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New material for space missions
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| A new material has been developed that is very light and resistant against moisture. As such the so-called carbon fibre reinforced polymers protected by a nano barrier are suitable for components in future space missions. |
News seen at: ScienceDaily - Space & Time
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Neat News 2019-364 (added 2019-12-30)
How are decisions made in the brain
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| Researchers have started to understand how decision making in the brain is organized on a molecular model in experiments with mice. It is related to the striatum, the part of the brain that regulates rewards, motivation, and has other functions. |
News seen at: ScienceDaily - Mind & Brain
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Neat News 2019-363 (added 2019-12-29)
Separating water and oil by durable membrane
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| A very thin durable membrane using electrostatic attraction has been developed that can separate oil from water. |
News seen at: ScienceDaily - Matter & Energy
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Neat News 2019-362 (added 2019-12-28)
Being conscious
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| There are ways to determine via an EEG whether somebody is conscious, however, the method has exceptions and at times it is difficult to tell. |
News seen at: ScienceDaily - Mind & Brain
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Neat News 2019-361 (added 2019-12-27)
Mayan palace found
![]() | In the ancient city of Kulubá in Mexico, a 1000 year old large Mayan palace has been found. |
News seen at: BBC - World
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Neat News 2019-360 (added 2019-12-26)
Two-sided solar panels
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| Two-sided solar panels that can convert the light reflected from the ground as well could generate 15 to 20 percent more electricity. It is expected that by 2030 half of the solar cells will be bifacial. |
News seen at: ScienceDaily - Top Physical/Tech
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Neat News 2019-359 (added 2019-12-25)
Highest Dutch court requires government to cut greenhouse gases
![]() | The highest court in the Netherlands has decided that the Dutch government must make haste in its attempt to cut green houses gases. Emissions must be reduced by at least 25 percent by the end of 2020. |
News seen at: BBC - Europe
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Neat News 2019-358 (added 2019-12-24)
Distinguishing memory and remembering
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| In experiments with mice, scientists have distinguished between not knowing and not remembering and found that memory recall abilities fluctuate with the time of day. |
News seen at: ScienceDaily - Top Health
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Neat News 2019-357 (added 2019-12-23)
Dog against schizophrenia
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| If people grow up with a dog they seem to have a smaller risk of developing schizophrenia in adulthood. |
News seen at: ScienceDaily - Top Science News
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Neat News 2019-356 (added 2019-12-22)
Exercise for the brain
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| In experiments with mice scientists found in the 1990s that exercise leads to the generation of new neurons. More recent research found that the effect is bigger if the exercise takes place in a cognitively stimulating environment. |
News seen at: Scientific American - Health
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Neat News 2019-355 (added 2019-12-21)
Mealworms against plastic
![]() | Mealworms can eat plastic, even types that are toxic, creating this way protein-rich food for animals. |
News seen at: ScienceDaily - Earth & Climate
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Neat News 2019-354 (added 2019-12-20)
Eliminate Zika by vaccination?
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| A new vaccine against Zika has the potential to eliminate the disease. |
News seen at: ScienceDaily - Health News
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Neat News 2019-353 (added 2019-12-19)
386 million year old fossil trees found
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| In the state of New York, USA, fossilized trees have been found in a quarry that are 386 million years old. They are assumed to be from the world's oldest forest. |
News seen at: BBC - Science & Environment
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Neat News 2019-352 (added 2019-12-18)
Climate friendly ships
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| Ship owners representing 90 percent of the merchant fleet want to spent five billion dollars to make ships CO2 emission free. |
News seen at: BBC - Science & Environment
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Neat News 2019-351 (added 2019-12-17)
DNA of Stone Age found
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| Scientists managed to isolate the DNA of a woman from the Stone Age, almost 6000 years old. The information may help to understand the development of humans during this time. |
News seen at: BBC - Science
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Neat News 2019-350 (added 2019-12-16)
How are spoken words processed in brains?
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| Using an implant in non-human primates, researchers have reconstructed how the words are processed in their brains. The understanding may in the longer run lead to implants that can give understanding of words to people with hearing loss. |
News seen at: ScienceDaily - Top Science News
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Neat News 2019-349 (added 2019-12-15)
250 years Beethoven
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| From 16 December in his city of birth, Bonn, Germany, there will be celebrations of Ludwig van Beethoven's 250th birth year. |
News seen at: Deutsche Welle - Germany
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Neat News 2019-348 (added 2019-12-14)
Grandmother killer whales' impact on grandchildren's survival
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| Grandmother killer whales have a big beneficial impact on the survival of their grandchildren, assumed they do not have any calves themselves to look after. They focus their efforts on the grandchildren. |
News seen at: ScienceDaily - Environment News
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Neat News 2019-347 (added 2019-12-13)
Better labelling to reduce calorie intake
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| In a research study it was found that it is more informative for people to say how much time it takes to walk off the calories than to write a calorie number on the label and that as a consequence such more informative labels help people to eat less. |
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Neat News 2019-346 (added 2019-12-12)
Drug to reduce breast cancer risk
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| Anastrozole, given to women with a high risk of developing breast cancer, almost halves the risk of breast cancer. In a new trial it has been found that it is effective even seven years after stopping treatment. |
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Neat News 2019-345 (added 2019-12-11)
Greta Thunberg Time Person of the Year
![]() | Greta Thunberg known for her activities against climate change, has been declared Person of the Year by Time magazine. She is with 16 years of age the youngest person ever chosen since the magazine started the tradition in 1927. |
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Neat News 2019-344 (added 2019-12-10)
Storing 3D print data in the printed object
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| Researchers have found a way how the printing instruction of objects that are printed by a 3D printer can be stored in the printed objects themselves by using DNA techniques. This way it is possible to reprint just with the information in the object. |
News seen at: ScienceDaily - Top Physical/Tech
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Neat News 2019-343 (added 2019-12-09)
Better understanding why cells age
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| Scientists have identified a protein that plays an important role in the ageing of cells, that is, their loss of the ability to repair themselves. |
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Neat News 2019-342 (added 2019-12-08)
Environment action on the Seychelles
![]() | The Seychelles have taken action to protect their fish stocks by voluntarily stop fishing for six months so that the fish stocks can replenish. Also for a debt swap they want to protect 30 percent of their national waters. |
News seen at: BBC - Science & Environment
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Neat News 2019-341 (added 2019-12-07)
Medication against Alzheimer's disease?
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| There are trials that indicate that Aducanumab may - after initially negative results - slow down Alzheimer's disease if applied in high doses. More research is needed. |
News seen at: Der Spiegel - Health [in German]
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Neat News 2019-340 (added 2019-12-06)
Woman survives 6 hour cardiac arrest
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| A woman who had a cardiac arrest in a snowstorm in the Pyrenees was revived after 6 hours and made a near-full recovery. That she could survive this extraordinary long time span was due to the low temperatures and a special technique of reviving her. |
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Neat News 2019-339 (added 2019-12-05)
Spinal implant to restore standing and walking
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| Scientists try to gain a better understanding of how the spinal cord is wired so that a micro-implant could be used to bridge damaged parts in the next decade. |
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Neat News 2019-338 (added 2019-12-04)
New typhoid vaccine
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| A new typhoid vaccine against typhoid fever is highly effective and can stop strains of the disease that are resistant against most antibiotics. |
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Neat News 2019-337 (added 2019-12-03)
Eating with biological clock against diabetes
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| Eating a carb-rich breakfast and only a small dinner may in some cases replace insulin injections in dealing with diabetes. |
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Neat News 2019-336 (added 2019-12-02)
Microbes to keep warm
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| There is support for the thesis that in the early development of life on the Earth, a predecessor of microbes still in existence in Lake Kivu in East Africa played an essential role by producing so much methane that the Earth was kept warm and the water did not freeze over. |
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Neat News 2019-335 (added 2019-12-01)
Resilient corals
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| Coral reefs are threatened by climate change. However, some corals seem to be resilient in a warmer climate, giving hope that the coral reefs can be protected. |