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Nanopores can activate human T cells without biochemical signals
Immune cells protect and heal the human body. In medicine, they are specifically activated through biochemical reactions to treat certain diseases. Researchers...
How AI is helping states cut through decades of red tape
Bureaucracy moves slowly, and decades of outdated provisions clogging the bylaws of cities and states only make it worse. Sometimes dubbed "policy sludge," such...
Less cannabis use among adolescents, but social disparities persist
Past studies have shown that cannabis use during adolescence is associated with a variety of negative impacts—including emotional distress, adverse academic out...
Virtual café experiment finds Japanese participants keep greater distance than Italians
How close do we stand to other people during a social interaction? The distance we maintain between our body and that of another person—known as interpersonal d...
Recycling does not weaken support for broader climate action, survey finds
In research published in npj Climate Action, UNSW Sydney behavioral scientists, in collaboration with researchers from Griffith University, say they found no ev...
Human impacts rewrite the rules of island biodiversity around the globe
A new study reveals that human activities have fundamentally reshaped biodiversity patterns on islands across the globe, with important implications for how sci...
How insect submariners survive the depths without imploding
Deep-diving insect larvae are challenging a long-held idea about why there are almost no insects in the ocean, thanks to sturdy air sacs. In Lake Malawi in East...
Silkworm cultivation predates the Silk Road in southern Central Asia, ancient cocoons suggest
The silkworm moth, whose caterpillars have been used in silk production since antiquity, may have been brought to southern Central Asia 4,000 years ago—nearly 2...
Hawai'i serves as model for Western researchers studying the moon's volcanic history
The moon is 384,000 kilometers (239,000 miles) away from Earth, but one of the best places to study its surface is much closer to home. Western planetary scient...
Modern forensics uncovers new clues about Inca sacrifice victims' last days
Human sacrifice was deeply ingrained in Inca civilization. Children and young people were selected for sacrifice to appease the gods and sacred mountain spirits...
Knowing a manager's stance on unions can affect worker performance
It's no secret that management at major firms such as Starbucks and Tesla isn't exactly a fan of unionization. But for other companies, how does an anti-union s...
How the encephalomyocarditis virus hijacks host protein machinery
Viruses lack the molecular machinery required for protein synthesis. Instead, they hijack the host's protein-making machinery, specifically ribosomes and transl...