Science
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Scientists Break The Link Between A Quantum Material's Spin And Orbital States | Glennda Chui
These balloon-and-disc shapes represent an electron orbital -- a fuzzy electron cloud around an atom's nucleus -- in two different orientations. Scientists hope to someday use variations in the orien ...
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Market Manipulation In The Age Of Pandemic Is Destroying Traditional Safe Havens | University of Sussex
Credit: Dmitry Demidko on UnsplashMay 14, 2020 (Phys.org) -- The coronavirus pandemic has created enormous volatility in global financial markets but prices of safe-haven assets such as gold and bitc ...
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The Microbiome Controls Immune System Fitness | Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin
Microbiota-induced type I interferons control the functionality of dendritic cells. Credit: Schaupp/ Charité. May 12, 2020 (MedicalXpress) -- Working alongside colleagues in Mainz, Bern, Hannover and ...
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Celiac Disease Linked To Common Chemical Pollutants | NYU Langone Health
Credit: Your Best Digs Flickr (CC BY 2.0)May 12, 2020 (MedicalXpress) -- Elevated blood levels of toxic chemicals found in pesticides, nonstick cookware, and fire retardants have been tied to an incr ...
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Experts Outline Plan For COVID-19 Vaccines | Lawrence Corey, John R. Mascola, Anthony S. Fauci, Francis S. Collins
A Strategic Approach To COVID-19 Vaccine R&D A public-private partnership and platform for harmonized clinical trials aims to accelerate licensure and distribution May 11, 2020 (Science) -- There is ...
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How Artificial Intelligence Can Save Journalism | Patrick White
Newsrooms need to take advantage of what AI can offer and come up with a new business model. (Shutterstock) Patrick White, Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM) May 5, 2020 (The Conversation) -- The ...
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Cuddling Brings Two Minds Together, MRI Study Reveals | Dennis Thompson
Love to cuddle up? It might bring a 'mind meld,' too, new research shows. May 4, 2020 (MedicalXpress) -- People in close physical contact appear to have synchronized brain patterns, a revolutionary n ...
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A System To Reproduce Different Animal Locomotion Skills In Robots | Ingrid Fadelli
Credit: Google May 1, 2020 (Tech Xplore) -- Researchers at Google Research and the University of California, Berkeley, have recently developed an imitation learning system that could enable a variety ...
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The ‘First Scientist’s’ 800-Year-Old Tonic For What Ails Us: The Truth | Richard Gunderman
William Blake -- Visionary Heads of Friar Roger Bacon and Poet Gray May 1, 2020 (The Conversation) -- It seems that science has been taking a beating lately. From decades of denial by the tobacco ind ...
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A Magic Republic | John Michael Greer
March 4, 2020 (EcoSophia.net) -- Have you ever noticed that in America, magic is always mixed up in the popular imagination with premodern Europe? That’s not just an affectation of the Neopagan movem ...
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Facebook algorithm changes suppressed journalism and meddled with democracy | Jennifer Grygiel
July 24, 2019 (The Conversation) -- As the 2020 election approaches, there is much public concern that what was dubbed “Russian meddling” in the 2016 presidential election could happen again. But wha ...
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