Archive for March 9th, 2020
A study provides new details about the collective motion of individual agents in a liquid-crystal-like system, which could help in better understanding bacterial colonies, structures and systems in the human body, and other forms of active matter. Source: Collective dynamics of active matter systems
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Viruses have been well studied, but many mysteries linger. One such mystery is how a spherical virus circumvents energy barriers to form symmetric shells. A research team has made progress is solving this mystery. The team reports that an interplay of energies at the molecular level makes the formation of a shell possible. Source: How […]
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Barth syndrome is a rare genetic disease in boys that can cause life-threatening heart failure and also weakens the skeletal muscles and the immune system. There is no specific treatment, but new research, involving new mouse models, shows the potential of a gene therapy approach in preventing and reversing cardiac dysfunction in Barth syndrome. Source: […]
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Our brains can predict the popularity of online videos, without us even knowing it. Source: Our brains are powerful — but secretive — forecasters of video virality
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A new study showed that the humans on teams that included a robot expressing vulnerability communicated more with each other and later reported having a more positive group experience than people teamed with silent robots or with robots that made neutral statements, like reciting the game’s score. Source: Robots that admit mistakes foster better conversation […]
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What we learn through our senses drives how knowledge is sorted in our brains, according to new research. Source: Sensory information underpins abstract knowledge
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Though not as prevalent in the atmosphere as carbon dioxide, methane is a far more potent greenhouse gas. Occurring naturally as well as being manmade, methane is much shorter-lived than CO2, but it is fast acting and 20 to 80 times as effective at trapping heat. A little extra methane goes a long way. Source: […]
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A concept known as ‘fragile topology’ has been puzzling physicists ever since it emerged two years ago. Two teams of physicists have now developed a comprehensive theoretical and experimental framework to pin down the essence of the concept — and establish ways how to potentially harness it in applications. Source: How to handle fragile states
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Being of an older age, showing signs of sepsis, and having blood clotting issues when admitted to hospital are key risk factors associated with higher risk of death from the new coronavirus (COVID-19), according to a new observational study of 191 patients with confirmed COVID-19 from two hospitals in Wuhan, China. Source: First study identifies […]
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Researchers have developed a method for predicting circulatory failure in patients in intensive care units — enabling clinicians to intervene at an early stage. Their approach uses machine learning methods to evaluate an extensive body of patient data. Source: Circulatory failure is predictable
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