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NASA Spacecraft Becomes First to Orbit a Dwarf Planet
Mar. 6, 2015 NASA's Dawn spacecraft has become the first mission to achieve orbit around a dwarf planet. The spacecraft was approximately 38,000 miles (61,000) kilometers from Ceres when it was captured by ... full story -
Gut Bacteria May Contribute to Diabetes in Black Males
Mar. 6, 2015 African American men at elevated risk for developing type 2 diabetes may have fewer beneficial and more harmful intestinal bacteria, according to new ... full story -
Fluid-Filled Pores Separate Materials With Fine Precision
Mar. 6, 2015 Scientists have developed an entirely new, highly versatile mechanism for controlling passage of materials through micropores, using fluid to modulate their opening and closing. The new system can ... full story -
Calling Your Bluff: Supervisors Easily Sniff out What Drives a Worker
Mar. 6, 2015 Good supervisors aren't easily duped by the motives of underlings who go the extra mile -- they know when an employee is sucking up to them because of personal ambition, or when such actions ... full story -
Novel Mechanism to Explain High Elevation of Denver Area
Mar. 6, 2015 Researchers have proposed a new way to explain how the High Plains got so high. Water trapped deep below Earth's crust may have flooded the lower crust, creating buoyancy and ... full story -
'Habitable' Planet GJ 581d Previously Dismissed as Noise Probably Does Exist
Mar. 6, 2015 A new report has dismissed claims made last year that the first super-Earth planet discovered in the habitable zone of a distant star was 'stellar activity masquerading as planets.' The ... full story -
New Flexible Films for Touch Screen Applications Achieve Longer Lasting Display
Mar. 6, 2015 Today, touch screens are everywhere, from smart phones and tablets, to computer monitors, to interactive digital signage and displays. Many touch screens are made of layered thin (billionths of a ... full story -
Sap-Feeding Butterflies Join Ranks of Natural Phenomenon, the Golden Ratio
Mar. 6, 2015 Researchers observed that the coiling action of the butterfly proboscis, a tube-like 'mouth' that many butterflies and moths use to feed on fluids, resembled a spiral similar to that of the ... full story -
Black Holes and Dark Sector Explained by Quantum Gravity
Mar. 6, 2015 A quantum version of General Relativity demonstrates that dark energy and dark matter are different manifestations of gravity. The theory calculates the precise value of the cosmological constant, ... full story -
A New Way to Control Information by Mixing Light and Sound
Mar. 6, 2015 For once, slower is better in a new piece of technology. Scientists have developed a new, radio frequency processing device that allows information to be controlled more effectively, opening the door ... full story -
New Study Points to Better Classrooms for Children With Disabilities
Mar. 6, 2015 A pilot study in 51 North Carolina classrooms shows the effectiveness of a new measure in assessing the quality of practices in inclusive preschools. Not only is the Inclusive Classroom Profile a ... full story -
The Global Energy Challenge: One Billion People Have No Access to Electricity
Mar. 6, 2015 More than one billion people world-wide have no access to electricity to cook food or light their homes, despite the technology being in place. A study on options for getting more electrical access ... full story -
Losing 30 Minutes of Sleep Per Day May Promote Weight Gain and Adversely Affect Blood Sugar Control
Mar. 6, 2015 Losing as little as 30 minutes of sleep per day on weekdays can have long-term consequences for body weight and metabolism, a new study ... full story -
Seniors' Hospital and ER Admission Rates Are Higher If They Have Obesity
Mar. 6, 2015 Obesity is associated with substantial increases in older adults’ hospitalizations, emergency room admissions and use of outpatient health care services, according to a new study of 172,866 ... full story -
Researchers Create Artificial Methane Hydrates, Open an Innovative Pathway for Use of New Fuels
Mar. 6, 2015 A technology that allows the preparation of artificial methane hydrates has been developed by researchers. These researchers have demonstrated that it is possible to prepare methane hydrates in a ... full story -
Researchers Connect Climate Change to Food Safety
Mar. 6, 2015 Climate change can affect our food safety in a number of ways. In a European study, researchers state that there is often a relationship between long-term changes in temperature and rainfall and ... full story -
Karnak: Excavation Yields 38 Artifacts
Mar. 6, 2015 The excavation of a favissa, a pit discovered in early December 2014 near the temple of the god Ptah, has been completed. The dig has unearthed 38 statues, statuettes and precious objects, making ... full story -
Mice Don't Need the Cortex to Sing Their Songs
Mar. 6, 2015 The human language is unique in that we can refer to objects, events and ideas. The combination of syllables and words enables humans to generate an infinite number of expressions. An important ... full story -
Moves to Automate Identification of Saimaa Ringed Seals
Mar. 6, 2015 Moves are being made to automate the identification of Saimaa ringed seals. This would bring new kinds of real-time information on how the extremely endangered species behaves, the movements of ... full story -
Green Lungs of Our Planet Are Changing
Mar. 6, 2015 Are leaves and buds developing earlier in the spring? And do leaves stay on the trees longer in autumn? Do steppe ecosystems remain green longer and are the savannas becoming drier and drier? In ... full story
- NASA spacecraft becomes first to orbit a dwarf planet
- Gut bacteria may contribute to diabetes in black males
- Fluid-filled pores separate materials with fine precision
- Calling your bluff: Supervisors easily sniff out what drives a worker
- Novel mechanism to explain high elevation of Denver area
- 'Habitable' planet GJ 581d previously dismissed as noise probably does exist
- New flexible films for touch screen applications achieve longer lasting display
- Sap-feeding butterflies join ranks of natural phenomenon, the Golden Ratio
- Black holes and dark sector explained by quantum gravity
- A new way to control information by mixing light and sound
- New study points to better classrooms for children with disabilities
- The global energy challenge: One billion people have no access to electricity
- Losing 30 minutes of sleep per day may promote weight gain and adversely affect blood sugar control
- Seniors' hospital and ER admission rates are higher if they have obesity
- Researchers create artificial methane hydrates, open an innovative pathway for use of new fuels
- Researchers connect climate change to food safety
- Karnak: Excavation yields 38 artifacts
- Mice don't need the cortex to sing their songs
- Moves to automate identification of Saimaa ringed seals
- Green lungs of our planet are changing
- Brain treats real and imaginary objects in the same way
- Infant growth affected by exposure to environmental pollutants
- Teenage TV audiences and energy drink advertisements
- Autism detection improved by multimodal neuroimaging
- Popular antioxidant likely ineffective, study finds
- Excess sitting linked to coronary artery calcification, an early indicator of heart problems
- Hot flashes at younger age may signal greater cardiovascular risk
- Women don't get to hospital fast enough during heart attack
- Elusive El Niρo arrives: Forecasters predict it will stay weak, have little influence on weather and climate
- How healthy is genetically modified soybean oil?
- Snffing out origins of methane: instrument identifies methane's origins in mines, deep-sea vents, and cows
- Nutrient pollution damages streams in ways previously unknown, ecologists find
- Restricting fructose in obese Latino and African American children may reduce fat accumulation in their liver
- To Reduce Body Fat, Eating Less Fat May Be More Effective than Eating Less Carbohydrate
- Nuts may help lower teenagers' risk of metabolic syndrome
- Mars: The planet that lost an ocean's worth of water
- Hubble sees supernova split into four images by cosmic lens
- Gut microbial mix relates to stages of blood sugar control
- Oxytocin nasal spray causes men to eat fewer calories
- Male partner's healthier lifestyle may help infertile obese female conceive
- Abnormal brain rhythms tied to problems with thinking in schizophrenia
- Drug to control appetite could also fight anxiety
- In vivo CRISPR-Cas9 screen sheds light on cancer metastasis, tumor evolution
- From chick to bedside: Removing the Wnt barrier
- Twin copies of gene pair up in embryonic stem cells at critical moment in differentiation
- Phthalates potentially alter levels of a pregnancy hormone that influences sex development
- Nine steps to survive 'most explosive era of infrastructure expansion in human history'
- Mutation in APC2 gene causes Sotos features
- Seven strategies to advance women in science
- Menopausal whales are influential and informative leaders
- Molecule found in tree leaves helps female mice combat weight gain; males unaffected
- Biomolecular force generation based on principle of a gas spring
- Baby mantises harness mid-air 'spin' during jumps for precision landings
- Breastfeeding an ideal feeding pattern for infants, experts say
- Autistic features linked to prenatal exposure to commonly found fire retardants, phthalates
- Exposure to endocrine disruptors during pregnancy affects the brain two generations later, rat study shows
- Protein's pivotal role in heart failure discovered
- Flood and drought risk to cities on rise even with no climate change
- Smoking when pregnant increases cancer risk for daughters
- Family interventions reduce smoking rates in children, adolescents
- Breakthrough in nonlinear optics research
- Hidden hazards found in 'green' products
- Energetic immune cells vital for fighting disease
- Reliance on smartphones linked to lazy thinking
- Magnetic material attracts attention for cancer therapy
- Yucatan Peninsula hit by tsunami 1,500 years ago, evidence indicates
- Turning a vole into a mighty rodent
- Neuropathy: Relief for diabetics with painful condition
- Understanding how the stomach responds to injury could help target therapy against gastric damage
- Little evidence that executive function interventions boost student achievement
- Significant facial variation in pre-Columbian South America
- Human brains age less than previously thought
- £10 billion GP incentive scheme has no impact on premature deaths
- Semi-veggie diet effectively lowers heart disease, stroke risk
- Einstein put to the test: Satellite mission on dark energy and theory of gravitation
- Neuroscientists perform important step towards cell therapy for diseases of the cerebral cortex
- Weight loss surgery can be a safe option for obese children, experts say
- Simple sideline test shown effective in diagnosing concussion in student athletes as young as 5 years old
- Chemists develop 'looking glass' for spotting sound molecular structures
- Study simulates changes to admissions criteria for NYC’s specialized high schools
- 'Extinct' bird rediscovered: Last seen in 1941
- First-of-its-kind center to diagnose, treat deadly blood clots
- Poverty, not the 'teenage brain,' accounts for high rates of teen crime
- Protecting crops from radiation-contaminated soil
- Antibodies to brain proteins may trigger psychosis
- The tides they are a changin'
- Cardiovascular disease kills 51% of women in Europe and breast cancer kills 3%
- 'Life-prolonging' research for cystic fibrosis patients underway
- Semi-artificial chloroplasts to manufacture biotechnologically relevant products
- Space technology investigates large-scale changes to Africa's climate
- Security in a smart world
- Breakthrough in energy harvesting could power 'life on Mars'
- Printing custom touch-sensitive displays yourself
- Medical nanoparticles: local treatment of lung cancer
- New flavors for lager beer: successful generation of hybrid yeasts
- Biomarker for steatohepatitis (fatty liver disease) identified
- Rapid changes observed in a comet’s plasma tail
- Antiseptic prevents deaths in newborns
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