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There have long been speculations that the mouse-sized marsupial monito del monte climbs to lofty heights in the trees. Yet, no previous records exist documenting such arboreal habits for this creature. Researchers set motion-sensing camera traps to capture photographic evidence confirming the high-climbing theories surrounding this miniature mammal. from Latest Science News -- ScienceDaily https://ift.tt/2ysOEN3

Lara Alqasem was denied entry into Israel amid claims she supports an anti-Israel boycott campaign. from BBC News - US & Canada https://ift.tt/2RSYujv

Diversifying working lands -- including farmland, rangeland and forests -- may be key to preserving biodiversity in the face of climate change, says a new review article. These changes could extend the habitat of critters like bats, but also much larger creatures like bears, elk and other wildlife, outside the boundaries of protected areas, while creating more sustainable, and potentially more productive, working lands. from Latest Science News -- ScienceDaily https://ift.tt/2NSVaBO

A research team for the first time developed reliable genetic markers known as nuclear microsatellites for the whitebark pine, a discovery that could improve the tree's prospects for survival. Whitebark pine, which is declining rapidly nearly range-wide, is currently being considered for listing under the Endangered Species Act. from Latest Science News -- ScienceDaily https://ift.tt/2JaLQZj

Researchers developed a tool, called the Recovery Explorer, that can be used to help guide conservation scientists in making decisions on how to best use limited funds to conserve the greatest number of species. The tool was developed in collaboration with US Fish & Wildlife Services scientists in a two-year project supported by the National Socio-Environmental Synthesis Center. from Latest Science News -- ScienceDaily https://ift.tt/2R1qX5w

Pioneering research has given a fascinating fresh insight into how animal nervous systems evolved from simple structures to become the complex network transmitting signals between different parts of the body. from Latest Science News -- ScienceDaily https://ift.tt/2RXkzNH

Scientists have reported unprecedented performance results for a supercapacitor electrode. The researchers fabricated electrodes using a printable graphene aerogel to build a porous three-dimensional scaffold loaded with pseudocapacitive material. In laboratory tests, the novel electrodes achieved the highest areal capacitance (electric charge stored per unit of electrode surface area) ever reported for a supercapacitor. from Latest Science News -- ScienceDaily https://ift.tt/2EqLUoO

By sequencing genetic material at a cell-by-cell level, researchers have described how type 2-high asthma affects the airways and results in mucus production with more detail than ever before. These findings, which help move forward scientific understanding of the biology behind asthma and could inform the development of targeted treatments for asthma and other airway diseases. from Latest Science News -- ScienceDaily https://ift.tt/2J3eknp

Flares from the youngest red dwarfs surveyed are 100 to 1,000 times more energetic than when the stars are older. This younger age is when terrestrial planets are forming around their stars. from Latest Science News -- ScienceDaily https://ift.tt/2PGgKLj

Researchers have described a remarkable new species of fish that lived in the sea about 150 million years ago in the time of the dinosaurs. The new species of bony fish had teeth like a piranha, which the researchers suggest they used as piranhas do: to bite off chunks of flesh from other fish. from Latest Science News -- ScienceDaily https://ift.tt/2EvRHJI

The first example of prion strains that replicate independently in vitro and in vivo suggests that strain diversity may be greater than previously thought, according to a new study. from Latest Science News -- ScienceDaily https://ift.tt/2RXPiKF

Neuroscientists have discovered that human dendrites have very different electrical properties from those of other species. These differences may contribute to the enhanced computing power of the human brain. from Latest Science News -- ScienceDaily https://ift.tt/2AhkHks

Palestinians say merging it with the new embassy there shows the US is "imposing 'Greater Israel'". from BBC News - US & Canada https://ift.tt/2yqpJtx

New research shows that a key to reducing extreme wintertime air pollution in China may be reducing formaldehyde emissions rather than sulfur dioxide. from Latest Science News -- ScienceDaily https://ift.tt/2J4b5fH

You've heard of 'big data' but what about small? Researches have crafted a modern approach that could solve a decades-old problem in statistics. from Latest Science News -- ScienceDaily https://ift.tt/2Ox0Nus

Scientists have identified a new class of topological materials made by inserting transition metal atoms into the atomic lattice of a well-known two-dimensional material. from Latest Science News -- ScienceDaily https://ift.tt/2NIweg9

A new study found that the social lives of sweat bees -- named for their attraction to perspiration -- are linked to patterns of activity in specific genes, including ones linked to autism. from Latest Science News -- ScienceDaily https://ift.tt/2yLAhTy

A new approach to genetic analysis finds associations between environmental factors and pharmacogenes -- genes associated with a person's response to drugs -- sparking ideas for new research at the interface of population genetics and medicine. from Latest Science News -- ScienceDaily https://ift.tt/2ynRnYi

Doctors, sports officials, or employers may request a urine drug screen to check if a person has recently used illegal or prescription drugs. Urine tests can detect many substances, including alcohol, cocaine, and marijuana. The detection times differ, depending on the drug. Learn more here. from Alcohol / Addiction / Illegal Drugs News From Medical News Today https://ift.tt/2P6B5fD via

Donald Trump says he may call upon the military to shut the border if the Central American caravan continues. from BBC News - US & Canada https://ift.tt/2EuJ95Z

An analysis of randomized controlled clinical trials indicates that supervised aerobic exercise has large antidepressant treatment effects for patients with major depression. from Latest Science News -- ScienceDaily https://ift.tt/2Ovyvkb

Collapsible dog bowls and bendable straws seem to work on a common principle, snapping into stable and useful states, but mechanisms have remained elusive. Now a team led by polymer scientists discuss how 'pre-stress' built into the structure helps them function. from Latest Science News -- ScienceDaily https://ift.tt/2OylAxQ

Volunteers aged 9-10 with dyslexia took less time to read passages from children's books, possibly thanks to attenuated excitability of the cerebral cortex. from Latest Science News -- ScienceDaily https://ift.tt/2J37tdF

Girls who play video games are three times more likely to choose physical science, technology, engineering or maths (PSTEM) degrees compared to their non-gaming counterparts, according to new research. from Latest Science News -- ScienceDaily https://ift.tt/2OwWSOg

Our level of alertness rises and falls over the course of a workday, sometimes causing our energy to drop and our minds to wander just as we need to perform important tasks. To help understand these patterns and improve productivity, researchers have developed a tool that tracks alertness by measuring pupil size, captured through a burst of photographs taken every time users unlock their smartphones. from Latest Science News -- ScienceDaily https://ift.tt/2J54xNY

Scientists have developed a new material and manufacturing process that would make one way to use solar power -- as heat energy -- more efficient in generating electricity. from Latest Science News -- ScienceDaily https://ift.tt/2J48imJ

A recent study finds that parents educated beyond high school have healthier families, as they invest more in family health care which reduces the likelihood of adverse medical conditions. from Latest Science News -- ScienceDaily https://ift.tt/2OyQvd6

Diamond nanomaterials are considered hot candidates for low-cost photocatalysts. They can be activated by light and can then accelerate certain reactions between water and CO2 and produce carbon-neutral 'solar fuels'. The EU project DIACAT has now doped such diamond materials with boron and shown at BESSY II how this could significantly improve the photocatalytic properties. from Latest Science News -- ScienceDaily https://ift.tt/2AgvkUG

Developed countries imposing their own Security Sector Reform (SSR) processes onto nations recovering from war often rely on entrenched colonial attitudes with no guarantee of success. Researchers looked at the Democratic Republic Congo and Nepal contrasting their outcomes and examining the reasons for success or failure of SSR policies based on Europe. They question whether the systems work in their countries of origin where statistics show ongoing institutional racism. from Latest Science News -- ScienceDaily https://ift.tt/2CSX4RO

In novel concepts of magnetic data storage, it is intended to send small magnetic bits back and forth in a chip structure, store them densely packed and read them out later. The magnetic stray field generates problems when trying to generate particularly tiny bits. Now, researchers were able to put an 'invisibility cloak' over the magnetic structures. In this fashion, the magnetic stray field can be reduced in a fashion allowing for small yet mobile bits. from Latest Science News -- ScienceDaily https://ift.tt/2ystj6p

Computational image analysis of behaving cuttlefish reveals principles of control and development of a biological invisibility cloak. from Latest Science News -- ScienceDaily https://ift.tt/2Cqj9Gd

Water-soluble protein helps to understand the photosynthetic apparatus. from Latest Science News -- ScienceDaily https://ift.tt/2J50hO9

The new approach lets scientists examine the cumulative effect of multiple gene mutations, providing a much more complete picture of cancers' causes. from Latest Science News -- ScienceDaily https://ift.tt/2J5AaXC

A new study shows that some bacterial pathogens, including those that cause strep throat and pneumonia, are able to create the components necessary to replicate their DNA using a ribonucleotide reductase enzyme that does not require a metal ion cofactor. from Latest Science News -- ScienceDaily https://ift.tt/2OubBJT

Gen Scott Miller escapes unhurt but a Taliban gunman kills a powerful Afghan police chief in Kandahar. from BBC News - US & Canada https://ift.tt/2yMw7uB

Trypanosoma brucei, which causes sleeping sickness, evades the immune system by repeatedly altering the structure of its surface coat. Sequencing of its genome and studies of its 3D genome architecture have now revealed crucial molecular aspects of this strategy. from Latest Science News -- ScienceDaily https://ift.tt/2NN06rO

New research shows added flavorings in e-cigarettes or vaping devices react to e-liquid, or e-juice, creating new compounds that could trigger irritation and inflammation when inhaled. from Latest Science News -- ScienceDaily https://ift.tt/2PEo6Pp

Researchers identify shootin 1b as a clutch molecule that couples force and adhesion for the migration of neurons to the mouse olfactory bulb. The study provides new insights on how internal forces are converted into external movement and on how mechanical interactions regulate neurodevelopment. from Latest Science News -- ScienceDaily https://ift.tt/2ErRaZy

Research has shown for the first time that genetics plays a significant role in whether young adults choose to go to university, which university they choose to attend and how well they do. from Latest Science News -- ScienceDaily https://ift.tt/2RXpBtC

The potent combination of CRISPR/Cas9 and zebrafish as a model organism offers enormous potential for research into human diseases caused by point mutations. Three new articles use zebrafish to explore how advances in CRISPR/Cas9 optimization offer a new level of accuracy and specificity previously out of reach for research into this type of human genetic disorder. from Latest Science News -- ScienceDaily https://ift.tt/2Ex6HXT

The fall of Angkor has long puzzled historians, archaeologists and scientists, but now a research team is one step closer to discovering what led to the city's demise -- and it comes with a warning for modern urban communities. from Latest Science News -- ScienceDaily https://ift.tt/2Eu2KDb

Gene AMY1, which kickstarts digestion of starch in the mouth, is associated with blood glucose levels and digestion of carbohydrates, with implications for understanding human evolutionary biology and the gut microbiome. from Latest Science News -- ScienceDaily https://ift.tt/2P95MAZ

To be able to reproduce and become effective disease carriers, mosquitoes must first attain optimal body size and nutritional status. A pair of researchers have succeeded in using CRISPR-Cas9, a powerful tool for altering DNA sequences and modifying gene function, to decrease mosquito body size, moving the research one step closer to eliminating mosquitoes that carry dengue fever and Zika virus. from Latest Science News -- ScienceDaily https://ift.tt/2OytmYg

Some teachers are integrating lessons in computer science across the curriculum, according to Pat Yongpradit, chief academic  - More -  from ASCD SmartBrief https://ift.tt/2AgZ57S

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Literacy coaches at nine Mississippi elementary schools helped students improve on state reading tests so much that they are - More -  from ASCD SmartBrief https://ift.tt/2AhM2mJ

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The testing opt-out movement appears to be picking up steam, with 1 in 5 New York state students opting out of standardized e - More -  from ASCD SmartBrief https://ift.tt/2QZDlTd

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Two annual reports on college pricing and financial aid from The College Board show that sticker prices for four-year public  - More -  from ASCD SmartBrief https://ift.tt/2QZDhmr

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A new study reveals that children with developmental delays, including autism spectrum disorder (ASD), are up to 50 percent more likely to be overweight or obese compared with the general population. from Latest Science News -- ScienceDaily https://ift.tt/2AgQO3A

According to the prevailing opinion, species-rich ecosystems are more stable against environmental disruptions such as drought, hot spells or pesticides. The situation is not as simple as it seems, however, as ecologists have now discovered. Under certain environmental conditions, increased biodiversity can also lead to an ecosystem becoming more unstable. from Latest Science News -- ScienceDaily https://ift.tt/2S1wU3J

Stars, triangles and pentagons demonstrate the adaptability and robustness of bacterial cell division machinery. from Latest Science News -- ScienceDaily https://ift.tt/2QZ7lPo

A study has shown that carbon fibers can work as battery electrodes, storing energy directly. This opens up new opportunities for structural batteries, where the carbon fiber becomes part of the energy system. The use of this type of multifunctional material can contribute to a significant weight-reduction in the aircraft and vehicles of the future -- a key challenge for electrification. from Latest Science News -- ScienceDaily https://ift.tt/2PF487h

Proceeds from the concerts, featuring a holographic image of the deceased artist, would go to the Winehouse Foundation, which works to prevent drug and alcohol abuse in young people. (Image credit: AFP/Getty Images) from Technology : NPR https://ift.tt/2Pb4vcA

Pre-eclampsia is associated with an increased risk of later dementia, particularly vascular dementia, caused by reduced blood supply to the brain due to diseased blood vessels, finds a large study. from Latest Science News -- ScienceDaily https://ift.tt/2QTIGvo

Scientists have gained new insights into how the 'master regulator' of reproduction affects men's brains. from Latest Science News -- ScienceDaily https://ift.tt/2Eu0uMn

Higher blood levels of omega 3 fatty acids found in seafood are associated with a higher likelihood of healthy ageing among older adults, finds a US study published by The BMJ today. from Latest Science News -- ScienceDaily https://ift.tt/2RZUHky

The Spice Girl will present The Great American Baking Show with Paul Hollywood as judge. from BBC News - US & Canada https://ift.tt/2yKFnzq

Actor Jodie Foster talks about the work of Alice Guy-Blache, who made her first film in 1896. from BBC News - US & Canada https://ift.tt/2q0QEaM

Prosecutors admit that one of the Hollywood producer's accusers was told to remove personal files. from BBC News - US & Canada https://ift.tt/2P8Trgi

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Facebook gave journalists a tour of a new command center dedicated to fighting disinformation ahead of the 2018 midterm elections. Will it make a difference? from Technology : NPR https://ift.tt/2q0ZMMB

There are pretty big indications people are keen to vote this year. Find out more in our daily round-up. from BBC News - US & Canada https://ift.tt/2NP6XkB