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Scientists in Australia identified a group of chemical compounds that can disrupt the communication system used by the drug-resistant bacterium Pseudomonas aeruginosa. #SciComm #SciNews #medsky #microsky 🖥️ 🧬 sciworthy.com/scientists-f...

sciworthy.comScientists found a compound that can disarm a drug-resistant bacterium – SciworthyResearchers screened about 7,000 chemical compounds against a protein in the common antibiotic-resistant bacterium Pseudomonas aeruginosa.
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Members of the Perseverance rover team compared Raman spectra from Martian organics with spectra of complex carbon on Earth. Their results can't rule out a biological origin, but they can't prove one either! New article by @archeanandrea.bsky.social #SciComm #SciNews sciworthy.com/could-organi...

sciworthy.comAre Martian organics remnants of ancient life? – SciworthyScientists found that organic molecules in Jezero Crater on Mars are similar to both biological and non-biological organic matter on Earth.
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Researchers from Stanford University developed a new method using seismic data to test whether heavy storms in 2023 replenished groundwater in Southern California after nearly 20 years of drought. #SciComm #SciNews sciworthy.com/using-seismi...

sciworthy.comUsing seismic stations to track groundwater resources – SciworthyResearchers used seismic data to test whether atmospheric rivers in 2023 replenished groundwater in the LA area after two decades of drought.
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Scientists found that neurons in three neurodegenerative diseases share the same pattern of DNA mutations despite having different symptoms and underlying causes. #SciComm #SciNews #dementia #alzheimers #medsky🧬 sciworthy.com/common-dna-d...

sciworthy.comCommon DNA damage could cause neurodegenerative diseases – SciworthyResearchers discovered that neurons from patients with different neurodegenerative diseases share the same pattern of DNA mutations.
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Researchers from the USGS tracked fish species in 10 streams within the Brooks Range in Alaska’s Noatak National Preserve to investigate how thawing permafrost affects Arctic ecosystems. #Science #SciComm #SciEngage #Ecosystems #Ecology sciworthy.com/thawing-perm...

sciworthy.comThawing permafrost is affecting fish health – SciworthyResearchers showed that thawing permafrost reduces the quantity and quality of fish species in Arctic streams.
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Researchers in Canada found that forest harvesting and wildfires contributed to the severe impacts of an atmospheric river that hit British Columbia in 2021, triggering catastrophic landslides and debris flows in traditionally dry regions. #SciComm #SciNews sciworthy.com/wildfires-an...

sciworthy.comWildfires and forest harvesting worsen severe weather impacts – SciworthyScientists found that forest harvesting and wildfires in British Columbia are causing severe weather events to worsen.
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Machine learning models predict that climate change could alter global soil conditions in ways that favor antibiotic-resistant bacteria. #SciComm #SciNews #microsky #ArtificialIntelligence 🦠 🧫 sciworthy.com/predicting-m...

sciworthy.comPredicting microbial antibiotic resistance with AI – SciworthyScientists used machine learning models to predict the prevalence of antibiotic resistance genes in agricultural soil under future climate scenarios.
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Paleontologists have discovered a horseshoe crab fossil more than 215 million years older than previously known fossils, preserving evidence of external fertilization similar to that seen in modern horseshoe crabs. #SciComm #SciNews sciworthy.com/are-horsesho...

sciworthy.comAre horseshoe crabs truly “living fossils”? – SciworthyScientists discovered a 445-million-year-old horseshoe crab fossil showing that these animals have maintained the same reproductive system for nearly half a billion years.
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Scientists in Australia found that rapid cooling events driven by coastal upwelling have become more frequent and severe over the past decade, impacting marine megafauna. #SciComm #SciNews #MarineLife #ecosystems sciworthy.com/cold-shocks-...

sciworthy.comCold shocks in a warming ocean affect large marine animals – SciworthyResearchers identified trends in extreme cold events that can push migratory animals, such as bull sharks, beyond their thermal tolerance and sometimes cause death.
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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...

sciworthy.comA parasite that numbs your pain – SciworthyResearchers discovered a parasitic worm that reduces mice’s ability to feel pain by suppressing the activity of pain-sensing neurons in their skin.
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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...

sciworthy.comUsing bacteria to fight fungal brown rot – SciworthyScientists compared how effective traditional chemical fungicides and newer biological fungicides are in killing the fungus responsible for brown rot disease.
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Astronomers used data from the ALMA telescope and JWST’s NIRCam to study 3 galaxies that formed roughly 2 to 3 billion years after the Big Bang, during a period of rapid star formation known as "cosmic noon." #SciComm #SciNews sciworthy.com/what-were-an...

sciworthy.comCharacterizing galaxies atAstronomers studied 3 galaxies that formed 2 to 3 billion years after the Big Bang to calculate how much gas, stars, and dark matter they contained.
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Researchers studied methane cycling in the Arctic Ocean during a global warming event that occurred about 56 million years ago, called the Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum. 👇 #SciComm #SciNews sciworthy.com/does-the-arc...

sciworthy.comDoes the Arctic Ocean regulate or amplify global warming? – SciworthyResearchers found that interactions between methane gas and seawater affected greenhouse gas emissions from the Arctic Ocean during a past period of global warming.