Study reveals salps play outsize role in damping global warming
Humans continue to amplify global warming by emitting billions of tons of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere each year. A ...
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Study finds most U.S. children use potentially toxic makeup products, often during play
A study by scientists at Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health and Earthjustice found that most children in the United ...
Mechanical forces in the nervous system play a corrective role
Nerve cells communicate with one another via long processes known as axons and dendrites, or, more generally, neurites. During development, ...
32 schools receive NFL PLAY 60 grants in support of whole-body wellness
DALLAS, Tuesday, January 24, 2023 — One school in each of the 32 National Football League (NFL) team hometowns has won a ...
Researchers develop a tool to investigate rare, previously inaccessible cells that play a key role in multiple sclerosis
Rare cell types can have an undue influence on human health. Previous research has suggested that a subset of astrocytes—star-shaped ...
Gut bacteria may play a role in diabetes
One type of bacteria found in the gut may contribute to the development of Type 2 diabetes, while another may ...
What pretend play tells us about social cognition
Why did Sarah go to the kitchen? Every day we adopt the perspective of other people in order to understand ...
Understanding the cryptic role fungi play in ecosystems
When you say “fungi,” most people think of mushrooms, showy fruiting bodies, but most fungi do not produce mushrooms. It ...
Small fish could play big role in fight against malnutrition
ITHACA, N.Y. -- Inexpensive, small fish species caught in seas and lakes in developing countries could help close nutritional gaps for ...
Basketball study automates patterns of play to compare teams’ performance
New analysis of elite women’s basketball automatically pinpoints a team’s chances of high or low scoring plays despite the ball’s ...
Carnegie Mellon University launches Center for Transformational Play
Games can entertain. They can bring people together. They can transport players to new worlds, test skills and strategies, and ...
Researchers say pretend play should be studied in children from a younger age
A new study exploring the origins of pretend play suggests infants perform interactional patterns with elements of pretence a lot ...
First-ever study shows bumble bees ‘play’
Bumble bees play, according to new research led by Queen Mary University of London published in Animal Behaviour. It is ...
Study: how early fears play role in future anxiety, depression
A recent imaging study led by a scientist at The University of Texas at Dallas has identified early risk factors ...
Machine learning models identify apps that will likely violate Google Play store guidelines
A considerable percentage of new apps in the Google App store are removed for violating the store’s guidelines. This is ...
Endangered fruit-eating animals play an outsized role in a tropical forest — losing them could have dire consequences
A new study by researchers at the University of Washington shows that losing a particular group of endangered animals — ...
Watch brain cells in a dish learn to play Pong in real time
Human and mouse neurons in a dish learned to play the video game Pong, researchers report October 12 in the journal ...
Human brain cells in a dish learn to play Pong
A Melbourne-led team has for the first time shown that 800,000 brain cells living in a dish can perform goal-directed ...
Small eddies play a big role in feeding ocean microbes
Subtropical gyres are enormous rotating ocean currents that generate sustained circulations in the Earth’s subtropical regions just to the north ...
Cell membranes play a larger role than thought in allowing spike proteins on viruses to infect cells
University of Alberta research shows how cell membranes play a much larger role than previously understood in allowing spike proteins ...