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Researchers from the University of Pennsylvania and Tulane University found that a specialized group of pain-sensing neurons, called TRPV1+, plays a role in detecting and fighting off parasitic worms in mice. #SciComm #SciNews #Neuroscience sciworthy.com/a-parasite-t...

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New Astrobiology Revealed for AskAstrobio! Luca Tonietti on planetary aerobiomes in astrobiology: askastrobio.org/articles/ast... #astro #earth-science #geoscience #microsky

Scientists from China created a new sustainable energy-harvesting device using coffee waste and biodegradable plastics. #SciComm #SciNews sciworthy.com/brewing-sust...

Metabolically flexible microbes are the first to colonize recently deglaciated soils! #SciComm #glaciology #microsky 🦠 🧫 sciworthy.com/when-glacier...

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Scientists in the US and China have developed a new biological fungicide that kills the fungus responsible for brown rot disease in stone fruit trees. #SciComm #SciNews #agriecon #plantsci #planthealth #microsky sciworthy.com/using-bacter...

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Today, Mars is a big red dustball, but researchers studying Martian clay deposits think it was once warm and humid. 👇 #SciComm #SciNews sciworthy.com/clay-mineral...

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Over 20 million tons of polystyrene plastic are produced annually, yet only a small fraction is recycled worldwide. Researchers at the Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics recently used sulfur to break down this waste into useful chemicals. #SciComm #Chemsky sciworthy.com/upcycling-po...

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This Earth Day, we're celebrating science for a sustainable planet! Read about how scientists from Italy are developing custom microbial biofertilizers to help crops withstand drought and disease. #SciComm #envecon #agriecon #envpsy #microsky 🦠 🧫 sciworthy.com/do-biofertil...

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Researchers from George Washington University examined how exposure to direct sunlight and experimentally increased temperatures affect the behavior of tree-dwelling tropical ants. #SciComm #SciNews #plantscience #ecology #ecosystems sciworthy.com/ants-struggl...

Researchers at the King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals demonstrated that a specialized zinc-based electrocatalyst could efficiently convert carbon dioxide into the liquid fuel formate. #SciComm #SciNews sciworthy.com/turning-carb...

Scientists in Japan and the USA created a database, called MLOmics, that compiles genetic and molecular data from more than 8,000 cancer patients and is specifically designed for machine learning applications. #SciComm #SciNews #CanSky #OncoSky sciworthy.com/building-a-r...

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Scientists have long proposed that cell membranes undergo a short-lived intermediate state when they merge, but none had previously been able to directly visualize it inside intact cells. Until now... #SciComm #SciNews sciworthy.com/how-do-cells...

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Researchers from the University of Kentucky tested a new drug on mice that protected their mitochondria and helped them grow stronger after sepsis. #SciComm #SciNews #medsky 🩺⚕️ sciworthy.com/new-drug-pre...

Sunflowers + biochar + beneficial microbes = bioremediation of copper-contaminated soils! 🎉 #SciComm #SciNews #plantscience #microsky 🦠🧫 sciworthy.com/scientists-p...

Some encouraging news for astrobiologists searching for evidence of past life on Mars! 🔭 #astronomy #astro #earth-science #geoscience ⚒️

Scientists in Canada and the USA demonstrated that comparing patients' DNA sequences with the complete human genome can help them detect structural variants in cancer more accurately than the standard reference genome. #SciComm #SciNews #CanSky #OncoSky sciworthy.com/a-complete-d...

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Machine learning can search for patterns in large genetic datasets to identify cancer, but its methods are difficult for clinicians to discern. Researchers recently used statistics to clarify how these models make breast cancer predictions. #SciComm #CanSky #OncoSky sciworthy.com/explaining-b...

Researchers at Berkeley studied how neurons in mice’s brains fill in missing visual information, a process called "sensory inference." #SciComm #SciNews #Neuroscience sciworthy.com/how-the-brai...

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New Astrobiology Revealed! @daumannl.bsky.social and @joguti.bsky.social describe how rare earth elements could play an important role in prebiotic chemistry. #SciComm #SciNews www.saganet.org/articles/ast...

Researchers from France demonstrated that one species of ants, Messor ibericus, can naturally produce offspring of another species, challenging scientists’ assumptions about reproductive biology. #SciComm #SciNews #evobio sciworthy.com/the-european...

Researchers from China developed color-shifting carbon nanodots that detect spoiled food. When incorporated into food packaging, these sensors enable contactless real-time assessment of meat freshness using only UV light and a smartphone. #SciComm #SciNews sciworthy.com/new-packagin...

Researchers from China and the US found a phylum of bacteria, CSP1-3, with genes for a streamlined metabolism and low-energy survival that are adapted to life in deep, nutrient-poor soils. #SciComm #SciNews #microsky 🦠🧫 sciworthy.com/hidden-bacte...

Researchers from Germany developed a new AI tool, MethylBERT, that can identify cancer DNA in data from any sequencing platform. #SciComm #SciNews #CanSky #OncoSky sciworthy.com/finding-canc...

Scientists have shown that adding easily digestible carbon to soils increases microbes’ appetite for other, more difficult-to-degrade stuff. But does the same hold for microbes in the deep sea? #SciComm #SciNews #microsky 🦠 🧫 sciworthy.com/why-do-deep-...

Researchers from Harvard used CRISPR to fix faulty RNA, correcting protein mistakes that cause fatal diseases. #SciComm #SciNews #medsky 🩺⚕️ sciworthy.com/could-gene-e...

Scientists from China have developed a new bamboo-based bioplastic using a scalable and sustainable manufacturing process. #SciComm #SciNews sciworthy.com/unzipping-ba...

What if you could get a flu vaccine without any needles? Researchers recently discovered a solution to this question in the form of dental floss. #SciComm #SciNews #immunosky sciworthy.com/can-vaccines...