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2024-06-27 @ 11.14.53 ∈ In English
Frog ‘saunas’ help endangered frogs survive the devastating impacts of a deadly fungal disease
The research team found artificial 'hotspot' shelters built from readily available materials, such as bricks and PVC greenhouses, can allow frogs to quickly 'bake off' infections with the chytrid fungus. When frogs shifted to hotspot shelters, chytrid infections were reduced significantly.
2024-06-23 @ 16.09.10 ∈ In English
2024-06-21 @ 19.25.49 ∈ In English
World-First Experiment Reveals Why Some People Never Get COVID-19
Where most people mount a rapid immune response against the invading virus in their blood, these volunteers showed a subtle but much faster reaction in their nasal tissues that included the activation of mucosal-associated invariant T (MAIT) cells and a drop in inflammatory white blood cells, which cleared the virus before it set in.
2024-06-21 @ 10.52.17 ∈ In English
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."
2024-06-19 @ 16.17.31 ∈ In English
Starlings found to expend 25% less energy in follower position compared to flying solo
A multidisciplinary, multi-institutional team of researchers in the U.S. has found that starlings that fly in a follower position expend 25% less energy than when they fly solo. […] They also found that the birds that were the most naturally energy-efficient tended to adopt the leader role more readily and easily.
2024-06-15 @ 8.53.04 ∈ In English
Flatulence’s surprising role in hormone production and women’s mental health
Researchers discovered that gut bacteria produce hormones critical for pregnancy and mental health, using hydrogen gas (from flatulence) to convert steroids. This finding could lead to new treatments for postpartum depression and other hormone-related conditions.
2024-06-14 @ 15.02.39 ∈ In English
Brane Dump: Information Security: “We Can Do It, We Just Choose Not To”
Consider why no credit card numbers were disclosed. It’s not that credit card numbers aren’t valuable to criminals – because they are. Instead, it’s because the company took steps to properly secure the credit card data. Next, you’ll start to consider why, if the credit card numbers were secured, why wasn’t the personal information that did get disclosed similarly secured? Information that is far more damaging to the individuals to whom that information relates than credit card numbers.
