- Researchers from the University of Queensland have mapped proteins that are involved in the early stages of motor neuron disease and how they change throughout the disease which might have an influence on the management of the disease. http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41467-024-45646-9 3 comments science
- Ruling out cosmic inflation https://dx.doi.org/10.3847/2041-8213/ac9b0e 3 comments science
- Continental flood basalts drive Phanerozoic extinctions https://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2120441119 4 comments science
- Lawson Criterion for Ignition Exceeded in an Inertial Fusion Experiment https://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.129.075001 6 comments science
- Longevity diet: "Nutrition, longevity and disease: From molecular mechanisms to interventions" https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cell.2022.04.002 4 comments science
- Prior sleep-wake behaviors are associated with mental health outcomes during the COVID-19 pandemic among adult users of a wearable device in the United States https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.sleh.2022.03.001 2 comments science
- Ethics of vaccine refusal (BMJ Journal of Medical Ethics) http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/medethics-2020-107026 77 comments philosophy
- Revealing the Unequal Burden of COVID-19 by Income, Race/Ethnicity, and Household Crowding http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/phh.0000000000001263 3 comments science
- Extended use of heartburn, gastritis and stomach ulcer medication (proton pumps) can cause Dementia by inhibiting Acetylcholine biosynthesis: a neurotransmitter. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/alz.12113 4 comments science
- One in seven Indians were affected by mental disorders of varying severity in 2017. The proportional contribution of mental disorders to the total disease burden in India has almost doubled since 1990. Substantial variations exist between states in the burden from different mental disorders. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/s2215-0366(19)30524-3 10 comments science
- As it turns out, we have much more in common with other species than we thought, and part of the evidence lies in our mitochondria. New study shows exactly how the manner in which mitochondria divide has remained the same since evolution began. http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s42003-019-0714-x 15 comments science
- People who had adverse childhood experiences were at increased risk later in life of enacting bullying behaviours at work. Findings may be useful to prevent bullying behaviours at work. http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/oemed-2019-106009 8 comments science
- Nature might be better than tech at reducing air pollution. Adding plants and trees to the landscapes near factories and other pollution sources could reduce air pollution by an average of 27 percent, new research suggests. http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.9b01445 125 comments science
- Using artificial intelligence to detect discrimination: A new artificial intelligence (AI) tool for detecting unfair discrimination—such as on the basis of race or gender—has been created by researchers at Penn State and Columbia University. http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/3308558.3313559 14 comments science
- There's a sugar in human milk that can mitigate Necrotizing Enterocolitis (NEC) in rats. That same sugar is missing in milk fed to premature human infants who get NEC. http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/gutjnl-2016-312819 3 comments science
- Study suggests GRE is not an accurate predictor of Physics Ph.D. completion (and may be biasing admissions process in other ways) http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.aat7550 5 comments science
- Consuming brands ironically is a way to secretly signal our identity or beliefs to people who know us, new research finds. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jcr/ucy065 8 comments science
- Template to create superatoms could make for better batteries http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-04799-0 4 comments science
- New research finds dynamite, poison still common fishing methods, causing more damage to coral reefs than ever http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0190232 4 comments science
- Fossils from New Zealand have revealed a giant penguin that was as big as a grown man http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41467-017-01959-6 9 comments science
- Flights worldwide will encounter more turbulence in future because of climate change, according to the first ever global projections http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/2017gl074618 6 comments science
- A new Yale-led study in the journal Nature finds that warming will drive the loss of at least 55 trillion kilograms of carbon from the soil by mid-century, or about 17% more than the projected emissions due to human-related activities during that period. http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/nature20150 6 comments science
- PLOS ONE: Misperceiving Bullshit as Profound Is Associated with Favorable Views of Cruz, Rubio, Trump and Conservatism http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0153419 4 comments politics
- A new study by University of Illinois researchers reports that healthy brain metabolism corresponds with fluid intelligence – a measure of one’s ability to solve unusual or complex problems – in young adults. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/cercor/bhw070 2 comments science
- Very Interesting Study done by Princton University: Study describes The United State and How it has already become an oligarchy. Worth a read. Worth letting people know about? lol. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s1537592714001595 11 comments politics
- Development of a Fluorescence-based Trypanosoma cruzi CYP51 Inhibition Assay for Effective Compound Triaging in Drug Discovery Programmes for Chagas Disease http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0004014 4 comments science
- Road signage that is more direct and explanatory ("Bicycles May Use Full Lane") seems better for communicating cyclists' road rights than signs that are more euphemistic ("Share the Road"). http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0136973 24 comments science
- Large Twin study (n=12632) finds academic intelligence to be highly dependent on inherited genes. "We conclude that performance differences for all subjects are highly heritable at the end of compulsory education and that many of the same genes affect different subjects independent of intelligence." http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/srep11713 5 comments science
- Effects of acromegaly on adipose tissue. http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0129359 5 comments science
- Do depressed individuals get more fatigued (or earliers onset) while working on a cognitively demanding task? http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0130304 70 comments science
- The Darwin Awards: sex differences in idiotic behaviour http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmj.g7094 236 comments science
- Exposure to smoking during pregnancy, or both during pregnancy and postnatally are both significantly associated with child overweight at 7 years of age. http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0109184 10 comments science
- Light to moderate coffee intake is associated with a reduced overall risk of dying, particularly in women http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s1368980014001438 3 comments science
- Behme vs. Chomsky: It's Chomsky on Skinner but Chomsky gets Skinner's role this time (says @LanguageMIT) http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0022226714000061 17 comments linguistics
- Constructing the nation in reality TV: a comparative study http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10304312.2013.772105 3 comments culturalstudies
- Brazilian scientists have confirmed the results of earlier Austrian, German and Israeli studies by finding that living within 100 meters of a cell phone tower raises your cancer risk by 35%. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2011.05.051 797 comments science
- People who feel warm are more likely to believe in climate change http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/a0022460 13 comments science
- Electromagnetic waves transmitted faster than the speed of light in a vacuum. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.optcom.2010.12.027 8 comments science
- This is an arch formed when a broth of nanoparticles dried on an electron microscope slide [pic] http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/la902918m 5 comments science
- Environmental Anomalies at the WTC: Evidence for Energetic Materials (Scientific Paper Proving 9/11 Probably Involved Controlled Demolition) http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10669-008-9182-4 5 comments reddit.com