Archive for May 2018

Corona Arch Trail gains national designation

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Corona Arch Trail gains national designation
The Corona Arch Trail near Moab is one of 19 trails in 17 states that was designated a national trail by Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke on Wednesday. Overall, he added more than 370 miles to the national recreation trails system.

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Rocky Mountain Power seeks renewable energy proposals

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Rocky Mountain Power seeks renewable energy proposals
Rocky Mountain Power is seeking project proposals for renewable energy development based on requests from communities that include Salt Lake City, Park City and Summit County. Solar, wind or geothermal power would be enough to power 34,000 homes.

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The Journalist and the Equestrian

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The Journalist and the Equestrian
My two vocations rarely intersected — until I came across a story about Jimmy A. Williams, a trainer who coached many young female riders to Olympic fame, while sexually abusing them.

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Surgical technique improves sensation, control of prosthetic limb

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Surgical technique improves sensation, control of prosthetic limb
Researchers have invented a new neural interface and communication paradigm that is able to send movement commands from the central nervous system to a robotic prosthesis, and relay proprioceptive feedback describing movement of the joint back to the central nervous system in return.

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In ancient boulders, new clues about the story of human migration to the Americas

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In ancient boulders, new clues about the story of human migration to the Americas
A geological study provides compelling evidence to support the hypothesis that ancient humans migrated into the Americas via a coastal route. By analyzing boulders and bedrock, a team shows that part of a coastal migration route became accessible to humans 17,000 years ago. During this period, ancient glaciers receded, exposing islands of southern Alaska's Alexander Archipelago to air and sun -- and, possibly, to human migration.

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Lone water molecules turn out to be directors of supramolecular chemistry

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Lone water molecules turn out to be directors of supramolecular chemistry
A broken seal of a lab cuvette led an American researcher in the Netherlands to the origin of many an inexplicable result: the weather. Or the humidity, because this determines the water concentration in oils used as solvents, which was previously thought to be negligible. Lone water molecules in oil aren't just spectators, they firmly direct supramolecular processes. This outcome means that a lot of previous research has to be re-examined, but also that chemists get a new, cheap and powerful tool.

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Cometh the cyborg: Improved integration of living muscles into robots

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Cometh the cyborg: Improved integration of living muscles into robots
Researchers have developed a novel method of growing whole muscles from hydrogel sheets impregnated with myoblasts. They then incorporated these muscles as antagonistic pairs into a biohybrid robot, which successfully performed manipulations of objects. This approach overcame earlier limitations of a short functional life of the muscles and their ability to exert only a weak force, paving the way for more advanced biohybrid robots.

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Even a shark's electrical 'sixth sense' may be tuned to attack

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Even a shark's electrical 'sixth sense' may be tuned to attack
Imagine having superhuman hearing. You're at a noisy, cocktail party and yet your ears can detect normally inaudible sounds. But, unlike normal hearing, each of these sounds causes your ears to react in the same way. There is no difference between the quietest and loudest movements. According to a new study, that may be how a shark's electrosensing organ reacts when it detects teensy, tiny electrical fields emanating from nearby prey.

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Scientists show how tularemia bacteria trick cells to cause disease

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Scientists show how tularemia bacteria trick cells to cause disease
Francisella tularensis is the bacterium that causes tularemia, a life-threatening disease spread to humans via contact with an infected animal or through mosquito, tick or deer fly bites. Scientists have unraveled the process by which the bacteria cause disease, finding that F. tularensis tricks host cell mitochondria, which produce energy for the cell, in two different phases of infection. These basic science findings could play a role in developing effective treatment strategies.

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Disease-causing stomach bug attacks energy generation in host cells

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Disease-causing stomach bug attacks energy generation in host cells
Researchers report in a new study that the bacterium Helicobacter pylori -- a major contributor to gastritis, ulcers and stomach cancer -- resists the body's immune defenses by shutting down energy production within the cells of the stomach lining that serve as a barrier to infection.

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No more sweet tooth? Scientists switch off pleasure from food in brains of mice

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No more sweet tooth? Scientists switch off pleasure from food in brains of mice
New research in mice has revealed that the brain's underlying desire for sweet, and its distaste for bitter, can be erased by manipulating neurons in the amygdala, the emotion center of the brain. The research points to new strategies for understanding and treating eating disorders including obesity and anorexia nervosa.

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How to build a brain: Discovery answers evolutionary mystery

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How to build a brain: Discovery answers evolutionary mystery
Researchers have discovered a fundamental process by which brains are built, which may have profound implications for understanding neurodevelopmental conditions like autism and epilepsy. The study also answers an evolutionary mystery about how the delicate balance between different types of brain cells might be maintained across species with vastly different brain sizes.

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CLL patient goes into remission thanks to single CAR T cell

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CLL patient goes into remission thanks to single CAR T cell
Researchers say a patient treated for chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) in 2013 went into remission because of a single CAR T cell and the cells it produced as it multiplied, and has stayed cancer free in the five years since, with CAR T cells still present in his immune system.

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Supercomputers provide new window into the life and death of a neutron

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Supercomputers provide new window into the life and death of a neutron
Scientists have enlisted powerful supercomputers to calculate a quantity known as the 'nucleon axial coupling' -- which is central to our understanding of a neutron's lifetime -- with an unprecedented precision. Their method offers a clear path to further improvements that may help to resolve the experimental discrepancy.

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Flexible and dynamic transport solution for future 5G communications developed

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Flexible and dynamic transport solution for future 5G communications developed
A consortium of 20 industry-leading companies and organizations has announced the successful completion of the European research project 5G-Crosshaul. The three-year effort has delivered what is now the de-facto concept for an integrated 5G transport network, a crucial step towards the real-world implementation of the future 5G communications system.

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Self-driving cars must reduce traffic fatalities by at least 75 percent to stay on the roads

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Self-driving cars must reduce traffic fatalities by at least 75 percent to stay on the roads
The race is on for companies to present their driverless cars to the public, but recent collisions involving autonomous vehicles developed by Uber Technologies Inc. and Tesla Inc. have led consumers to questions whether these vehicles can alleviate traffic issues and increase safety. A new study published in Risk Analysis examined the question 'How safe is safe enough for self-driving vehicles (SDVs)?'

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Having an abortion does not lead to depression

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Having an abortion does not lead to depression
Having an abortion does not increase a woman's risk for depression, according to a new study of nearly 400,000 women. Previous research has found abortion does not harm women's mental health, yet studies claiming that it does have been used to justify state policies that restrict access to abortion in the US. This study's findings suggest those policies are misguided.

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Magic in metal could help put excess carbon dioxide to good use

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Magic in metal could help put excess carbon dioxide to good use
A researcher has identified a kind of magic in a metal that may be just what the doctor ordered for Planet Earth. He says the colorful metal, known as bismuth, could help reduce rising carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere and provide sustainable routes to making fuels.

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From Haifa to Tokyo: Medical detectives team up on selenoprotein1/EPT1

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From Haifa to Tokyo: Medical detectives team up on selenoprotein1/EPT1
Ordinary tests couldn't diagnose an Israeli infant's developmental disorder. Until they completed whole-exome sequencing, his doctors were stumped. After finding a homozygous rare allele, they teamed up with Japanese experts on the affected enzyme to describe its hitherto unknown role in myelination.

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The smallest biggest theropod dinosaur

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The smallest biggest theropod dinosaur
Spinosaurus is the longest, and among the largest predatory dinosaurs. A tiny claw phalanx of the foot, discovered in Cretaceous-aged sandstones of the Sahara, shows a peculiar shape compatible with an early juvenile Spinosaurus. The fossil is from the smallest known individual of this giant, sail-backed theropod. The findings suggest the small specimen retains the same locomotor adaptations as the large version -- such as traversing soft substrates or paddling -- during the entire lifespan.

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Details that look sharp to people may be blurry to their pets

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Details that look sharp to people may be blurry to their pets
Blind as a bat or eagle-eyed? Scientists compared hundreds of species by the sharpness of their sight. They found a 10,000-fold difference between the most sharp-sighted and the most blurry-eyed species, with humans ranking near the top. The researchers also created a series of images showing how different scenes might appear to animals with different acuities. The images reveal patterns that, while easy for some species to see, may be imperceptible to others.

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'Their Intent Is to Intimidate': FRC's Tony Perkins Calls Out LGBT Activists Over Transgender Ban Subpoena

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'Their Intent Is to Intimidate': FRC's Tony Perkins Calls Out LGBT Activists Over Transgender Ban Subpoena
LGBT activists are subpoenaing two prominent faith leaders – Family Research Council President Tony Perkins and National Day of Prayer Task Force President Dr. Ronnie Floyd – in the lawsuit against the Trump administration's transgender military ban. Meanwhile, Perkins isn't taking the matter lying down...

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U.S., North Korea enter second day of nuclear talks

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U.S., North Korea enter second day of nuclear talks
NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and high-ranking North Korean official Kim Yong Chol enter a second day of meetings in New York on Thursday as they try to settle nuclear weapons disagreements and set the stage for an historic summit between their two leaders.


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