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Captive pandas could be ‘jet lagged’ if their body clocks don’t match their environment

Frontiers

by Angharad Brewer Gillham, Frontiers science writer Image/Shutterstock Animals’ circadian clocks normally get cues from their environments: light cycles, seasonal food availability, and temperature. If these cues are very different to the ones from the latitudes which they have adapted to, it could disrupt their bodies and behavior, like jet lag in humans.

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IoT And Cloud Integration is the Future!

Smart Data Collective

In the last decade, we’ve observed an immense surge in technological advancements. From smart homes to wearables, cars to refrigerators, the Internet of Things (IoT) has successfully penetrated every facet of our lives. But have you ever wondered what makes all this possible? What powers these devices to become more intelligent, responsive, and adaptable?

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We could sequester CO2 by 're-greening' arid lands, plant scientists say

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Reducing CO2 levels in the atmosphere will take more than cutting emissions -- we will also need to capture and store the excessive volumes of already-emitted carbon. A team of plant scientists argue that arid lands such as deserts could be one answer to the carbon-capture problem.

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Continuing the Journey: Team FPHNYC’s Inspiring Runners

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As the countdown to the TCS NYC Marathon on November 5th, continues, we are thrilled to present the second installment of our blog series dedicated to the incredible members of team FPHNYC. Just like the city itself, our team embodies resilience, and a shared commitment to making a profound impact. In our first blog post, we introduced you to individuals who are not only avid runners but also passionate advocates for the health and well-being of all New Yorkers.

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Shading the Great Barrier Reef from the sun might slow bleaching-induced coral decline

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By Deborah Pirchner, Frontiers science writer Image: Rob Lachlan As ocean temperatures rise, corals can lose their color due to heat stress. Bleaching does not kill corals immediately, but they become more vulnerable to disease and starvation. Shading reefs by covering them with cloth or fog, can protect them from excessive heat. Now, researchers have tested the shading response of two coral species and found that four hours of shade during the hottest time of the day can significantly slow blea

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Green Data Centers Make Data-Driven Entities More Sustainable

Smart Data Collective

The proliferation of big data has had a huge impact on modern businesses. We have a post on some of the industries that have been most affected by big data. However, it has also created some concerns about sustainability. Of course, there are some reasons big data can help make our communities more sustainable. On the other hand, data centers have large carbon footprints, so companies need to find ways to make them more energy efficient.

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Five Most Common Infectious Diseases

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As humans, we’ve made remarkable strides in the fields of science and medicine. We have put humans on the moon; we can instantly connect with someone on the other side of the planet using the internet, and we have prolonged our lifespan over centuries. However, invisible threats lurk, mutate, and infiltrate our immune systems, causing infectious diseases.

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Nobel Prize winners inspire young minds in new scientific articles for kids 

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Frontiers for Young Minds launches third volume of Nobel Collection articles for young readers Photo credit: Frontiers Frontiers for Young Minds , an award-winning, non-profit, open-access scientific journal for kids, has released the third volume of its Nobel Collection today. The new volume features five articles on topics from using a glowing protein found in jellyfish to understand cell function to studying the smallest units of matter.

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NIST 800-171 Safeguards Help Non-Federal Networks Handling CUI

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Today, there is a pressing need for non-federal networks to utilize efficient cybersecurity measures to protect the controlled unclassified information (CUI). CUI is delicate yet unclassified government information involving matters like military equipment specifications. Although this information is unclassified, unauthorized access can have extreme economic and national security implications.

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Jellyfish, with no central brain, shown to learn from past experience

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Even without a central brain, jellyfish can learn from past experiences like humans, mice, and flies, scientists report for the first time. They trained Caribbean box jellyfish (Tripedalia cystophora) to learn to spot and dodge obstacles. The study challenges previous notions that advanced learning requires a centralized brain and sheds light on the evolutionary roots of learning and memory.

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Does Data Mining Really Help with White Label SEO?

Smart Data Collective

Big data technology has disrupted the marketing profession in countless ways. Therefore, it should be no surprise that the marketing analytics market size is projected to double from $3.2 billion in 2021 to $6.4 billon by 2026. This is especially true when it comes to SEO. We have talked extensively about the benefits of data analytics in SEO. It can be especially helpful with white label SEO.

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4 Ways AI Can Improve Your Marketing Strategy

Smart Data Collective

AI technology is rapidly changing the state of business. Last year, around 35% of businesses reported using AI to some degree. This figure is going to rise sharply as more companies discover the benefits of using various AI tools such as ChatGPT. AI seems to be popping up in all sorts of places, including in marketers’ toolkits. We talked extensively about some of the benefits of using AI in marketing before.

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7 Major IT Infrastructure Challenges for Data-Driven Companies

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Big data technology has been a huge gamechanger for countless companies in every sector. Around 60% of companies rely heavily on data analytics technology to meet their goals. However, despite, the many benefits of big data technology, many companies still have difficulty implementing it properly. Only 13% of companies that have instituted data strategies are delivering on them.

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Data Security Unveiled: Protecting Your Information in a Connected World

Smart Data Collective

Since the world is extremely interconnected because of technology, it also comes with cons, such as data breach that compromises your data. That is why the emphasis on data security cannot be emphasized enough. But how exactly do you protect your data from any kind of cyberattack? Want to go beyond understanding data security? This article will provide you with more information about it.

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The Role of Data in Automating Healthcare Processes for Improved Patient Results

Smart Data Collective

In recent years, data has become a more important aspect of business operations across a range of sectors. One space that is benefiting significantly from utilizing data in healthcare. In fact, healthcare organizations across the world are improving their operations as a result of using data to glean important insights. However, while data has brought healthcare many benefits, one of the most important of these is improved patient results.

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Study finds significant chemical exposures in women with cancer

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Exposure to endocrine-disrupting chemicals like PFAS and phenols are implicated in hormone-mediated cancers of the breast, ovaries, skin and uterus. To learn more about the environmental exposures experienced by women who developed these cancers, researchers analyzed data from NHANES and found that women who reported having cancer had significantly higher levels of these chemicals in their bodies.

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Scientists successfully maneuver robot through living lung tissue

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Scientists have shown that their steerable lung robot can autonomously maneuver the intricacies of the lung, while avoiding important lung structures.

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Astronomers find abundance of Milky Way-like Galaxies in early Universe, rewriting cosmic evolution theories

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Galaxies from the early Universe are more like our own Milky Way than previously thought, flipping the entire narrative of how scientists think about structure formation in the Universe, according to new research.

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Shape-changing smart speaker lets users mute different areas of a room

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A team has developed a shape-changing smart speaker, which uses self-deploying microphones to divide rooms into speech zones and track the positions of individual speakers.

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Scientists regenerate neurons that restore walking in mice after paralysis from spinal cord injury

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In a new study in mice, researchers have uncovered a crucial component for restoring functional activity after spinal cord injury. The neuroscientists have shown that re-growing specific neurons back to their natural target regions led to recovery, while random regrowth was not effective.

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Dinosaur feathers reveal traces of ancient proteins

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Palaeontologists have discovered X-ray evidence of proteins in fossil feathers that sheds new light on feather evolution.

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Conversations with plants: Can we provide plants with advance warning of impending dangers?

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Plant scientists have engineered a light-controlled gene expression system (optogenetics system) from a prokaryotic system into a eukaryotic system that is tailored for plants.

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Golden future for thermoelectrics

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Researchers discover excellent thermoelectric properties of nickel-gold alloys. These can be used to efficiently convert heat into electrical energy.

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Spider silk is spun by silkworms for the first time, offering a green alternative to synthetic fibers

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Scientists have synthesized spider silk from genetically modified silkworms, producing fibers six times tougher than the Kevlar used in bulletproof vests. The study is the first to successfully produce full-length spider silk proteins using silkworms. The findings demonstrate a technique that could be used to manufacture an environmentally friendly alternative to synthetic commercial fibers such as nylon.

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Migratory birds can be taught to adjust to climate change

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One result of climate change is that spring is arriving earlier. However, migratory birds are not keeping up with these developments and arrive too late for the peak in food availability when it is time for breeding. By getting the birds to fly a little further north, researchers have observed that these birds can give their chicks a better start in life.

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An implantable device could enable injection-free control of diabetes

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Engineers designed an implantable device that carries hundreds of thousands of islet cells along with its own on-board oxygen factory to keep the cells healthy. Such a device could help Type 1 diabetes patients eliminate the need for insulin injections.

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Brain-altering parasite turns ants into zombies at dawn and dusk

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It takes over the brains of ants, causing them to cling to blades of grass against their will. The lancet liver fluke has an exceptional lifecycle strategy, in which snails, ants and grazing animals are unwitting actors. Researchers now reveal more about the mind-bending workings of this tiny parasite.

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Pollen analysis suggests peopling of Siberia and Europe by modern humans occurred during a major Pleistocene warming spell

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A new study appearing in Science Advances compares Pleistocene vegetation communities around Lake Baikal in Siberia, Russia, to the oldest archeological traces of Homo sapiens in the region. The researchers use the 'remarkable evidence' to tell a compelling story from 45,000-50,000 years ago with new detail: how the first humans migrated across Europe and Asia.

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RNA for the first time recovered from an extinct species

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A new study shows the isolation and sequencing of more than a century-old RNA molecules from a Tasmanian tiger specimen preserved at room temperature in a museum collection. This resulted in the reconstruction of skin and skeletal muscle transcriptomes from an extinct species for the first time. The researchers note that their findings have relevant implications for international efforts to resurrect extinct species, including both the Tasmanian tiger and the woolly mammoth, as well as for study

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New recipes for origin of life may point way to distant, inhabited planets

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Life on a faraway planet -- if it's out there -- might not look anything like life on Earth. But there are only so many chemical ingredients in the universe's pantry, and only so many ways to mix them. Scientists have now exploited those limitations to write a cookbook of hundreds of chemical recipes with the potential to give rise to life. Their ingredient list could focus the search for life elsewhere in the universe by pointing out the most likely conditions -- planetary versions of mixing te

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How climate warming could disrupt a deep-rooted relationship

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Trees depend on fungi for their well-being. As climate change and global warming cause higher temperatures and amplified drought, little is known about how these important fungi will respond. To investigate this issue, a research team conducted a climate change experiment where they exposed boreal and temperate tree species to warming and drought treatments to better understand how fungi and their tree hosts respond to environmental changes.

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No shortcuts: New approach may help extract more heat from geothermal reservoirs

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Geothermal heat offers a promising source of renewable energy with almost zero emissions, but it remains a relatively expensive option to generate electricity. A new technique may help prevent 'short-circuits' that can cause geothermal power plants to halt production, potentially improving the efficiency of geothermal power, the researchers said.

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This parasitic plant convinces hosts to grow into its own flesh--it's also an extreme example of genome shrinkage

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Balanophora shed one third of its genes as it evolved into a streamlined parasitic plant -- an extreme degree of genome shrinkage even among parasites. Along the way this subtropical plant developed the ability to induce the host plant to grow into the parasite's own flesh -- forming chimeric organs that mix host and parasite tissues.

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Prehistoric fish fills 100 million year gap in evolution of the skull

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X-rays of an ancient jawless fish shows earliest-known example of internal cartilage skull, unlike that of any other known vertebrate.

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