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Cassini Data Show Ice and Rock Mixture Inside Saturn's Moon Titan
By precisely tracking NASA's
Cassini spacecraft on its low
swoops over Saturn's moon Titan,
scientists have determined the
distribution of materials in the
moon's interior. The subtle
... > full story
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Scientists Discover 600 Million-Year-Old Origins of Vision
By studying the hydra, a member of
an ancient group of sea creatures
that is still flourishing,
scientists have made a discovery
in understanding the origins of
human vision. ... > full story
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Aquatic 'Dead Zones' Contributing to Climate Change
The increased frequency and
intensity of oxygen-deprived "dead
zones" along the world's coasts
can negatively impact
environmental conditions in far
more than local waters. Scientists
... > full story
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New Study Debunks Myths About Vulnerability of Amazon Rain Forests to Drought
A new study has concluded that
Amazon rain forests were
remarkably unaffected in the face
of once-in-a-century drought in
2005, neither dying nor thriving,
... > full story
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Shocking Recipe for Making Killer Electrons
Take a bunch of fast-moving
electrons, place them in orbit and
then hit them with the shock waves
from a solar storm. What do you
get? Killer electrons. That's the
shocking recipe revealed by ESA's
Cluster mission. ... > full story
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Scientists Solve Puzzle of Chickens That Are Half Male and Half Female
A puzzle that has baffled
scientists for centuries -- why
some birds appear to be male on
one side of the body and female on
the other -- has been solved by
researchers. The research, which
... > full story
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Traces of the Past: Computer Algorithm Able to 'Read' Memories
Computer programs have been able
to predict which of three short
films a person is thinking about,
just by looking at their brain
activity. The research provides
further insight into how our
... > full story
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Mysterious Cosmic 'Dark Flow' Tracked Deeper Into Universe
Distant galaxy clusters
mysteriously stream at a million
miles per hour along a path
roughly centered on the southern
constellations Centaurus and
Hydra. A new study tracks this
... > full story
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Development of More Muscular Trout Could Boost Commercial Aquaculture
A 10-year effort by a scientist to
develop transgenic rainbow trout
with enhanced muscle growth has
yielded fish with what have been
described as six-pack abs and
muscular shoulders that could
... > full story
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Sequencing Genome of Entire Family Reveals Parents Give Kids Fewer Gene Mutations Than Was Thought
Researchers have sequenced for the
first time the entire genome of a
family, enabling them to
accurately estimate the average
rate at which parents pass genetic
... > full story
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- Ice and Rock Mix Inside Saturn's Titan
- 600 Million-Year-Old Origins of Vision
- Aquatic 'Dead Zones' Add to Climate Change
- Myths About Amazon Rain Forests Debunked
- Shocking Recipe for Making Killer Electrons
- Why Some Chickens Are Half Male, Half Female
- Computer Algorithm Able to 'Read' Memories
- Mysterious Cosmic 'Dark Flow' Tracked
- Fish Developed With 'Six-Pack Abs'
- Family's Genome: Fewer Mutations Passed On
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Seaweed Extract May Hold Promise for Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma Treatment
March 12, 2010 — Seaweed extract may eventually emerge as a lymphoma treatment, according to laboratory research. Seaweeds containing fucoidan, a sulfated polysaccharide similar to heparin in chemical structure, have ... > full story -
How Electricity Moves Through Cells: Finding Has Implications for Improving Energy Efficiency
March 12, 2010 — Researchers have created a molecular image of a system that moves electrons between proteins in cells. The achievement is a breakthrough for biology and could provide insights to minimize energy loss ... > full story -
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March 12, 2010 — Current drugs used to treat heart failure and irregular heartbeat have limited effectiveness and have side effects. New basic science findings suggest a way that treatments could potentially be ... > full story -
More Maize Ethanol May Boost Greenhouse Gas Emissions
March 12, 2010 — Mandated increases in the production of maize-derived ethanol will lead to land-use changes that boost carbon dioxide emissions enough to make the fuel a worse environmental option than burning ... > full story -
After a Fight With a Partner, Brain Activity Predicts Emotional Resiliency
March 12, 2010 — Neural activity in the lateral prefrontal cortex can predict whether an individual will still be upset on the day after a conflict with his or her partner, according to new research. The findings ... > full story
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Immune Cells That Fight Parasites May Promote Allergies and Asthma
March 12, 2010 — Millions of people in both the developing and developed world may benefit from new immune-system research findings that identify a cell population that fights off parasitic infections but also causes ... > full story -
Why Female Moths Are Big and Beautiful
March 12, 2010 — In most animal species, males and females show obvious differences in body size. But how can this be, given that both sexes share the same genes governing their growth? Entomologists studied this ... > full story -
Finding Charcot-Marie-Tooth Gene Ends a Quest and Begins New Era of Personalized Genomic Medicine
March 12, 2010 — Baylor College of Medicine's Dr. James Lupski came to the end of a personal quest earlier this year when the Baylor Human Genome Sequencing Center sequenced his complete genome and identified the ... > full story -
Research Streamlines Data Processing to Solve Problems More Efficiently
March 12, 2010 — Researchers have developed a new analytical method that opens the door to faster processing of large amounts of information, with applications in fields as diverse as the military, medical ... > full story -
Pediatric Sports Injuries: The Silent Epidemic
March 12, 2010 — Two new studies focus on the dramatic rise of pediatric sports injuries in recent years. However, despite this alarming trend, awareness, education, warning signs and early treatment can make a ... > full story
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End to Lice? Effectiveness of New Oral Treatment Demonstrated
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Computer System Helps Reduce Adverse Drug Side Effects and Interactions in ICU Patients
March 12, 2010 — To get life-threatening diseases under control, patients in the intensive care unit usually are administered many medications at the same time. Even for experts, it is difficult to keep track of the ... > full story -
Neutropenia: Research Findings Expected to Ease Treatment of Low Neutrophil Counts in Cancer Patients
March 12, 2010 — New research may change neutropenia treatment for all childhood cancer patients. Neutropenia is the dangerous drop in white blood cells that leaves cancer patients at increased risk for infections ... > full story -
Khirbet Qeiyafa Identified as Biblical 'Neta'im'
March 12, 2010 — Has another mystery in the history of Israel been solved? Researchers have identified Khirbet Qeiyafa as "Neta'im", which is mentioned in the Bible's book of ... > full story -
Men, Not Ladies, First: We're Still Sexist in Writing
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Advance in Understanding Body’s Natural Defenses
March 12, 2010 — Researchers in the UK have made a new advance in understanding how the body fights certain types of cancer and other disease such as Lupus and rheumatoid ... > full story -
Malaria in Pregnant Women: Step Towards a New Vaccine
March 12, 2010 — By managing to express the protein that enables red blood cells infected with the malaria agent Plasmodium falciparum to bind to the placenta and by deciphering its molecular mechanisms, a team of ... > full story -
Breast Cancer Drug Fulvestrant Appears More Effective in the Presence of CK8 and CK18
March 12, 2010 — Women's responsiveness to the second-line breast cancer drug fulvestrant may depend on whether the cancer cells are expressing two key proteins, scientists ... > full story -
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How a Romantic Breakup Affects Self-Concept
March 12, 2010 — When a romantic relationship ends, an individual's self-concept is vulnerable to change, according to new ... > full story
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Novel Stroke Treatment Passes Safety Stage of Clinical Trial
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If Bonobo Kanzi Can Point as Humans Do, What Other Similarities Can Rearing Reveal?
March 11, 2010 — You may have more in common with Kanzi, Panbanisha and Nyota, three language-competent bonobos living at Great Ape Trust, than you thought. And those similarities, right at your fingertip, might one ... > full story -
Fewer Platelets Could Be Used for Some Cancer and Bone-Marrow Transplantation Patients
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Inventing New Oat and Barley Breads
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Youth Baseball Throwing Arm Injuries Are Rising Dramatically
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Years of Smoking Associated With Lower Parkinson's Risk, Not Number of Cigarettes Per Day
March 11, 2010 — Researchers have new insight into the relationship between Parkinson's disease and smoking. Several studies have shown that smokers have a lower risk of developing Parkinson's disease. A new study ... > full story -
Physicists Take Atoms for a Quantum Walk
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Movement Disorder Symptoms Are Lessened by an Antibiotic: Treating Worms With Ampicillin Helps Restore Normal Movement
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Energy PolicyWorld Crude Oil Production May Peak a Decade Earlier Than Some Predict
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Massage Eases Anxiety, but No Better Than Simple Relaxation Does
March 11, 2010 — A randomized trial shows three months after 10 massages, patients' anxiety symptoms were halved -- an improvement like that previously reported with psychotherapy, medications, or both. But the trial ... > full story
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Mother's Flu During Pregnancy May Increase Baby's Risk of Schizophrenia
March 11, 2010 — Rhesus monkey babies born to mothers who had the flu while pregnant had smaller brains and showed other brain changes similar to those observed in human patients with schizophrenia, a study has ... > full story -
Atmospheric Nanoparticles Impact Health, Weather Professor Says
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Scientists Make Important Discovery in Gene Regulation
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Can We Detect Quantum Behavior in Viruses?
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Male Batterers Consistently Overestimate Rates of Violence Toward Partners, Study Finds
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Brain Mechanism May Explain Alcohol Cravings That Drive Relapse
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Temporary Hearing Deprivation Can Lead to 'Lazy Ear'
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Students' Perceptions of Earth's Age Influence Acceptance of Human Evolution
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Finding Charcot-Marie-Tooth Gene Ends a Quest and Begins New Era of Personalized Genomic Medicine
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Galaxy Study Validates General Relativity on Cosmic Scale, Existence of Dark Matter
While general relativity describes well the behavior of the solar system, Einstein's theory of gravity and spacetime has not been tested on cosmological scales. Now, a team has analyzed data on ... > full story
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