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Bees Recognize Human Faces Using Feature Configuration
Bees can be trained to recognize
human faces, so long as the
insects are tricked into thinking
that the faces are oddly shaped
flowers, new research shows. The
insects use the arrangement of
facial features to recognize and
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Scientists Identify First Genetic Variant Linked to Biological Aging in Humans
Scientists announced they have
identified for the first time
definitive variants associated
with biological ageing in humans.
The new discovery has important
implications for the understanding
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Did Bacteria Developed Into More Complex Cells Much Earlier in Evolution Than Thought?
Biochemists have described the
process by which bacteria
developed into more complex cells
and found this crucial step
happened much earlier in the
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Growing Cartilage: Bioactive Nanomaterial Promotes Growth of New Cartilage
Researchers have designed a
bioactive nanomaterial that
promotes the growth of new
cartilage in vivo and without the
use of expensive growth factors.
The therapy is minimally invasive,
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Second 'Quantum Logic Clock' Based on Aluminum Ion Is Now World's Most Precise Clock
Physicists have built an enhanced
version of an experimental atomic
clock based on a single aluminum
atom that is now the world's most
precise clock, more than twice as
precise as the previous pacesetter
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Migrating Insects Fly in the Fast Lane
Scientists shed new light on the
flight behaviors that enable
insects to undertake long-distance
migrations, and highlights the
remarkable abilities of these
insect migrants. ... > full story
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How Well Do Scientists Understand How Changes in Earth's Orbit Affect Long-Term Natural Climate Trends?
The notion that scientists
understand how changes in Earth's
orbit affect climate well enough
for estimating long-term natural
climate trends that underlie any
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NASA, GM Take Giant Leap in Robotic Technology
Engineers and scientists from NASA
and GM are working together to
build a new humanoid robot capable
of working side by side with
people. Using leading edge
control, sensor and vision
technologies, future robots could
... > full story
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Scientists Demonstrate World's Fastest Graphene Transistor; Holds Promise for Improving Performance of Transistors
IBM researchers have demonstrated
a radio-frequency graphene
transistor with the highest
cut-off frequency achieved so far
for any graphene device -- 100
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How the Butterflies Got Their Spots
How two butterfly species have
evolved exactly the same striking
wing color and pattern has
intrigued biologists since
Darwin's day. Now, scientists have
found "hot spots" in the
butterflies' genes that they
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- Bees Recognize Human Faces
- Human Aging Genetic Variant Discovered
- From Bacteria To Complex Cells: Much Earlier?
- Nanoscopic Material Enables Cartilage to Regrow
- Quantum Logic Clock Now World's Most Precise
- Migrating Insects Fly in the Fast Lane
- Earth's Orbit and Climate Trends: New Findings
- Giant Leap in Robotic Technology?
- World's Fastest Graphene Transistor
- How the Butterflies Got Their Spots
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Industrial Cleaner Linked to Increased Risk of Parkinson's Disease
February 8, 2010 — Workers exposed to tricholorethylene, a chemical once widely used to clean metal such as auto parts, may be at a significantly higher risk of developing Parkinson's disease, according to a new ... > full story -
'Starving' Fat Suppresses Appetite
February 8, 2010 — Peptides that target blood vessels in fat and cause them to go into programmed cell death (termed apoptosis) could become a model for future weight-loss therapies, say ... > full story -
Older Female Cancer Survivors Have Added Health Issues Compared to Their Counterparts
February 8, 2010 — As cancer survivors live longer, questions arise about what kind of care long-term survivors require. A recently study found 245 older married women who survived cancer had more health problems as ... > full story -
Argonautes: A Big Turn-Off for Proteins
February 8, 2010 — Scientists believe they may have figured out how genetic snippets called microRNAs are able to shut down the production of some ... > full story -
Hackers at the Movies
February 8, 2010 — Researchers in Ireland have analyzed 50 non-documentary movies from the last four decades featuring hackers and come to some intriguing conclusions about the hacker stereotype with implications for ... > full story
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Transforming Human Fat Into Stem Cells Using Virus-Free Technique
February 8, 2010 — Tiny circles of DNA are the key to a new and easier way to transform stem cells from human fat into induced pluripotent stem cells for use in regenerative medicine, say scientists. Unlike other ... > full story -
Virology: Some Viruses Use Fats to Penetrate a Cell
February 8, 2010 — SV40 viruses use an amazing means of communication, in order to be able to penetrate into a cell: fats, whose structure must fit like a key in a ... > full story -
Promising Results Shown for Kidney Cancer Drug
February 8, 2010 — The drug pazopanib (Votrient) slowed the progression of advanced renal cell carcinoma, a form of kidney cancer, in patients by 54 percent, according to a new ... > full story -
Carbonate Veins Reveal Chemistry of Ancient Seawater
February 8, 2010 — The chemical composition of our oceans is not constant but has varied significantly over geological time. In a new study, researchers describe a novel method for reconstructing past ocean chemistry ... > full story -
Soft Intelligence for Hard Decisions: Soft Metrics Improve Homeland Security and Other Critical Decisions
February 8, 2010 — An approach to decision making based on soft metrics could allow problems to be solved where no definitive "yes-no" answer is possible in fields as diverse as health care, defense, economics, ... > full story
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Inhibiting Serotonin in Gut Could Cure Osteoporosis
February 8, 2010 — An investigational drug that inhibits serotonin in the gut, administered orally once daily, effectively cured osteoporosis in mice and rats, reports a new article. Serotonin in the gut has been shown ... > full story -
Cells Send Dirty Laundry Home to Mom
February 8, 2010 — Understanding how aged and damaged mother cells manage to form new and undamaged daughter cells is one of the toughest riddles of aging, but scientists now know how yeast cells do it. In a ... > full story -
Discovery May Expand Availability of Bone Marrow Transplants by Stopping Fatal Complications
February 8, 2010 — Scientists explain how an anti-inflammatory agent called "ATL146e" may significantly improve the likelihood of success for bone marrow transplants by preventing or halting the progression of ... > full story -
Biofilms: Discovery of a New Mechanism of Virus Propagation
February 8, 2010 — Researchers have shown for the first time that certain viruses are capable of forming complex biofilm-like assemblies, similar to bacterial biofilms. These extracellular infectious structures may ... > full story -
Winning the War on Weight
February 8, 2010 — An Australian study into the health beliefs and behaviors of obese people has found that the more severely obese a person is, the less likely they feel they can reduce their ... > full story
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Road Mapping Could Be Key to Curing TB
February 8, 2010 — The complex chain of metabolic events in bacteria that lead to fatal diseases such as tuberculosis may be better understood using mathematical models, according to a new ... > full story -
Targeting Cancer Stem Cells in the Lab
February 8, 2010 — Understanding of the particular cancer cells within a tumour that drive its growth could now advance more rapidly, thanks to new research. Scientisist now show how a crucial class of cancer cell, ... > full story -
Important Advance in Imaging of Cell Death
February 8, 2010 — Scientists have made progress in using a synthetic probe to target dead and dying cells in mammary and prostate tumors in living ... > full story -
Novel Theory for Mammalian Stem Cell Regulation
February 8, 2010 — Researchers propose a model of mammalian adult stem cell regulation that may explain how the coexistence of two disparate stem cell states regulates both stem cell maintenance and simultaneously ... > full story -
Moms Influence How Children Develop Advanced Cognitive Functions
February 8, 2010 — Executive functioning is a set of advanced cognitive functions -- such as the ability to control impulses, remember things, and show mental flexibility -- that help us plan and monitor what we do to ... > full story
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Gene That Improves Quality of Reprogrammed Stem Cells Identified
February 8, 2010 — Scientists report that Tbx3 significantly improves quality of induced pluripotent stem cells. Stem cells reprogrammed from differentiated cells are known as induced pluripotent stem cells or iPS ... > full story -
New Way to Study How Enzymes Repair DNA Damage
February 8, 2010 — Researchers have found a new way to study how enzymes move as they repair DNA sun damage -- and that discovery could one day lead to new therapies for healing sunburned skin. Ultraviolet (UV) light ... > full story -
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Diseases and ConditionsScreening for Spinal Muscular Atrophy Not Cost Effective, Study Finds
February 8, 2010 — New findings suggest that it is not cost effective to screen for spinal muscular atrophy. Spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) is the most common genetic cause of infant mortality and the second most common ... > full story -
Genetic Analysis Helps Spot Sugarcane Rusts
February 8, 2010 — Scientists have analyzed rust fungi from more than 160 sugarcane samples from 25 countries to provide a valuable resource for plant breeders and pathologists who are searching for genetic resistance ... > full story -
Fingers Account for Majority of Pediatric Amputations, New Study Finds
February 8, 2010 — According to a new study, there were more than 950 cases of traumatic amputations among children aged 17 years and younger in the United States in 2003. Of these cases, finger and thumb amputations ... > full story
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Estrogen-Only Hormone Replacement Therapy May Increase Risk of Asthma After Menopause
February 8, 2010 — Estrogen-only hormone replacement therapy may increase the risk of developing asthma after the menopause, suggests a large scale ... > full story -
Uncorrelated Activity in the Brain
February 8, 2010 — Interconnected networks of neurons process information and give rise to perception by communicating with one another via small electrical impulses known as action potentials. In the past, scientists ... > full story -
Preventing Pancreatic Islet Loss After Transplantation
February 8, 2010 — Although transplantation of pancreatic islets is an attractive way to treat type 1 diabetes, early islet loss soon after transplantation has limited its clinical use. By studying islet ... > full story -
Characteristics of Earthquakes That Have Caused Exceptional Ground Accelerations and Velocities
February 8, 2010 — A new study identifies earthquakes through July 2007 that have produced 100 of the strongest peak accelerations and 100 of the strongest peak velocities ever ... > full story -
Many Surgeons Suffer Injuries from Minimally Invasive Techniques
February 8, 2010 — Surgeons who engage in minimally invasive, laparoscopic surgery are providing great benefits to their patients, but possibly to their own detriment. That's the finding of the largest survey ever ... > full story
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Scientists Discover New Treatment for Chronic Pain Condition
February 7, 2010 — Scientists have discovered that treating the immune system of patients with complex regional pain syndrome leads to a significant reduction in ... > full story -
First Measurement of Energy Released from a Virus During Infection
February 7, 2010 — For the first time, scientists have directly measured the energy associated with the expulsion of viral DNA, a pivotal discovery toward fully understanding the physical mechanisms that control viral ... > full story -
Cholesterol's Link to Heart Disease Gets Clearer and More Complicated
February 7, 2010 — By considering molecular-level events on a broader scale, researchers now have a clearer, if more complicated, picture of how one class of immune cells goes wrong when loaded with cholesterol. The ... > full story -
Helmets Reduce the Risk of Head Injuries Among Skiers and Snowboarders by 35 Percent
February 7, 2010 — Helmets reduce the risk of head injury among skiers and snowboarders by 35 percent with no evidence of an increased risk of neck injury, a new study ... > full story -
Brain Dopamine Receptor Density Correlates With Social Status
February 7, 2010 — People have typically viewed the benefits that accrue with social status primarily from the perspective of external rewards. A new study suggests that there are internal rewards as well. Researchers ... > full story
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Link Between Birth Defect Gastroschisis and the Agricultural Chemical Atrazine Found
February 7, 2010 — New findings demonstrate a link between the birth defect gastroschisis and the agricultural chemical atrazine. Gastroschisis is a type of inherited congenital abdominal wall defect in which the ... > full story -
Earlier Glacial Melt Rate Revised Downward, but Recent Melt Is Accelerating Dramatically
February 7, 2010 — Glaciologists have shown that previous studies have largely overestimated mass loss from Alaskan glaciers over the past 40 years. Recent data from the SPOT 5 and ASTER satellites have enabled ... > full story -
New Research on Type 2 Diabetes Could Benefit Young Adults With Condition
February 7, 2010 — Researchers have demonstrated new mechanisms in muscle cells that may explain severe insulin resistance and a reduced response to aerobic exercise in young obese patients with type 2 diabetes. These ... > full story -
Instruments to Study Space Weather Set for NASA Launch
February 7, 2010 — A $32 million instrument package set for launch Feb. 9 by NASA should help scientists better understand the violent effects of the sun on near-Earth space weather that can affect satellites, ... > full story -
High Sensitivity to Stress Isn't Always Bad for Children
February 7, 2010 — Researchers looked at 338 kindergarteners, as well as their teachers and families, to determine how family adversity and biological reactivity contribute to healthy development. They found that ... > full story
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Transforming Human Fat Into Stem Cells Using Virus-Free Technique
Tiny circles of DNA are the key to a new and easier way to transform stem cells from human fat into induced pluripotent stem cells for use in regenerative medicine, say scientists. Unlike other ... > full story
Mind & Brain
Winning the War on Weight
An Australian study into the health beliefs and behaviors of obese people has found that the more severely obese a person is, the less likely they feel they can reduce their ... > full story
Living Well
Dinosaur Had Vibrant Colors, Microscopic Fossil Clues Reveal
Deciphering microscopic clues hidden within fossils, scientists have uncovered the vibrant colors that adorned a feathered dinosaur extinct for 150 million ... > full story
Biological & Earth Sciences
Plants & Animals
Virology: Some Viruses Use Fats to Penetrate a Cell
SV40 viruses use an amazing means of communication, in order to be able to penetrate into a cell: fats, whose structure must fit like a key in a ... > full story
Earth & Climate
Characteristics of Earthquakes That Have Caused Exceptional Ground Accelerations and Velocities
A new study identifies earthquakes through July 2007 that have produced 100 of the strongest peak accelerations and 100 of the strongest peak velocities ever ... > full story
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Carbonate Veins Reveal Chemistry of Ancient Seawater
The chemical composition of our oceans is not constant but has varied significantly over geological time. In a new study, researchers describe a novel method for reconstructing past ocean chemistry ... > full story
Physical & Applied Sciences
Space & Time
Instruments to Study Space Weather Set for NASA Launch
A $32 million instrument package set for launch Feb. 9 by NASA should help scientists better understand the violent effects of the sun on near-Earth space weather that can affect satellites, ... > full story
Matter & Energy
Sunny Record: Breakthrough for Hybrid Solar Cells
Scientists in Germany have succeeded in developing a method for treating the surface of nanoparticles which greatly improves the efficiency of organic solar cells. The researchers were able to attain ... > full story
Computers & Math
Soft Intelligence for Hard Decisions: Soft Metrics Improve Homeland Security and Other Critical Decisions
An approach to decision making based on soft metrics could allow problems to be solved where no definitive "yes-no" answer is possible in fields as diverse as health care, defense, economics, ... > full story
