A trio of scientists at the University of Oxford has discovered that male characters appear more frequently than female characters in stories written by kids of either sex. In their paper published in the journal Society for Research in Child Development, Yaling Hsiao, Nilanjana Banerji, and Kate Country explain their analysis of short stories...
The fall of a blue ultra-diffuse galaxy into a galaxy system and its subsequent ejection as a red ultra-diffuse galaxy. Credit: MIT The results give a blueprint for finding such systems in deep space's quieter, emptier areas. By definition, dwarf galaxies are tiny and dim, with just a fraction of the stars located in the Milky...
The carbon-hydrogen bonds in alkanes - especially those at the ends of the molecules, where each carbon has three hydrogen atoms connected to it-- are tough to "crack" if you want to change the hydrogen atoms with other atoms. Methane (CH4) and ethane (CH3CH3) are composed, specifically, of such tightly adhered hydrogen atoms. In...
The proposed layout might minimize nitrogen oxide exhausts by 95 percent, a brand-new study finds. At cruising altitude, planes launch a constant stream of nitrogen oxides into the environment, where the chemicals can stick around to create ozone and fine particulates. Nitrogen oxides, or NOx, are a significant source of air contamination and are connected...
The research found a link between slower cognitive decline and diabetic patients taking drugs called gliptins. Credit: Wavebreakmedia/Depositphotos A brand-new study released in the journal Neurology reports an association between a particular substance class to deal with type 2 diabetes and lowered Alzheimer's disease biomarkers. It is unclear exactly just how these diabetes mellitus medicines...
Bacterial “miners” shown in relief working to process soil nutrients, some more efficiently than others. Bradyrhizobium, one of the three top nutrient processors identified in the study, is shown here consolidating its control of carbon from a glucose addition, processing the nutrients with industrial efficiency (in the form of a bucket wheel excavator). Credit:...
If you keep up with independent drone auto racing, you likely think about the accidents as much as the victories. In drone racing, groups compete to see which drone is better to fly fastest through an obstacle course. However, the faster flight increases its instability, and also at high speeds, the rules of aerodynamics...
The University of California, Waterfront, has won a University of California Multicampus-National Lab Collaborative Research and Training Award of $3.75 million, allowing the university to make scalable quantum computing possible. Quantum computers are foreseen to considerably outmatch the most effective traditional computer systems on specific jobs, such as modeling complex chemical procedures, finding large prime...
micBeneficial Gut Bacteria. Credit: Darryl Leja, National Human Genome Research Institute, National Institutes of Health, NIH Fasting before and during exposure to Salmonella enterica microorganisms protects mice from developing a full-on infection, partially as a result of changes in the pets' digestive tract microbiomes, according to a new study published in PLOS Pathogens by Bruce Vallance as well...
The neuromorphic chip reliably and precisely detects high-frequency oscillations in previously recorded intracranial EEG. Credit: UZH, ETHZ, USZ Scientists from Zurich have created a portable, energy-efficient gadget made from synthetic neurons that can decode brainwaves. The chip uses information recorded from the brainwaves of epilepsy patients to determine which regions of the brain cause epileptic...
