
The air quality within an office can have significant impacts on employees’ cognitive function, including response times and ability to focus, and it may also affect their productivity, according to new research led by Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public H...
Eating Peanuts May Lower Risk of Cardiovascular Disease and Stroke Among Asians
Peanut consumption was linked with a lower risk of ischemic stroke and cardiovascular disease in a Japanese population study. Peanut consumption was not, however, linked to a lower risk of hemorrhagic stroke or ischemic heart disease. Incorporating even s...
Squishy White Blood Cells Quickly Morph To Become Highly Stiff and Viscous in Response to Threats
Like a well-trained soldier, a white blood cell uses specialized abilities to identify and ultimately destroy dangerous intruders, including creating a protrusion to effectively reach out, lock-on, probe, and possibly attack its prey. Researchers reportin...
Link Discovered Between ADHD and Dementia Across Generations
A large study at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden has found a link between ADHD and dementia across generations. The study, published in Alzheimer's & Dementia: The Journal of the Alzheimer's Association, shows that parents and grandparents o...
New Infrared Imager Can Map Out a Person’s Blood Vessels Without Touching the Skin
https://youtu.be/f6av--7Pr7o Thin, Large-Area Device Converts Infrared Light Into Images Seeing through smog and fog. Mapping out a person’s blood vessels while monitoring heart rate at the same time—without touching the person’s skin. Seeing through sili...
Strange 160 Mile-Long “Dog-Bone” Asteroid Kleopatra Captured in Detailed Images
Using the European Southern Observatory’s Very Large Telescope (ESO’s VLT), a team of astronomers has obtained the sharpest and most detailed images yet of the asteroid Kleopatra. The observations have allowed the team to constrain the 3D shape and mass o...
Autoimmune Antibodies Could Predict COVID-19 Severity
https://youtu.be/ed5zcEMc9uQ The presence of special immune system defense molecules, called autoimmune antibodies, has been strongly tied to how poorly people fare when hospitalized with COVID-19, a new study shows. Led by researchers at NYU Grossman Sch...
Ground-Breaking High-Frequency Gravitational Wave Detector Reports Rare Events
A ground-breaking detector that aims to use quartz to capture high-frequency gravitational waves has been built by researchers at the ARC Centre of Excellence for Dark Matter Particle Physics (CDM) and The University of Western Australia. In its first 153...
Ancient Sea Ice Core – Extracted From Adélie Land in Antarctica – Sheds Light on Modern Climate Change
A 170 m record of marine sediment cores extracted from Adélie Land in Antarctica by the Integrated Ocean Drilling Programme is yielding new insights into the complicated relationship between sea ice and climate change. In a new study published in Nature G...
'Hey Facebook, take a photo': The social network's smart glasses are here - CNET
Facebook wades into a privacy minefield as it focuses more on wearables.
Ray-Ban Stories review: Facebook's first smart glasses look so normal, but feel so familiar - CNET
Ray-Ban Stories are a fusion of Bose Frames and Snap Spectacles, with a big question mark for what comes after this first-gen attempt.
What If…? episode 5 recap: Marvel Zombies run rampant in apocalyptic reality - CNET
Undead Avengers are determined to gobble up the whole Marvel Cinematic Universe in the animated Disney Plus show.
