Science Blog https://scienceblog.com/ Science News, Straight From the Source. Fri, 25 Oct 2024 21:37:32 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.6.2 https://scienceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/cropped-cropped-sb1000-32x32.png ScienceBlog.com https://scienceblog.com/ 32 32 Scientists Uncover How Parasitic Worms Silence Our Skin’s Natural Alarm System https://scienceblog.com/548910/scientists-uncover-how-parasitic-worms-silence-our-skins-natural-alarm-system/ Fri, 25 Oct 2024 21:37:32 +0000 https://scienceblog.com/?p=548910 Immunofluorescence imaging showing nerve terminals (magenta) innervating keratinocytes (yellow) and myeloid cells (white) that express IL-33 (green) in naive murine skin. (Image: Courtesy of Camila Napuri)
Immunofluorescence imaging showing nerve terminals (magenta) innervating keratinocytes (yellow) and myeloid cells (white) that express IL-33 (green) in naive murine skin. (Image: Courtesy of Camila Napuri)
]]> 548910 Responsible AI practices help companies create value https://scienceblog.com/548909/responsible-ai-practices-help-companies-create-value/ Fri, 25 Oct 2024 19:07:07 +0000 https://scienceblog.com/548909/responsible-ai-practices-help-companies-create-value/
]]> 548909 Space Station Crew Returns After Advancing Cancer Research and Stem Cell Manufacturing in Orbit https://scienceblog.com/548905/space-station-crew-returns-after-advancing-cancer-research-and-stem-cell-manufacturing-in-orbit/ Fri, 25 Oct 2024 17:03:50 +0000 https://scienceblog.com/?p=548905 SpaceX Crew-8 astronauts (top to bottom) NASA's Jeanette Epps, Mike Barratt & Matthew Dominick, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Alexander Grebenkin onboard the ISS.
SpaceX Crew-8 astronauts (top to bottom) NASA's Jeanette Epps, Mike Barratt & Matthew Dominick, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Alexander Grebenkin onboard the ISS.
]]> 548905 Massachusetts Casino Study: $1.2B Annual Revenue Comes with Social Cost Concerns https://scienceblog.com/548901/massachusetts-casino-study-1-2b-annual-revenue-comes-with-social-cost-concerns/ Fri, 25 Oct 2024 15:34:15 +0000 https://scienceblog.com/?p=548901 playing cards
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]]> 548901 Progress on lawn-care electrification shown via new interactive map, corporate disclosure https://alankandel.scienceblog.com/2024/10/24/progress-on-lawn-care-electrification-shown-via-new-interactive-map-corporate-disclosure/ Fri, 25 Oct 2024 10:00:49 +0000 https://scienceblog.com/548896/progress-on-lawn-care-electrification-shown-via-new-interactive-map-corporate-disclosure/
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]]> 548895 Study Details Misuse of Scientific Publications by Opioid Industry https://scienceblog.com/548890/study-details-misuse-of-scientific-publications-by-opioid-industry/ Thu, 24 Oct 2024 16:09:44 +0000 https://scienceblog.com/?p=548890 pills
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]]> 548890 Gut bacteria implicated in Alzheimer’s https://scienceblog.com/548886/gut-bacteria-implicated-in-alzheimers/ Thu, 24 Oct 2024 16:03:04 +0000 https://scienceblog.com/?p=548886 This inoculated MacConkey agar culture plate cultivated colonial growth of Gram-negative, small rod-shaped and facultatively anaerobic Klebsiella pneumoniae bacteria. K. pneumoniae bacteria are commonly found in the human gastrointestinal tract, and are often the cause of hospital acquired, or nosocomial infections involving the urinary and pulmonary systems.
This inoculated MacConkey agar culture plate cultivated colonial growth of Gram-negative, small rod-shaped and facultatively anaerobic Klebsiella pneumoniae bacteria. K. pneumoniae bacteria are commonly found in the human gastrointestinal tract, and are often the cause of hospital acquired, or nosocomial infections involving the urinary and pulmonary systems.
]]> 548886 Hormone Receptors Join Forces to Fight Brain Aging, Study Shows https://scienceblog.com/548883/hormone-receptors-join-forces-to-fight-brain-aging-study-shows/ Thu, 24 Oct 2024 15:44:49 +0000 https://scienceblog.com/?p=548883 Liver X receptors (LXRs) and related neurological disorders.
Liver X receptors (LXRs) and related neurological disorders.
]]> 548883 Belief in growth is key to becoming the best https://scienceblog.com/548880/belief-in-growth-is-key-to-becoming-the-best/ Thu, 24 Oct 2024 15:26:55 +0000 https://scienceblog.com/?p=548880 Man raising arms high in success
Man raising arms high in success
]]> 548880 Popular diabetes and weight-loss drug may reduce risk of Alzheimer’s disease https://scienceblog.com/548877/popular-diabetes-and-weight-loss-drug-may-reduce-risk-of-alzheimers-disease/ Thu, 24 Oct 2024 15:20:43 +0000 https://scienceblog.com/?p=548877 Rong Xu
Rong Xu
]]> 548877 Assessing the Real Climate Costs of Manufacturing https://scienceblog.com/548874/assessing-the-real-climate-costs-of-manufacturing/ Thu, 24 Oct 2024 15:12:54 +0000 https://scienceblog.com/?p=548874 A new study by UC Davis researchers quantifies the climate costs of carbon emissions from manufacturing common materials such as steel, aluminum, plastics and cement. Including these costs in the market prices of materials could create incentives to develop new and more climate-friendly processes. (Getty Images)
A new study by UC Davis researchers quantifies the climate costs of carbon emissions from manufacturing common materials such as steel, aluminum, plastics and cement. Including these costs in the market prices of materials could create incentives to develop new and more climate-friendly processes. (Getty Images)
]]> 548874 Researchers engineer experimental drug for preventing heart failure after heart attacks https://scienceblog.com/548871/researchers-engineer-experimental-drug-for-preventing-heart-failure-after-heart-attacks/ Thu, 24 Oct 2024 15:10:26 +0000 https://scienceblog.com/?p=548871 ENPP1 is expressed in the region of scarring after injury to the heart. Cardiac muscle shown in red and ENPP1 in green demonstrates expression of ENPP1 in the region of scar formation.
ENPP1 is expressed in the region of scarring after injury to the heart. Cardiac muscle shown in red and ENPP1 in green demonstrates expression of ENPP1 in the region of scar formation.
]]> 548871 Unnoticeable electric currents could reduce skin infections https://scienceblog.com/548868/unnoticeable-electric-currents-could-reduce-skin-infections/ Thu, 24 Oct 2024 15:08:25 +0000 https://scienceblog.com/?p=548868 An interdigitated stimulation platform enables the assessment of bacterial excitability in response to electrical stimulation
An interdigitated stimulation platform enables the assessment of bacterial excitability in response to electrical stimulation
]]> 548868 Crustacean with panda-like coloring confirmed to be a new species https://scienceblog.com/548865/crustacean-with-panda-like-coloring-confirmed-to-be-a-new-species/ Thu, 24 Oct 2024 15:06:49 +0000 https://scienceblog.com/?p=548865 A new species of amphipod with a unique panda pattern was found in the intertidal zone of the Japanese coast.
A new species of amphipod with a unique panda pattern was found in the intertidal zone of the Japanese coast.
]]> 548865 Intense exercise may suppress appetite in healthy humans https://scienceblog.com/548863/intense-exercise-may-suppress-appetite-in-healthy-humans/ Thu, 24 Oct 2024 15:05:09 +0000 https://scienceblog.com/?p=548863 Man and woman working out next to each other
Man and woman working out next to each other
]]> 548863 Importance-wise, when it comes to environmental issues, Californians say electricity, GHGs rank high https://alankandel.scienceblog.com/2024/10/22/importance-wise-when-it-comes-to-environmental-issues-californians-say-electricity-ghgs-rank-high/ Thu, 24 Oct 2024 10:06:05 +0000 https://scienceblog.com/548856/importance-wise-when-it-comes-to-environmental-issues-californians-say-electricity-ghgs-rank-high/
]]> 548856 Stamp-sized microchip that imitates the human brain could speed up treatments for Alzheimer’s https://horizon.scienceblog.com/2888/stamp-sized-microchip-that-imitates-the-human-brain-could-speed-up-treatments-for-alzheimers/ Thu, 24 Oct 2024 05:05:08 +0000 https://scienceblog.com/548855/stamp-sized-microchip-that-imitates-the-human-brain-could-speed-up-treatments-for-alzheimers/ 548855 A simpler, more efficient device for harvesting water from the air https://scienceblog.com/548854/a-simpler-more-efficient-device-for-harvesting-water-from-the-air/ Wed, 23 Oct 2024 19:04:13 +0000 https://scienceblog.com/548854/a-simpler-more-efficient-device-for-harvesting-water-from-the-air/
]]> 548854 NASA reveals prototype telescope for gravitational wave observatory https://scienceblog.com/548851/nasa-reveals-prototype-telescope-for-gravitational-wave-observatory/ Wed, 23 Oct 2024 17:25:00 +0000 https://scienceblog.com/?p=548851 The prototype LISA telescope undergoes post-delivery inspection in a darkened NASA Goddard clean room on May 20. The entire telescope is made from an amber-colored glass-ceramic that resists changes in shape over a wide temperature range, and the mirror’s surface is coated in gold.
The prototype LISA telescope undergoes post-delivery inspection in a darkened NASA Goddard clean room on May 20. The entire telescope is made from an amber-colored glass-ceramic that resists changes in shape over a wide temperature range, and the mirror’s surface is coated in gold.
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