Scientists have developed a surface material that repels water droplets almost completely. The resulting superhydrophobic (extremely water-repellent) properties can be used as self-cleaning surfaces on vehicles or buildings. Even with extremely small inclination angles, water droplets rolled off.
https://www.kit.edu/kit/english/pi_2024_105_novel-materials-with-almost-perfect-water-repellency.php
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Over 500 hospitals have closed their maternity wards since 2010, leaving most rural hospitals and more than a third of urban hospitals without obstetric care
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/04/health/maternity-wards-closing.html?unlocked_article_code=1.hU4.Eohi.PnZz98yN_d9Y
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Intelligent individuals tend to value self-directedness and benevolence, and less likely to value security, tradition and conformity, new study finds. Personal values were more strongly associated with intelligence than with personality traits.
https://www.psypost.org/intelligent-individuals-tend-to-value-self-directedness-and-benevolence-study-finds/
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A research team has developed a cost-effective, ultra-thin, flexible film that converts the temperature difference between the human body and surrounding air into electricity, eliminating the need for batteries
https://www.qut.edu.au/news?id=198149
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Mothers bear the brunt of the 'mental load,' managing 7 in 10 household tasks. Dads, meanwhile, focus on episodic tasks like finances and home repairs (65%). Single dads, in particular, do significantly more compared to partnered fathers.
https://www.bath.ac.uk/announcements/mothers-bear-the-brunt-of-the-mental-load-managing-7-in-10-household-tasks/
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Virtuous victim signaling combines two signals—victimhood and virtue—to elicit sympathy, aid, or social advantages. Virtuous victim signaling is strongly associated with both narcissism and Machiavellianism.
https://www.psypost.org/dark-personality-traits-linked-to-virtuous-victim-signaling-and-exploitation-of-accusations/
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Stanford study reveals flu virus remains infectious in refrigerated raw milk: Influenza or flu virus can remain infectious in refrigerated raw milk for up to five days
https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.estlett.4c00971
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Fasting can reduce weight — but also hair growth: The dietary craze of intermittent fasting slows hair regrowth in both humans and mice, experiments show.
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-024-04084-9
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Increased housing supply leads to lower house prices – In 2016, Auckland, NZ, implemented a zoning reform to permit multi-family housing in areas previously zoned exclusively for single-family homes. This led to a massive increase in housing supply, with house prices falling between 15-27%.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.regsciurbeco.2024.104062
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What you eat can determine a cell's entire identity: researchers found that different nutrients can alter immune cell gene expression, function, and identity
https://www.salk.edu/news-release/your-immune-cells-are-what-they-eat/
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The Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine for COVID-19 still helps children avoid hospitalization. By vaccinating roughly 54.3 million 5-to-17-year–olds, the US could have averted approximately 3700 hospitalisations and roughly 111,000 ED or urgent care visits during the 2023-2024 respiratory virus season.
https://www.scimex.org/newsfeed/the-pfizer-biontech-vaccine-for-covid-19-still-helps-children-avoid-hospitalization
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Kindness makes for better healthcare. Kindness can exist when clinicians are too burnt-out to be compassionate. However, organisations need to create environments and cultures that individuals and teams to sustain kindness, before they can expect it from employees.
https://www.scimex.org/newsfeed/kindness-makes-for-better-healthcare
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A new study finds overfishing has halved shark and ray populations since 1970
https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.adn1477
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For the first time, researchers detect pre-malignant pancreatic lesions with magnetic resonance imaging
https://journals.lww.com/investigativeradiology/fulltext/9900/pancreatic_intraepithelial_neoplasia_revealed_by.278.aspx
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Researchers have developed a new, efficient method of filtering even low concentrations of PFAS, forever chemicals that may cause liver damage, cancer, and hormonal disorders, out of drinking water, using metal-organic framework compounds which work much better than materials commonly used to date.
https://www.nat.tum.de/en/nat/latest/article/gefaehrliche-pfas-chemikalien-aus-trinkwasser-entfernen/
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Physicists in Italy and China have for the first time observed glimmers of the ‘neutrino fog’, signals from neutrinos that mimic those expected to be produced by dark matter.
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-024-03956-4
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The skin — once thought to be a mainly passive barrier — can produce its own antibodies that fight off infections, a pair of studies reports in Nature this week1. The findings could pave the way for the development of needle-free vaccines that can be applied to the skin.
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-024-04068-9
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Adolescent boys may also respond aggressively when they believe their manhood is under threat—especially boys growing up in environments with rigid, stereotypical gender norms. Mahood threats are also associated with sexism, anti-environmentalism, homophobia, etc.
https://www.nyu.edu/about/news-publications/news/2024/july/when-certain-boys-feel-their-masculinity-is-threatened--aggressi.html
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Researchers in Japan developed a 3D atomic structure from scattering data of different TNO samples to examine the factors that affect the negative-electrode properties. TNO can be used in lithium-ion batteries for cars and can contribute to the green growth strategy for achieving carbon neutrality.
https://www.tus.ac.jp/en/mediarelations/archive/20241210_3487.html
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Scientists have developed a new tool that analyzes placentas at birth for faster detection of neonatal, maternal problems
https://www.cell.com/patterns/fulltext/S2666-3899(24)00269-1
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Data from 2000-2020 finds decline in unionization led to increased income inequality in Canada. This finding was consistent for all provinces
https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/03098168241269173?icid=int.sj-abstract.citing-articles.1
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New device produces ammonia from thin air, cutting carbon emissions
https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.ads4443
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Thwaites Eastern Ice Shelf nearing collapse as cracks spread, not because of melting
https://thwaitesglacier.org/news/thwaites-eastern-ice-shelf-cracks-spread-not-because-melting
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Feminine advantage in harm perception obscures male victimization - Harm toward women is perceived as more severe than similar harm toward men, a disparity rooted in evolutionary, cognitive, and cultural factors.
https://www.psypost.org/feminine-advantage-in-harm-perception-obscures-male-victimization/
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In a new study, scientists killed cancer cells by delivering light-induced gene therapy to disable mitochondrial energy production using nanoparticles constructed to zero in only on cancer cells. Experiments in mice showed the strategy is effective at shrinking brain and breast cancer tumors.
https://news.osu.edu/light-induced-gene-therapy-disables-cancer-cells-energy-center/?utm_campaign=omc_science-medicine_fy25&utm_source=reddit&utm_medium=social
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Reducing screen time boosts children’s mental health and prosocial behaviors, study finds
https://www.psypost.org/reducing-screen-time-boosts-childrens-mental-health-and-prosocial-behaviors-study-finds/
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In a randomized experiment, criminal defendants who received debt relief for court-related fines were less likely to be arrested or incarcerated in the future. Those who did not get the debt relief were rearrested at significantly higher rates because of failures to pay their debts.
https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2415066121
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Humans may not have survived without Neanderthals. New studies show that only humans who interbred with Neanderthals went on to thrive, while other bloodlines died out.
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cwydgyy8120o
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Older Australians turning to cannabis as cigarette prices rise. When cigarette prices increased, cannabis use decreased in Australians under 40 years of age, with no change for people aged between 40 and 50. However, cannabis use increased among people aged over 50 when cigarette prices rose.
https://www.scimex.org/newsfeed/older-australians-turning-to-cannabis-as-cigarette-prices-rise
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A drug used to manage excess copper levels could improve the odds for children battling the rare cancer, neuroblastoma from 10% to 50%, new study in mice shows
https://www.unsw.edu.au/newsroom/news/2024/12/why-copper-could-be-the-key-to-treating-a-rare-childhood-cancer?utm_source=reddit&utm_medium=social
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