The AlphaGalileo Blog 18/11/2019
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November 2019
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Image of the month
The Giant Geode of Pulpí - 15/10/2019 - Geological Society of America, The (GSA)
Photo: The geode of Pulpí. Photo by Hector Garrido
The geode of Pulpí is an 11-meter hollow ovoid with crystal-paneled walls. It is like those familiar couplets of stone interiors covered with bright crystallites, but so large that several people can fit inside. The crystals, of up to two meters in size, are so transparent that they look like ice crystals. In this paper for Geology, Juan Manuel García-Ruiz and colleagues reveal the geological history that ended with the formation of the Pulpí geode.
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October's Hits Parade - Top 5 items read on AlphaGalileo
1. Mindfulness Meditation Enhances Positive Effects of Psilocybin, published by University of Zurich on 23/10/19
Recent years have seen a renewed interest in the clinical application of classic psychedelics in the treatment of depression and anxiety disorders. Researchers of the University of Zurich have now shown that mindfulness meditation can enhance the positive long-term effects of a single dose of psilocybin, which is found in certain mushrooms.
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2. “Engineers and data scientists need to work together”, published by the University of Huddersfield on 11/10/19
The opening keynote speaker at the 2019 Condition Monitoring and Diagnostic Engineering Conference (COMADEM) warned against recent claims that the future of predictive maintenance should be led by data science, and not engineers.
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3. MIT engineers develop a new way to remove carbon dioxide from air, published by Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) on 25/10/19
A new way of removing carbon dioxide from a stream of air could provide a significant tool in the battle against climate change. The new system can work on the gas at virtually any concentration level, even down to the roughly 400 parts per million currently found in the atmosphere.
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4. The Future is Now: Taking Snapshots of Tomorrow with the Future Tech Week, published by youris.com on 8/10/19
On September 23-29, more than 80 Future and Emerging Technologies projects have showcased their vision of the future by presenting their ground-breaking results across Europe during the Future Tech Week.
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5. Who’s watching you and your family?, published by the University of Huddersfield on 4/10/19
Cybersecurity researcher Abigail McAlpine is investigating the dangers of putting your whole life online and would like parents to take part in an anonymous research project looking at how parents and children use social media. Click here to take the survey.
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English staff pick
Study shows how vital coral algae adapts to warming seas. Published by the University of Southampton on 22/10/19
Scientists at the University of Southampton have shown how a specific type of symbiotic algae, which lives in coral tissue, is able to adapt and survive the hotter seawater temperatures caused by global warming.
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Spanish staff pick
El periodo reproductor de algunas aves marinas árticas se adelanta a causa del calentamiento global. Published by Universidad de Barcelona on 07/10/19
El periodo reproductor de algunas aves marinas de diferentes regiones del Ártico se adelanta como consecuencia del aumento de temperaturas que causa el cambio climático. Así se desprende de un artículo científico publicado en la revista Global Change Biology, uno de cuyos autores principales es el experto Francisco Ramírez, de la Facultad de Biología y del Instituto de Investigación de la Biodiversidad (IRBio) de la Universidad de Barcelona.
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French staff pick
Du bois sur notre peau. Published by Empa on 08/10/2019
L’idée de mesurer des paramètres physiologiques sans traverser la peau est bien acceptée en médecine. Ainsi, les diabétiques peuvent mesurer leur glycémie sans douleur à l’aide d’un capteur qui les dispense de se piquer le doigt. Des chercheurs de l’Empa ont développé en collaboration avec des scientifiques du Canada un nouveau capteur qui s’adapte avec souplesse à la surface de la peau et s’avère remarquablement biocompatible puisqu’il est en nanocellulose.
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German staff pick
Wenn die Erde flüssig wäre. Published by University of Bern on 09/10/2019
Eine heisse, geschmolzene Erde wäre etwa 5% grösser als ihr festes Gegenstück. Zu diesem Ergebnis kommt eine Studie unter der Leitung von Forschenden der Universität Bern. Der Unterschied zwischen geschmolzenen und festen Gesteinsplaneten ist wichtig bei die Suche nach erdähnlichen Welten jenseits unseres Sonnensystems und für das Verständnis unserer eigenen Erde.
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