A new article examines how social isolation, loneliness and frailty affect one another and the bidirectional relationship they exert as an individual gets older. hey found that physical frailty can be an indicator of future social isolation over time and that loneliness may be both an antecedent and an outcome of frailty. All three can also be self-reinforcing over time: people who are lonely and socially isolated may become frailer, and as they become frailer, their sense of isolation and loneliness grows. This becomes more pronounced as they grow older.

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19.11.2024

Cocoa or green tea could protect you from the negative effects of fatty foods during mental stress | ScienceDaily

New research has found that a flavanol-rich cocoa drink can protect the body's vasculature against stress even after eating high-fat food.

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21.11.2024

Bioengineered yeast mass produces herbal medicine | ScienceDaily

Herbal medicine is difficult to produce on an industrial scale. A team of bioengineers have now manipulated the cellular machinery in a species of yeast so that one such molecule can now be produced in a fermenter at unprecedented concentrations. The achievement also points the way to the microbial production of other plant-derived compounds.

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17.12.2024

Shrubs can help or hinder a forest's recovery after wildfire | ScienceDaily

When and where to plant tree seedlings to restore forests after wildfires has a lot to do with shrubs, finds a new study.

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20.12.2024

Chart of life extended by nearly 1.5 billion years | ScienceDaily

Fossilized skeletons and shells clearly show how evolution and extinction unfolded over the past half a billion years, but a new analysis extends the chart of life to nearly 2 billion years ago. The chart shows the relative ups and downs in species counts, telling scientists about the origin, diversification, and extinction of ancient life. With this new study, the chart of life now includes life forms from the Proterozoic Eon, 2,500 million to 539 million years ago. Proterozoic life was generally smaller and squishier -- like sea sponges that didn't develop mineral skeletons -- and left fewer traces to fossilize in the first place.

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21.12.2024

An inexpensive fix for California's struggling wildflowers | ScienceDaily

California's native wildflowers are being smothered by layers of dead, invasive grasses. A new study shows that simply raking these layers can boost biodiversity and reduce fire danger.

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21.12.2024

New study highlights the correlation between live corals and fishing yields | ScienceDaily

A new study examines the correlation between fish yield and live coral habitats. Researchers analyzed the yields of nine fisheries dependent on Australia's Great Barrier Reef from 2016 to 2020. Results show that substantial losses could occur if the restoration of coral reefs is not prioritized.

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19.12.2024

Swarms of 'ant-like' robots lift heavy objects and hurl themselves over obstacles | ScienceDaily

Scientists have developed swarms of tiny magnetic robots that work together like ants to achieve Herculean feats, including traversing and picking up objects many times their size. The findings suggest that these microrobot swarms -- operating under a rotating magnetic field -- could be used to take on difficult tasks in challenging environments that individual robots would struggle to handle, such as offering a minimally invasive treatment for clogged arteries and precisely guiding organisms.

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19.12.2024

Developing artificial intelligence tools for health care | ScienceDaily

Reinforcement Learning, an artificial intelligence approach, has the potential to guide physicians in designing sequential treatment strategies for better patient outcomes but requires significant improvements before it can be applied in clinical settings, finds a new study.

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21.12.2024

Laser-based artificial neuron mimics nerve cell functions at lightning speed | ScienceDaily

Researchers developed a laser-based artificial neuron that fully emulates the functions, dynamics and information processing of a biological graded neuron, which could lead to new breakthroughs in advanced computing. With a processing speed a billion times faster than nature, chip-based laser neuron could help advance AI tasks such as pattern recognition and sequence prediction.

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21.12.2024

Machine psychology: A bridge to general AI? | ScienceDaily

Artificial intelligence that is as intelligent as humans may become possible thanks to psychological learning models, combined with certain types of AI.

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Research shows therapeutic virtual yoga program can be effective for chronic low back pain | ScienceDaily

Social isolation, loneliness and frailty in older adults have a complex and sometimes mutually reinforcing relationship | ScienceDaily

Cocoa or green tea could protect you from the negative effects of fatty foods during mental stress | ScienceDaily

Bioengineered yeast mass produces herbal medicine | ScienceDaily

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Shrubs can help or hinder a forest's recovery after wildfire | ScienceDaily

Chart of life extended by nearly 1.5 billion years | ScienceDaily

An inexpensive fix for California's struggling wildflowers | ScienceDaily

New study highlights the correlation between live corals and fishing yields | ScienceDaily

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Swarms of 'ant-like' robots lift heavy objects and hurl themselves over obstacles | ScienceDaily

Developing artificial intelligence tools for health care | ScienceDaily

Laser-based artificial neuron mimics nerve cell functions at lightning speed | ScienceDaily

Machine psychology: A bridge to general AI? | ScienceDaily

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