Scientific Reports

2024-06-19 @ 16.22.59 ∈ In English

Biomechanics of sound production in high-pitched classical singing

Lead author Matthias Echternach adds, "It is truly amazing how some female singers can generate the extremely high tensions in their vocal folds that are required to produce these high-pitched sounds without incurring any vocal health issues. Why some singers succeed while others don't must remain open for now."

2024-02-08 @ 19.14.12 ∈ In English

People with depression have higher body temperature

[The research] does not definitively answer whether depression causes body temperature to rise or if the higher temperature is a contributing factor to depression.

2024-02-05 @ 20.10.31 ∈ In English

Getting rid of bed bugs: Trickier than ever

[Tropical] bed bugs have turned up in the United States, Sweden, Italy, Norway, Finland, China, Japan, France, Central Europe, Spain — “even in Russia, which would have once been unthinkable,” says [Chow-Yang] Lee, of the University of California, Riverside.

2023-12-14 @ 20.39.22 ∈ In English

New study reveals characteristics that are shared among a group of uniquely gifted dogs

Science now has documented that some rare dogs are even more special. They have a talent for learning hundreds of names of dog toys. Due to the extreme rarity of this phenomenon, until recently, very little was known about these dogs, as most of the studies that documented this ability included only a small sample of one or two dogs.

2023-10-31 @ 14.57.05 ∈ Suomeksi

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Uniongelmat | Jatkuva univaje heikentää sydämen terveyttä myöhemmällä iällä, ja syykin löytyi kokeessa

Tulehduksen syyksi selvisi oksidatiivinen stressi verisuonten pintakudoksessa. […] Univajeessa antioksidanttireaktio jäi tutkimuksen mukaan kokonaan puuttumaan.

2023-09-06 @ 16.39.17 ∈ In English

Scientists spice up their anti-mosquito weaponry with mustard

Of the four seed meal types, garden cress proved the most lethal, killing more than 95 percent of mosquito larvae after only 24 hours and 100 percent in less than 48 hours. All seed meals were toxic to the larvae, except for a pennycress treatment that had been heated.

2021-12-21 @ 13.52.47 ∈ In English

Genetic determinants of liking and intake of coffee and other bitter foods and beverages - Scientific Reports

In summary, our genetic analysis suggests the psychostimulant effects of caffeine outweighs the bitterness of caffeine. A greater preference for caffeine based on genetic differences in the physiological effects of caffeine leads to a stronger preference for the taste/smell of coffee and dark chocolate. Similarly, greater sensitivity to the adverse physiological effects of caffeine was associated with avoiding the taste of coffee.

2021-12-17 @ 20.17.08 ∈ In English

The first true millipede: new species with more than 1,000 legs discovered in Western Australia

The species, which is the first “true” millipede, has 1,306 legs and was found up to 60 metres underground in a mining area in the Eastern Goldfields region of WA. […] It breaks the previous record set by Illacme plenipes, which is found in central California and has up to 750 legs.

2021-10-15 @ 10.24.25 ∈ Suomeksi

Meteoriitti tuhosi muinaiskaupungin

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