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• Engineers 3D-print personalized, wireless wearables that never need a charge
• Climatic impacts of black carbon aerosols over South-East Atlantic underestimated, research shows
• A better black hole laser may prove a circuitous 'Theory of Everything'
• What makes us human? The answer may be found in overlooked DNA
• Ruling electrons and vibrations in a crystal with polarized light
• Psychiatric disorders in teenage years associated with social exclusion in later life
• Understanding how a crab’s complex life cycle will respond to climate change
• Charting hidden territory of the human brain
• Low-cost, continuous seismic monitoring system to support emission reduction efforts
• Researcher investigates ways to enhance neurolysin activity in the brain
• A novel neural network to understand symmetry, speed materials research
• Nerve repair, with help from stem cells
• Baby-wearing products lead to higher risk of injury, hospitalizations in children under age 1
• Breast milk of marijuana users does not hurt short-term health of early premature infants, long-term effects still unknown
• Team discovers invasive-native crayfish hybrids in Missouri
• Long-term exposure to permissible concentrations of air pollution linked with increased mortality risk
• A new framework for protecting mental health in cities
• Planned home birth presents little risk where midwifery is well-integrated
• Sweet corn yield gain over 80 years leaves room for improvement
• Environmentally friendly ways to cool homes

Engineers 3D-print personalized, wireless wearables that never need a charge Posted: 08 Oct 2021 01:04 PM PDT Engineers have developed a new type of wearable with several unprecedented benefits. Not only are the devices custom 3D-printed based on body scans of wearers, but they can operate continuously using a combination of wireless power transfer and compact energy storage.

Climatic impacts of black carbon aerosols over South-East Atlantic underestimated, research shows Posted: 08 Oct 2021 01:04 PM PDT The full magnitude of the impact of smoke from seasonal fires in Central Africa - and in particular, the potential climate warming from the absorption by the black carbon component of the aerosol - is underestimated by some climate models over the South-East Atlantic, new research has shown.

A better black hole laser may prove a circuitous 'Theory of Everything' Posted: 08 Oct 2021 07:57 AM PDT Researchers propose quantum circuit black hole lasers to explore Hawking radiation.

What makes us human? The answer may be found in overlooked DNA Posted: 08 Oct 2021 07:57 AM PDT Our DNA is very similar to that of the chimpanzee, which in evolutionary terms is our closest living relative. Stem cell researchers have now found a previously overlooked part of our DNA, so-called non-coded DNA, that appears to contribute to a difference which, despite all our similarities, may explain why our brains work differently.

Ruling electrons and vibrations in a crystal with polarized light Posted: 08 Oct 2021 07:57 AM PDT The quantum behavior of atomic vibrations excited in a crystal using light pulses has much to do with the polarization of the pulses, say materials scientists. The findings from their latest study offer a new control parameter for the manipulation of coherently excited vibrations in solid materials at the quantum level.

Psychiatric disorders in teenage years associated with social exclusion in later life Posted: 08 Oct 2021 07:57 AM PDT Adolescents who had received a mental health disorder diagnosis were often excluded from the labor market and education as young adults. This particularly applied to adolescents who had been diagnosed with an autism spectrum disorder or psychosis. The results were found out in a birth cohort study of people born in Finland in 1987.

Understanding how a crab’s complex life cycle will respond to climate change Posted: 08 Oct 2021 07:57 AM PDT A team researchers looked at the Pacific Northwest portion of the Dungeness crab fishery, which spans from Alaska down to Southern California. They determined which life stages are most vulnerable, and to which stressors.

Charting hidden territory of the human brain Posted: 08 Oct 2021 07:57 AM PDT Neuroscientist shave discovered a novel, non-invasive imaging-based method to investigate the visual sensory thalamus, an important structure of the human brain and point of origin of visual difficulties in diseases such as dyslexia and glaucoma. The new method could provide an in-depth understanding of visual sensory processing in both health and disease in the near future.

Low-cost, continuous seismic monitoring system to support emission reduction efforts Posted: 08 Oct 2021 07:56 AM PDT Researchers have developed a continuous seismic monitoring system that could monitor multiple geothermal or carbon storage reservoirs over a relatively large area in real time. A small seismic source generates repeated 'chirps,' which can be detected by fiber-optic cables within a radius of 80 km from the source. Field experiments showed that temporal changes in monitored reservoirs were captured with high accuracy.

Researcher investigates ways to enhance neurolysin activity in the brain Posted: 08 Oct 2021 05:35 AM PDT A team of researchers has spent years working to develop an effective treatment for stroke that focuses on the use of a peptidase known as neurolysin. The team is now evaluating the potential of neurolysin as a therapeutic target for stroke by seeking to identify small molecules capable of enhancing its activity and catalytic efficiency.

A novel neural network to understand symmetry, speed materials research Posted: 08 Oct 2021 05:35 AM PDT A team has developed a novel machine learning approach that can create similarity projections via machine learning, enabling researchers to search an unstructured image database for the first time and identify trends.

Nerve repair, with help from stem cells Posted: 08 Oct 2021 05:35 AM PDT Researchers teamed up to create a novel approach to surgically repairing injured peripheral nerves that relies on the versatility of gingiva-derived mesenchymal stem cells.

Baby-wearing products lead to higher risk of injury, hospitalizations in children under age 1 Posted: 08 Oct 2021 05:35 AM PDT Baby-wearing products are an increasingly popular way to carry a young child in a sling, soft carrier or other type of device, but new research suggests that they can pose a higher risk of injury to children under age 1.

Breast milk of marijuana users does not hurt short-term health of early premature infants, long-term effects still unknown Posted: 08 Oct 2021 05:35 AM PDT Researchers compared early preterm infants who were fed breast milk from THC-positive mothers to those who were fed either formula or breast milk from THC-negative mothers and found no differences in short-term health impacts such as breathing difficulties, lung development, and feeding issues.

Team discovers invasive-native crayfish hybrids in Missouri Posted: 08 Oct 2021 05:35 AM PDT In a study of crayfish in the Current River in southeastern Missouri, researchers discovered -- almost by chance -- that the virile crayfish, Faxonius virilis, was interbreeding with a native crayfish, potentially altering the native's genetics, life history and ecology.

Long-term exposure to permissible concentrations of air pollution linked with increased mortality risk Posted: 07 Oct 2021 07:46 PM PDT Low concentrations of air pollution that are within federal safety limits were linked with an increased risk of death among elderly people, including vulnerable subgroups. Tens of thousands of deaths over a 17-year period could be attributed to small increases in annual air pollution concentrations.

A new framework for protecting mental health in cities Posted: 07 Oct 2021 07:46 PM PDT People who live in cities face many challenges that threaten their mental health. In countries in which relatively higher numbers of people live in cities, depression, anxiety and addiction are generally more common. Amid the increasing incidence of common mental disorders and ongoing urbanization around the world, there is an urgent need to better understand the dynamic interplay between these areas.

Planned home birth presents little risk where midwifery is well-integrated Posted: 07 Oct 2021 02:06 PM PDT In the state of Washington, a planned home birth with a licensed midwife is just as safe as a birth at a licensed birth center. Researchers arrived at this conclusion after analyzing outcomes of more than 10,000 community births in Washington state between 2015 and 2020. Birth setting had no association with increased risk for either parent or baby, despite the American Association of Obstetricians and Gynecologists' position that birth is safest at a hospital or an accredited birth center.

Sweet corn yield gain over 80 years leaves room for improvement Posted: 07 Oct 2021 01:35 PM PDT New research shows sweet corn, when planted at high densities, has steadily increased in yield since the 1930s. The historical view underscores the importance of planting modern density-tolerant hybrids at their optimal densities, and suggests an opportunity to improve density tolerance even more.

Environmentally friendly ways to cool homes Posted: 07 Oct 2021 12:35 PM PDT The summer of 2021 in Western Canada was one of the hottest on record. In the Canadian province of British Columbia alone, 59 weather stations registered their hottest temperatures ever on June 27. For those lucky enough to have air conditioners, keeping their homes cool during the heat dome was relatively easy. However, the comfort lasted only until the utility bills arrived. As a result of heatwaves around the world, global electricity demand increased by five per cent so far in 2021 and it is expected to continue to increase annually.

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