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Meantime, here’s the lastest science news.

  • Sister cities can help communities better navigate the climate crisis
    on May 3, 2024 at 9:26 pm

    Anthropologists suggest in a new study that establishing networks of ‘sister cities’ dedicated to addressing the impact of natural disasters can mitigate the devastation wrought by climate change.

  • Aligned peptide ‘noodles’ could enable lab-grown biological tissues
    on May 3, 2024 at 9:26 pm

    Researchers have developed peptide-based hydrogels that mimic the aligned structure of muscle and nerve tissues, which could enable the development of functional lab-grown tissue.

  • Quantifying U.S. health impacts from gas stoves
    on May 3, 2024 at 9:26 pm

    A new study of air pollution in U.S. homes reveals how much gas and propane stoves increase people’s exposure to nitrogen dioxide, a pollutant linked to childhood asthma. Even in bedrooms far from kitchens, concentrations frequently exceed health limits while stoves are on and for hours after burners and ovens are turned off.

  • Physics confirms that the enemy of your enemy is, indeed, your friend
    on May 3, 2024 at 9:26 pm

    The famous axiom ‘the enemy of my enemy is my friend’ is part of Austrian psychologist Fritz Heider’s social balance theory, introduced in the 1940s. Previous studies have tried to model social networks based in famous theory but results remained controversial. New model takes into account two key pieces simultaneously: Not everyone knows everyone else in a social network, and some people are friendlier than others. With those two constraints, large-scale social networks consistently align with social balance theory. Model has broad applications for exploring political polarization, neural networks, drug interactions and more.

  • Stony coral tissue loss disease is shifting the ecological balance of Caribbean reefs
    on May 3, 2024 at 9:26 pm

    A new study shows stony coral tissue loss disease is causing drastic changes in the Caribbean’s population of corals, which is sure to disrupt the delicate balance of the ecosystem and threaten marine biodiversity and coastal economies.

  • Newly discovered mechanism of T-cell control can interfere with cancer immunotherapies
    on May 3, 2024 at 9:26 pm

    Activated T cells that carry a certain marker protein on their surface are controlled by natural killer (NK) cells, another cell type of the immune system. In this way, the body presumably curbs destructive immune reactions. Researchers have now discovered that NK cells can impair the effect of cancer therapies with immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICI) in this way. They could also be responsible for the rapid decline of therapeutic CAR-T cells. Interventions in this mechanism could potentially improve the efficacy of these cellular cancer immunotherapies.

  • When injecting pure spin into chiral materials, direction matters
    on May 3, 2024 at 9:26 pm

    The direction in which spin information is injected into chiral materials affects its ability to pass through them. These chiral ‘gateways’ could be used to design energy-efficient spintronic devices for data storage, communication and computing.