Intensive radiotherapy can be toxic in 60 percent of patients with tumors located in the gastrointestinal cavity. Increases in levels of the protein URI protect mice against high-dose ionizing radiation-induced …read more Source:: Science
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Great potential for floating solar photovoltaics systems
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•Researchers estimate that installing floating solar photovoltaics on the more than 24,000 human-made US reservoirs could generate about 10 percent of the nation’s annual electricity production. Their findings reveal for …read more Source:: Science
Bringing balance to the universe: New theory could explain missing 95 percent of the cosmos
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•New research could shed light on the ‘missing’ dark matter and dark energy that make up 95 percent of our universe and yet are wholly invisible to us. …read more Source:: Science
Appendix identified as a potential starting point for Parkinson’s disease
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•Removing the appendix early in life reduces the risk of developing Parkinson’s disease by 19 to 25 percent, according to the largest and most comprehensive study of its kind. The …read more Source:: Science
A first ‘snapshot’ of the complete spectrum of neutrinos emitted by the sun
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•About 99 percent of the sun’s energy emitted as neutrinos is produced through nuclear reaction sequences initiated by proton-proton (pp) fusion in which hydrogen is converted into helium, say scientists. …read more Source:: Science
Youth violence lower in countries with complete ban on corporal punishment
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•A study shows that in countries where there is a complete ban on all corporal punishment of children there is less fighting among young people. There was 31 percent less …read more Source:: Science
Genetic testing: Not a one-and-done deal
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•A study that reviewed genetic testing results from 1.45 million individuals found that nearly 25 percent of ‘variants of uncertain significance’ were subsequently reclassified — sometimes as less likely to …read more Source:: Science
Matter falling into a black hole at 30 percent of the speed of light
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•Astronomers report the first detection of matter falling into a black hole at 30% of the speed of light, located in the center of the billion-light year distant galaxy PG211+143. …read more Source:: Science
US oil & gas methane emissions 60 percent higher than estimated
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•The US oil and gas industry emits 13 million metric tons of the potent greenhouse gas methane from its operations each year, 60 percent more than estimated by the US …read more Source:: Science
Tipping point for large-scale social change
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•A new study finds that when 25 percent of people in a group adopt a new social norm, it creates a tipping point where the entire group follows suit. This …read more Source:: Science