Michał Słupski

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Massive amounts of water and organic molecules, never before seen, discovered in swirling, disk-shaped clouds surrounding young stars.
Young stars are produce life-inducing molecules, and It probably also happened during the formation of the sun and the inner planets of our solar system.
It was discovered through infrared observations of NASA’s airplane telescope, which demonstrates the power of infrared observatories to find simple organic compounds.
Celestial clouds collapse into a rotating disc of gas and dust to form stars, the chemical soup of organic molecules was found in the inner regions of these discs.
Further studies of massive young stars will help scientists understand the processes creating organic molecules.

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New method, quicker and less energy-intensive compared to alternatives, can recover 97% of hydrogen from plastic within seconds.
Scientists cut up plastic into small pieces, mixed it with a catalyst of iron oxide and aluminium oxide, and blasted it with a 1000 watt microwave generator.
The leftover solid material was carbon nanotubes.
So far it was only tested in experiments with 300 grams of plastic, but larger experiments are being planned.

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Traditionally linked to reward processing, dopamine and serotonin might have far greater roles in the human nervous system than previously known.
For the first time, moment-to-moment activity of dopamine and serotonin transmitter systems was measured, indicating that they’re involved in perception and cognition.
Using an electrochemical method, with a small carbon fiber microelectrode, researchers recorded neurotransmitter changes in five patients during brain surgery.
Many psychiatric and neurological disorders change how we absorb information, interpret it, and make decisions - dopamine and serotonin are key suspects.

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Using ingredients from peelable face masks and eggshells, researchers were able to print sensors onto skin at room temperature.
It’s an ultrathin layer of metal patterns that can bend and fold without losing electromechanical capabilities.
The sensors can precisely and continuously capture temperature, humidity, blood oxygen levels, and heart performance signals.
It can be easily removed with a hot shower, and it can be reused.
Next, the sensors will be tweaked for monitoring specific symptoms of diseases like COVID.

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We spend nearly half of each day daydreaming, and usually think that it’s a bad thing, but it turns out that highly demanding tasks make us daydream more.
It allows us to turn off our surroundings, and can be a way of imagining solutions to the problem at hand.
To find this out, researchers did two studies of employees and managers in South America, including mainly surveys about daydreaming.
Daydreaming turned out to happen more when the tasks required a lot of focus - it can boost creative problem-solving as long as we’re personally invested in our work.
However, for people who don’t identify with their work, daydreaming was linked to worse performance.

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