Newest Science News Blog 20200127

Tuberculosis bacteria survive in amoebae found in soil
Bacterium which causes bovine TB can survive and grow in small, single-celled organisms found in soil and dung.
Moderate Alcohol Consumption Protects Against Kidney Disease
People who consume up to a limit of 20 drinks per week, have a lower risk of developing chronic kidney disease
The unexpected diversity of pain
It comes in many types that each require specialized treatment. Scientists are starting to learn how to diagnose the different varieties.
Mosquitoes are drawn to flowers as much as people -- and now scientists know why
Scientists know little about the scents that draw mosquitoes toward certain flowers, or repel them from others
Drug combo reverses arthritis in rats
A combination of two previously studied osteoarthritis drugs works better than either drug alone, Salk researchers discovered
Yarrabubba is Earth’s oldest known impact structure
Geological dating provides precise age for event that helped change our climate.
Self-destructing dark matter may be flooding the sky with gamma-rays, study suggests
Can the most energetic light in the universe point to the most elusive substance in the universe? A new study thinks so.
Ancient DNA from West Africa Adds to Picture of Humans’ Rise
From a burial site in Cameroon, archaeologists recovered human genetic material dating as far back as 8,000 years.
Snakes Could Be the Original Source of the New Coronavirus Outbreak in China
A study of the virus's genetic sequence suggests similarities to that seen in snakes, but the origin must still be verified
Why snakes probably aren’t spreading the new China virus
One genetic analysis suggests reptilian reservoir - but researchers doubt that the coronavirus could have originated in animals other than birds or mammals.
Researchers regrow damaged nerves with polymer and protein
Can regenerate long sections of damaged nerves, without the need for transplanting stem cells or a donor nerve.
Researchers May Have Solved Mystery of Akrotiri’s Monkey Frescoes
Archaeologists had assumed the monkeys were an African species, which the Aegeans probably came into contact with via Egypt.
One immune cell type appears to attack any type of cancer
We don't know enough to know whether this is useful yet.
The easy route the easy way: New chip calculates the shortest distance in an instant
Scientists have developed the world's first fully coupled AI chip that can solve the traveling salesman problem for 22 cities instantly, something that would take about 1,200 years for a high-performance von Neumann CPU
Geochemical Model Reveals Inner Complexity of Enceladus
New geochemical model that reveals that carbon dioxide in the moon's ocean may be controlled by chemical reactions at its seafloor.
Sick of Big Pharma’s pricing, health insurers pledge $55M for cheap generics
Blue Cross and Blue Shield companies partner with Civica to make cheaper generics.
Coronavirus Deaths Are So Far Mostly Older Men, Many With Previous Health Issues
As China released details about the first 17 people who have died in the outbreak, a well-known SARS expert raised an alarm about the virus's spread, saying he felt "powerless."
The 'place' of emotions
A study of the IMT School for Advanced Studies Lucca describes how affective states are mapped in the brain
Can lithium halt progression of Alzheimer's disease?
McGill researchers' findings show that may be the case
Patients suffer invasive treatments for harmless cancers
Increasingly being diagnosed with cancers that will do them no harm if left undetected or untreated
Wuhan seafood market may not be source of novel virus spreading globally
A description of the first clinical cases published in The Lancet on Friday challenges that hypothesis.
How smart were our ancestors? Turns out the answer isn't in brain size, but blood flow
Rate of blood flow to the brain may be a better indication of cognitive ability than brain size alone.
Scientists are moving at record speed to create new coronavirus vaccines―but they may come too late
In the stock pandemic movie, scientists are frantically working on concoctions to stop the spread of a newly emerging virus-and by the end, voila, they succeed and save the world.
Towering dinosaur with radioactive skull identified in Utah
The 155-million-year-old specimen was headless until a radiation detector located the skeleton's skull.

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