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Sea-level rise is caused by adding mass (water) and heat to the ocean. The Antarctic ice sheet represents a potentially large source of water. Knowing the speed and direction (velocity) at which the Antarctic ice sheet is flowing to the ocean is…

The bacteria that live in the gut (gastrointestinal tract) constitute a large part of an individual's microbiome (also known as microbiota). In general, gut bacteria, also referred to as the microbial flora of the gut, are harbored by normal,…

Psychedelic drugs, also termed hallucinogenic or psychotomimetic drugs, induce transient states of altered perception resembling or mimicking the symptoms of psychosis and are characterized by profound alterations in mood. Because psychedelic drugs…

The World Health Organization (WHO) is planning to recognize gaming disorder as a mental health disease in 2018. The 11th revision of the WHO's International Classification of Diseases (ICD), which is a major worldwide reference for epidemiological,…

Autism, also known as autism spectrum disorder (ASD), is a complex neurodevelopmental condition that impairs the way that a person relates to and communicates with other people. In addition, autism is characterized by restricted, repetitive, or…

People consider visual perception to be one of the most trustworthy means of gathering information about the world. However, striking limitations in visual processing occur daily, distorting the precision and completeness of the visual experience…

Traditionally, the lowest-pitched (bass) instruments have provided the rhythmic foundation in musical ensembles. Researchers from McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, reporting in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (June…

Scientists from IBM and Sony Storage Media Solutions Corporation have jointly developed a magnetic storage tape with 20 times the storage capacity (areal density) of currently available tape. The record-setting tape, reported in IEEE Transactions on…

The continuing development of quantum computing, a potentially revolutionary form of number-crunching, has reached a new milestone. Earlier this month, IBM announced the building of a prototype 50-qubit processor for the company’s quantum cloud…

Visitors to websites may think their visits are anonymous, but digital techniques can reveal their identities to site operators and track their movements online more revealingly than they realize. Web fingerprinting, also known as device…