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Astronomers Discovery a Graveyard for Comets
Astronomers have discovered a graveyard of comets. The researchers describe how some of these objects, inactive for millions of years, have returned to life leading them to name the group ...full story -
Monster Galaxies Lose Their Appetite With Age
Our universe is filled with gobs of galaxies, bound together by gravity into larger families called clusters. Lying at the heart of most clusters is a monster galaxy thought to grow in size ...full story -
Stimulating Brain Cells Can Make False Memories
By activating a subset of brain cells in mice, researchers changed the way the animals remembered a particular setting. To determine if they could alter the way a mouse remembered a setting ...full story -
'Soft' Approach Leads to Revolutionary Energy Storage: Graphene-Based Supercapacitors
Researchers have brought next generation energy storage closer with an engineering first -- a graphene-based device that is compact, yet lasts as long as a conventional ...full story -
The When and Where of the Y: Research on Y Chromosomes Uncovers New Clues About Human Ancestry
Using advanced analysis of DNA from Y chromosomes from men all over the world, scientists have shed new light on the mystery of when and how a few early human ancestors started to give rise ...full story -
We Each Live in Our Own Little World -- Smellwise
There are some smells we all find revolting. But toward a handful of odors, different people display different sensitivities. A pair of studies identifies the genetic differences that ...full story -
Climate Change Occurring Ten Times Faster Than at Any Time in Past 65 Million Years
Not only is the planet undergoing one of the largest climate changes in the past 65 million years, scientists report that it's occurring at a rate 10 times faster than any change in that ...full story -
New Water Splitting Technique Efficiently Produces Hydrogen Fuel
Radically new technique uses the power of sunlight to efficiently split water into its components of hydrogen and oxygen, paving the way for the broad use of hydrogen as a clean, green ...full story -
Under Leaden Skies: Where Heavy Metal Clouds the Stars
Astronomers have discovered two unusual stars with extremely high concentrations of lead in their ...full story -
Spitzer Discovers Young Stars With a 'Hula Hoop'
Astronomers using NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope have spotted a young stellar system that "blinks" every 93 days. Called YLW 16A, the system likely consists of three developing stars, two ...full story
- Astronomers Discovery a Graveyard for Comets
- Monster Galaxies Lose Their Appetite With Age
- Stimulating Brain Cells Can Make False Memories
- Revolutionary Graphene-Based Supercapacitors
- Y Chromosome: New Clues About Human Ancestry
- We Live in Our Own Little World -- Smellwise
- Climate Change: Issues of Magnitude and Pace
- Hydrogen Fuel: New Water Splitting Technique
- Where Heavy Metal Clouds the Stars
- Spitzer Discovers Young Stars With 'Hula Hoop'
Genetics: More Than Merely a Mutated Gene
If two women have the same genetic
mutation that puts them at
higher-than-average risk for a
disease such as breast cancer, why
does only one develop the disease?
Genetic scientists have begun to
understand how the rest of the
genome interacts with such
... > full story
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Cool Heads Likely Won't Prevail in a Hotter, Wetter World: Climate Change Will Likely Exacerbate Violence
Researchers report that even
slight spikes in temperature and
precipitation greatly increase the
risk of personal and civil
violence, and suggest that more
human conflict is a likely outcome
... > full story
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As Climate, Disease Links Become Clearer, Study Highlights Need to Forecast Future Shifts
Climate change is affecting the
spread of infectious diseases
worldwide, according to an
international team of leading
disease ecologists, with serious
impacts to human health and
... > full story
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Temperature Alters Population Dynamics of Common Plant Pests
Temperature-driven changes alter
outbreak patterns of tea tortrix
-- an insect pest -- and may shed
light on how temperature
influences whether insects emerge
as cohesive cohorts or
continuously, according to an
... > full story
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Arctic Sea-Ice Loss Has Widespread Effects on Wildlife
How the Arctic wildlife and humans
will be affected by the continued
melting of Arctic sea ice is
explored in a review article in
the journal Science, by an
international team of scientists.
The article examines relationships
... > full story
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Long-Sought Method to Efficiently Make Complex Anticancer Compound Developed
Scientists have achieved the first
efficient chemical synthesis of
ingenol, a highly complex,
plant-derived compound that has
long been of interest to drug
developers for its anticancer
... > full story
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Existing Cropland Could Feed Four Billion More by Dropping Biofuels and Animal Feed
The world's croplands could feed 4
billion more people than they do
now just by shifting from
producing animal feed and biofuels
to producing exclusively food for
human consumption, according to
... > full story
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Extreme Wildfires in Western U.S. Likely Fueled by Climate Change
Climate change is likely fueling
the larger and more destructive
wildfires that are scorching vast
areas of the American West,
according to new research. ... > full story
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When Galaxies Switch Off: Hubble's COSMOS Survey Solves 'Quenched' Galaxy Mystery
Some galaxies hit a point in their
lives when their star formation is
snuffed out, and they become
"quenched". Quenched galaxies in
the distant past appear to be much
smaller than the quenched galaxies
... > full story
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'Evolution Will Punish You If You're Selfish and Mean'
Evolutionary biologists offer new
evidence that evolution doesn't
favor the selfish, disproving a
theory popularized in 2012. ... > full story
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By Tracking Maggots' Food Choices, Scientists Open Significant New Window Into Human Learning
The larva of the fruit fly is
helping scientists understand the
way humans learn information from
each other. Fruit flies have long
served as models for studying
behavior, but new findings show
... > full story
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NASA's Cassini Sees Forces Controlling Enceladus Jets
The intensity of the jets of water
ice and organic particles that
shoot out from Saturn's moon
Enceladus depends on the moon's
proximity to the ringed planet,
according to data obtained by
NASA's Cassini spacecraft. ... > full story
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- Genetics: More Than Merely a Mutated Gene
- Climate Change Will Likely Exacerbate Violence
- Climate: Infectious Diseases Going Worldwide
- Temperature Alters Population Dynamics of Pests
- Arctic Sea-Ice Loss Disrupting Wildlife
- Complex Anticancer Compound Developed
- Existing Cropland Could Feed Four Billion More
- Climate Change Likely Fueling Extreme Wildfires
- When Galaxies Switch Off: Mystery Solved
- Evolution 'Punishes' the Selfish and Mean
- Maggots' Food Choices: Clues to Human Learning
- Cassini Sees Forces Controlling Enceladus Jets
- more top science stories
Top Medical News
Burnt Sugar Derivative Reduces Muscle Wasting in Fly and Mouse Muscular Dystrophy
A trace substance in caramelized sugar, when purified and given in appropriate doses, improves muscle regeneration in an insect and mammal model of Duchenne muscular dystrophy. The substance, THI, protects the body's levels of a cell signal ... > full story
- The Four-Point Test to Predict Death Risk from C. Difficile
- New Drugs to Find the Right Target to Fight Alzheimer's Disease
- Tired, Moody and Pregnant? Exercise May Be the Answer
- Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder Impacts Brain Development Throughout Childhood and Adolescence Not Just at Birth
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Top Technology News
Largest Neuronal Network Simulation to Date Achieved Using Japanese Supercomputer
Scientists have carried out the largest general neuronal network simulation to ... > full story
Top Environment News
Study of Gene Expression Has Revealed First Steps of Evolution in Gene Regulation in Mice
A study of gene expression has revealed the first steps of evolution in gene regulation in mice. The research has implications for the study of differences in gene regulation between ... > full story
- Genome-Wide Profiling of microRNAs Demonstrates How Increasing CO2 and Temperatures Affect Plant Development
- Bacteria Hold the Clues to Trade-Offs in Financial Investments and Evolution
- More Accurate Model of Climate Change's Effect on Soil
- Fly Study Finds Two New Drivers of RNA Editing
- more top environment stories
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Bio-Imaging: Probing for Deeper Diagnostics
July 31, 2013 — Multi-armed polymers with dual fluorescent and magnetic imaging capabilities boost the resolution of cancer detection ... > full story -
Mechanisms of Cell Orientation in the Brain Decoded
July 31, 2013 — Transmembrane protein NG2 controls the orientation of cell migration toward a ... > full story -
Infant's Health; Diet and Weight Loss; Down Syndrome; Diseases and Conditions; Pregnancy and Childbirth; Fitness;
One Size Doesn't Fit All: Ethnic Birth Weight Chart Better for Infant Care
July 31, 2013 — One size chart doesn't fit all when it comes to evaluating birth weight and health outcomes of ... > full story -
Neuroscience; Nervous System; Psychology Research; Brain Injury; Intelligence; Language Acquisition;
Words and Actions: What Is the Connection Between Linguistic and Motor Functions?
July 31, 2013 — According to some neuroscientists the linguistic and the motor systems are strictly “tied up”. That is to say, for instance, that to understand the word “drinking” our brain sets in motion the same cerebral structures used to ... > full story -
Researchers Target 'Cell Sleep' to Lower Chances of Cancer Recurrence
August 1, 2013 — By preventing cancer cells from entering a state of cellular sleep, cancer drugs are more effective, and there is a lower chance of cancer recurrence, according to new research from an international research team. The discovery is the first to show ... > full story
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Chronic Illness; Diseases and Conditions; Epigenetics; Workplace Health; Parkinson's Research; Birth Defects;
Fetal Stress Disrupts the Way Genes Are Transmitted
August 1, 2013 — Stress might have harmed your health even before you were born. In a new report, researchers find that epigenetic disruptions associated with chronic disease later in life are already common at birth. These aberrations result from stressors in the ... > full story -
Therapy for Severe Vasculitis Shows Long-Term Effectiveness
July 31, 2013 — Administering the drug rituximab once weekly for one month provides the same benefits as 18 months of daily immunosuppressive therapy in people with severe forms of vasculitis, or inflammation of the blood vessels, a study has ... > full story -
Researchers Find Home of Best Stem Cells for Bone Marrow Transplants
August 1, 2013 — Researchers have revealed the location of human blood stem cells that may improve bone marrow transplants. The best stem cells are at the ends of the ... > full story -
Protein Linked to Cognitive Deficits in Angelman Syndrome Discovered
August 1, 2013 — A team of neuroscientists has identified a protein in laboratory mice linked to impairments similar to those afflicted with Angelman syndrome -- a condition associated with symptoms that include autism, intellectual disability, and motor ... > full story -
Placebo Effects of Different Therapies Not Identical
July 31, 2013 — Not all placebos are equal, and patients who respond to one placebo don't always respond to others, according to new ... > full story
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New 3-D Colonoscopy Eases Detection of Precancerous Lesions
July 31, 2013 — New technology offers three-dimensional images, making it easier to detect precancerous ... > full story -
A Roadblock to Personalized Cancer Care?
August 1, 2013 — Leading experts in cancer treatment and research, including university researchers, industry and insurance providers, have published a paper urging more focus and attention on the field of research that involves identifying genetic and molecular ... > full story -
Targeted Therapy Identified for Protein That Protects and Nourishes Cancer
August 1, 2013 — Scientists who identified a protein’s dual role in cancer promotion have discovered a way to shut it down, opening a potential new avenue for cancer ... > full story -
Cancer; Diseases and Conditions; Ovarian Cancer; Lung Cancer; Brain Tumor; Dietary Supplements and Minerals;
New Metabolic Pathway Involved in Cell Growth and Implicated in Cancer as Well as Metabolic Disorders Identified
August 1, 2013 — Researchers now have a more complete picture of one particular pathway that can lead to cancer and diabetes. Scientists uncovered how a protein called p62 has a cascade affect in regulating cell growth in response to the presence of nutrients such ... > full story -
Bacteria; Infectious Diseases; Microbes and More; Today's Healthcare; Wounds and Healing; Public Health;
When Prescribing Antibiotics, Doctors Most Often Choose Strongest Types of Drugs
August 1, 2013 — When U.S. physicians prescribe antibiotics, more than 60 percent of the time they choose some of the strongest types of antibiotics, referred to as “broad spectrum,” which are capable of killing multiple kinds of bacteria, researchers ... > full story
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Novel Drug Shuts Down Master Protein Key to Lymphoma
August 1, 2013 — Researchers have discovered how an experimental drug is capable of completely eradicating human lymphoma in mice after just five doses. The study sets the stage for testing the drug in clinical trials of diffuse large B-cell lymphoma, the most ... > full story -
New Type of Protein Modification May Play a Role in Cancer and Diabetes
August 1, 2013 — Scientists have discovered a new type of chemical modification that affects numerous proteins within mammalian cells. The modification appears to work as a regulator of important cellular processes including the metabolism of glucose. Further study ... > full story -
Two Dimensions of Value: Dopamine Neurons Represent Reward but Not Aversiveness
August 1, 2013 — The experiments reported here show that dopamine neurons are sensitive to the value of reward but not punishment (like the aversiveness of a bitter taste). This demonstrates that reward and aversiveness are represented as two discrete dimensions (or ... > full story -
Industrial Relations; Borderline Personality Disorder; Psychology; Social Psychology; Anger Management; Legal Issues;
Does Your Personality and How You Look Affect How You're Treated at Work?
August 1, 2013 — Is it a coincidence that the least attractive people in your office are the butt of all the jokes? A new study would suggest that it’s ... > full story -
New Treatment Strategy for Breast Cancer Spread to Brain
August 1, 2013 — Researchers have successfully combined cellular therapy and gene therapy in a mouse model system to develop a viable treatment strategy for breast cancer that has metastasized to the patient’s ... > full story
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New Target for the Fight Against Cancer as a Result of Excessive Blood Vessel Formation
August 1, 2013 — New blood vessel formation (angiogenesis) stimulates the growth of cancer and other diseases. Anti-angiogenic inhibitors slow down cancer growth by disrupting the blood supply to the tumor. To date, the success of these treatments is limited by ... > full story -
Promising Compound Could Offer New Treatment for Heart Failure
August 1, 2013 — Heart failure occurs when the heart cannot pump enough blood to meet the body's needs. Current therapies are not adequately effective at improving health. A study reveals the key role of a family of molecules known as BET proteins in activating ... > full story -
Speedier Scans Reveal New Distinctions in Resting and Active Brain
August 1, 2013 — A boost in the speed of brain scans is unveiling new insights into how brain regions work with each other in cooperative groups called ... > full story -
Consumer Behavior; Social Psychology; Psychology; Educational Psychology; Relationships; Multiple Sclerosis;
Feeling Left out Can Lead to Risky Financial Decisions
August 1, 2013 — People who feel isolated are more inclined to make risker financial decisions for bigger payoffs, according to new ... > full story -
Re-Learning How to See: Researchers Find Crucial on-Off Switch in Visual Development
August 1, 2013 — A new discovery offers hope for treating "lazy eye" and other serious visual problems that are usually permanent unless they are corrected in early ... > full story
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Blocking Key Enzyme in Cancer Cells Could Lead to New Therapy
August 1, 2013 — Researchers have identified a characteristic unique to cancer cells in an animal model of cancer -- and they believe it could be exploited as a target to develop new treatment ... > full story -
Advance in Regenerative Medicine Could Make Reprogrammed Cells Safer While Improving Their Function
August 1, 2013 — The enormous promise of regenerative medicine is matched by equally enormous challenges. But a new finding has the potential to improve both the safety and performance of reprogrammed ... > full story -
Why Shopaholics Overspend? Poor Credit Management, Buying to Boost Mood, Study Says
August 1, 2013 — Why do shopping addicts keep spending even in the face of harmful financial, emotional and social consequences? A new study suggests poor credit management and a belief that new purchases will create a happier life fuel compulsive ... > full story -
Removing a Protein Enhances Defense Against Bacteria in CGD Mice
August 1, 2013 — Deletion of a protein in white blood cells improves their ability to fight the bacteria staphylococcus aureus and possibly other infections in mice with chronic granulomatous disease (CGD), according to a new study. CGD, a genetic disorder also ... > full story -
Being Bullied Throughout Childhood and Teens May Lead to More Arrests, Convictions, Prison Time
August 1, 2013 — People who were repeatedly bullied throughout childhood and adolescence were significantly more likely to go to prison than individuals who did not suffer repeated bullying, according to a new ... > full story
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Stray Prenatal Gene Network Suspected in Schizophrenia
August 1, 2013 — Researchers have reverse-engineered the outlines of a disrupted prenatal gene network in schizophrenia, by tracing spontaneous mutations to where and when they likely cause damage in the brain. Some people with the brain disorder may suffer from ... > full story -
A Week's Worth of Camping Synchs Internal Clock to Sunrise and Sunset
August 1, 2013 — Spending just one week exposed only to natural light while camping in the Rocky Mountains was enough to synch the circadian clocks of eight people participating in a University of Colorado Boulder study with the timing of sunrise and ... > full story -
New Insight Into How Brain 'Learns' Cocaine Addiction
August 1, 2013 — A team of researchers says it has solved the longstanding puzzle of why a key protein linked to learning is also needed to become addicted to cocaine. Results of the study describe how the learning-related protein works with other proteins to forge ... > full story -
Diseases and Conditions; Personalized Medicine; Children's Health; Huntington's Disease; Alzheimer's; Today's Healthcare;
Potential Nutritional Therapy for Childhood Neurodegenerative Disease
August 1, 2013 — Researchers have identified the gene mutation responsible for a particularly severe form of pontocerebellar hyplasia, a currently incurable neurodegenerative disease affecting children. Based on results in cultured cells, they are hopeful that a ... > full story -
New Designer Compound Treats Heart Failure by Targeting Cell Nucleus
August 1, 2013 — Researchers have discovered a new molecular pathway responsible for causing heart failure and showed that a first-in-class prototype drug, JQ1, blocks this pathway to protect the heart from ... > full story
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Efficient Model for Generating Human Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells
August 1, 2013 — Researchers report a simple, easily reproducible RNA-based method of generating human induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs). Their approach has broad applicability for the successful production of iPSCs for use in human stem cell studies and ... > full story -
New Model for Staph Bone Infections Outlined
August 1, 2013 — Microbiologists have identified a staph-killing compound that may be an effective treatment for ... > full story -
Antibiotic Resistance Among Hospital-Acquired Infections Is Much Greater Than Prior CDC Estimates
August 1, 2013 — Hospital-acquired infections' antibiotic resistance is higher than prior CDC reports, and the FDA's reboot of its antibiotic development rules to combat these infections has fallen ... > full story -
Civil Engineering; Chemistry; Materials Science; Energy and Resources; Engineering and Construction; Physics;
Scientists Discover Mineral-Making Secrets Potentially Useful for New Materials
August 1, 2013 — Proteins have gotten most of the attention in studies of how organic materials control the initial step of making the first tiny crystals that organisms use to build structures that help them move and protect themselves. Researchers have discovered ... > full story -
New Explorer Mission Chooses the 'Just-Right' Orbit
July 31, 2013 — Principal investigator George Ricker likes to call it the "Goldilocks orbit" -- it's not too close to Earth and her Moon, and it's not too far. In fact, it's just right. And as a result of this never-before-used orbit — advanced and fine-tuned ... > full story
Health & Biomedical Sciences
Health & Medicine
Loss of Health Insurance: Boomers Hit Hardest by 'Great Recession'
A new study looks at California data on the uninsured between 2007 and 2009 and finds that of the approximately 700,000 Californians to lose health insurance during this time, a majority were between the ages of ... > full story
Mind & Brain
Target for Drug Development for Chronic Jaw Pain Disorder Revealed
In a study in mice, researchers have identified a protein that is critical to temporomandibular joint disorder pain, and could be a promising target for developing treatments for the ... > full story
Living Well
Southerners Are Less Trusting, but Trust Is a Factor in Environmental Cooperation, U.S. Study Shows
Southerners are generally not as trusting as people who live in other parts of the U.S., but trusting people are more likely to cooperate in recycling, buying green products and conserving water, a new study ... > full story
Biological & Earth Sciences
Plants & Animals
Rubber Slat Mats Could Improve Animal Well-Being
Animal scientists and producers are testing new kinds of flooring to improve animal health. Rubber slat mats are one option that could help pregnant sows avoid joint problems and circulatory ... > full story
Earth & Climate
A Waterworld of Volcanoes
At Loki’s Castle in the Arctic Ocean, researchers have discovered a so far unknown world of volcanic activity underwater. They hope that this can become Norway’s new national ... > full story
- Citizen Scientists Rival Experts in Analyzing Land-Cover Data
- New Analysis Sheds Light on the Links Between Chemicals in Our Body and Income
- Progress in Using Ethanol to Make Key Raw Material Now Produced from Oil
- Sediment Trapped Behind Dams Makes Them 'Hot Spots' for Greenhouse Gas Emissions
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Fossils & Ruins
Dawn of Carnivores Explains Animal Boom in Distant Past
Scientists have linked increasing oxygen levels and the rise and evolution of carnivores (meat eaters) as the force behind a broad explosion of animal species and body structures millions of years ... > full story
Physical & Applied Sciences
Space & Time
Saturn's Mimas and Pandora: Two Moons Passing in the Night
The Saturn moons Mimas and Pandora remind us of how different they are when they appear together, as in this image taken by NASA's Cassini spacecraft. Pandora's small size means that it lacks sufficient gravity to pull itself into a round shape like ... > full story
Matter & Energy
Step Towards a Bioartificial Liver Device: A Microreactor for Hepatocyte Cultures from IBIB PAN
Liver cells are very sensitive hence are difficult to cultivate outside the body. However, scientists have now shown that with an appropriately designed microreactor such cultivation is ... > full story
Computers & Math
First Experimental Signs of a New Physics Beyond the Standard Model
Physicists have predicted deviations in the probability of one of the B meson decays that have been detected experimentally in the LHC accelerator at CERN. Confirmation of these results would be the first direct evidence of the existence of the 'new ... > full story
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