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Hilltop Panorama Marks Mars Rover's 11th Anniversary
Jan. 26, 2015 — A panorama from one of the highest elevations that NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity has reached in its 11 years on Mars includes the U.S. flag at the ... full story -
Helicopter Could Be 'Scout' for Mars Rovers
Jan. 26, 2015 — Getting around on Mars is tricky business. Each NASA rover has delivered a wealth of information about the history and composition of the Red Planet, but a rover's vision is limited by the view ... full story -
Researchers Make Magnetic Graphene
Jan. 26, 2015 — Graphene has many desirable properties. Magnetism alas is not one of them. Magnetism can be induced in graphene by doping it with magnetic impurities, but this tends to disrupt graphene's ... full story -
Frogs Prove Ideal Models for Studying Developmental Timing
Jan. 26, 2015 — Thyroid hormone receptor alpha plays an important role in hind limb development in frogs, scientists have found. With new gene mutation technology, researchers were able to successfully mutate the ... full story -
Towards a Scientific Process Freed from Systemic Bias
Jan. 26, 2015 — Research on how science works -- the science of science -- can benefit from studying the digital traces generated during the research process, such as peer-reviewed publications. This type of ... full story -
Mother's Stress Hormone Levels May Affect Fetal Growth and Long Term Health of Child
Jan. 26, 2015 — Increased levels of stress hormones can lead pregnant mice to overeat, but affect growth of the fetus and, potentially, the long term health of the offspring, according to a new ... full story -
Swedish Model for PSA Testing Has Little Effect on Mortality
Jan. 26, 2015 — The spontaneous PSA testing that has been applied in Sweden in recent decades has only had a marginal effect on mortality. An organized screening focused on those who have the most to gain would, ... full story -
Stress During Pregnancy Related to Infant Gut Microbiota
Jan. 26, 2015 — Women who experience stress during pregnancy are likely to have babies with a poor mix of intestinal microbiota and with a higher incidence of intestinal problems and allergic reactions. This could ... full story -
Faster Annotation System for Prokaryotic Genomes Unveiled
Jan. 26, 2015 — A new version of a genome annotation system capable of analyzing more than 2,000 prokaryotic genomes per day has been revealed by scientists, helping researchers accelerate prokaryotic genomics-based ... full story -
Rabies Booster Defends Pets With out-of-Date Vaccination Against the Disease
Jan. 26, 2015 — Pets with out-of-date rabies vaccinations are very unlikely to develop the fatal disease if given a rabies booster immediately after exposure to the virus, a new study by veterinary diagnosticians ... full story -
Majority of Primary Care Physicians Find That Medical Imaging Improves Patient Care
Jan. 26, 2015 — Large majorities of primary care physicians believe that advanced medical imaging, such as computed tomography (CT), magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and positron emission tomography (PET), provides ... full story -
Many Women With Breast Cancer Have Poor Knowledge About Their Condition
Jan. 26, 2015 — A new analysis has found that many women with breast cancer lack knowledge about their illness, with minority patients less likely than white patients to know and report accurate information about ... full story -
Medical Radiation May Be Reduced to One-Sixth With New Mathematical Discovery
Jan. 26, 2015 — One of this century's most significant mathematical discoveries may reduce the number of measuring points to one-sixth of the present level. This means reduced exposure to radiation and faster ... full story -
New Programming Language for Fast Simulations
Jan. 26, 2015 — Programming is a time-consuming process, and it may take many years to develop even a basic simulator. Researchers want to simplify this process. They have created a language similar to the language ... full story -
How Your Friends Might Help You Avoid Flu
Jan. 26, 2015 — A study of social networks has yielded clues about how best to improve vaccination rates for influenza. Influenza is a global health problem, affecting 3 to 5 million people a year and causing ... full story -
For University Students, Walking Beats Sitting
Jan. 26, 2015 — Walking classrooms are better for not only for students' physical health, but classroom engagement, a study shows. What began in a response to a physical activity challenge for the computer ... full story -
Digital Storytelling Promotes HIV/AIDS Education in Africa
Jan. 26, 2015 — Children from poor backgrounds and with no previous technological experience are able to use digital storytelling to share their secrets and fears online, shows a recent doctoral thesis. The author ... full story -
Ethnic Minorities, Deprived Communities Hardest Hit by Air Pollution
Jan. 26, 2015 — Air pollution levels are linked to many forms of ill health, including higher risk of respiratory and cardiovascular diseases, especially for more vulnerable groups such as children and the elderly, ... full story -
Converting Olive Mash Into Cash
Jan. 26, 2015 — An experimental system to create heat and power with waste from olive oil processing is up-and-running in Spain. The system shows a promising way forward for reducing environmental damage and ... full story -
Testosterone Helps Bind Antidepressants in Brain
Jan. 26, 2015 — Female sex hormones have a strong effect on the psyche. This has been confirmed by numerous scientific studies and by phenomena such as the "baby blues", a bout of low mood following ... full story
- Hilltop panorama marks Mars rover's 11th anniversary
- Helicopter could be 'scout' for Mars rovers
- Researchers make magnetic graphene
- Frogs prove ideal models for studying developmental timing
- Towards a scientific process freed from systemic bias
- Mother's stress hormone levels may affect fetal growth and long term health of child
- Swedish model for PSA testing has little effect on mortality
- Stress during pregnancy related to infant gut microbiota
- Faster annotation system for prokaryotic genomes unveiled
- Rabies booster defends pets with out-of-date vaccination against the disease
- Majority of primary care physicians find that medical imaging improves patient care
- Many women with breast cancer have poor knowledge about their condition
- Medical radiation may be reduced to one-sixth with new mathematical discovery
- New programming language for fast simulations
- How your friends might help you avoid flu
- For university students, walking beats sitting
- Digital storytelling promotes HIV/AIDS education in Africa
- Ethnic minorities, deprived communities hardest hit by air pollution
- Converting olive mash into cash
- Testosterone helps bind antidepressants in brain
- Nanodiamonds: Promising use for delivering cancer drug to kill chemoresistant cancer stem cells more effectively
- Daily drinking increases risk of alcoholic cirrhosis
- Scientists identify new disease treatment path
- Reducing work-family conflicts in the workplace helps people to sleep better
- Morphine following common childhood surgery may be life threatening
- Relationship between religion and educational attainment
- The latest fashion: Graphene edges can be tailor-made
- 'July Effect' doesn’t apply to length of surgery
- Scientists slow down the speed of light travelling in free space
- 3-D view of Greenland Ice Sheet opens window on ice history
- Lead negatively impacts cognitive functions of boys more than girls
- Lucid dreams and metacognition: Awareness of thinking; awareness of dreaming
- Acute heart failure patients bounce back to ERs for complex reasons
- Improving antibiotics to treat staph infections
- Why all-nighters don't work: How sleep, memory go hand-in-hand
- Early English exposure prepares Spanish-speaking children for academic success
- More light shed on on biomass breakdown
- Boston's leaky pipes release high levels of heat-trapping methane
- Silver nanowires demonstrate unexpected self-healing mechanism: Potential for flexible electronics
- Calculating the future of solar-fuel refineries
- New technique helps probe performance of organic solar cell materials
- New technique for producing cheaper solar energy suggested by research
- Unusually elastic protein found by researchers; may have originated in cnidarian elastomer
- Stalking versus cyberstalking: Effects on victims, their responses compared
- Alamo impact crater: New study could double its size
- Telomere extension turns back aging clock in cultured human cells, study finds
- Climate affects development of human speech
- Efficient methylating enzyme identified for cancer development
- Live broadcast from inside the nerve cell
- How does the universe creates reason, morality?
- Yes, black holes exist in gravitational theories with unbounded speeds of propagation
- Warming seas decrease sea turtle basking
- H.E.S.S. finds three extremely luminous gamma-ray sources
- Lucky charms: When are superstitions used most?
- Mothers don't speak so clearly to their babies
- Ocean could hold key to predicting recurring extreme winters
- New breast exam nearly quadruples detection of invasive breast cancers in women with dense breast tissue
- What to do in a flu epidemic? Stay at home and watch TV
- New brain pathway offers hope for treating hypogylcemia
- Effect of thyroid disorders on reproductive health
- Bad reputation of crows demystified
- Hidden infection shortens life in birds
- Massive chip design savings to be realized
- Arctic ice cap slides into the ocean
- The language of T lymphocytes deciphered, the 'Rosetta Stone' of the immune system
- The brain's electrical alphabet: Timing, rate underlie neural information, study shows
- Sexually-transmitted diseases: Do multiple partners mean more immunity?
- Sisters act together: Cichlid sisters swim together in order to reach the goal
- Scientists map brains of the blind to solve mysteries of human brain specialization
- New 'systems genetics' study identifies possible target for epilepsy treatment
- Brazil's soy moratorium still needed to preserve Amazon
- Parents' belief that a child will attend college plays big role in early academic success
- Gene may open door for improved keloid, scar treatment
- Improvements in transistors will make flexible plastic computers a reality
- Revolutionary device found to lower blood pressure
- Celiac disease rate among young children has almost tripled in past 20 years
- Checklist devised to spot elderly patients most at risk of death
- Falls in blood pressure, cholesterol have saved 20,000+ lives in England
- Mammalian heart regenerative capacity depends on severity of injury
- Newer foam rollers benefit muscles, not hair
- High blood calcium levels linked with increased risk of premature death in dialysis patients
- Scientists 'bend' elastic waves with new metamaterials that could have commercial applications
- Rediscovering a culture of health in Canada's First Nations communities
- Genome-wide search reveals new genes involved in long-term memory
- Pro-marijuana 'tweets' are sky-high on Twitter
- Scientists search for new ways to deal with U. S. uranium ore processing legacy
- Anti-inflammatory protein may trigger plaque in Alzheimer's disease
- 'Organizational forgetting' erodes quality gains in supply chains
- Tablet computers good medium for educational materials
- Surprising insights into effects of wood fuel burning
- Scientists set quantum speed limit
- Pictured together for the first time: A chemokine and its receptor
- Treatment restores sociability in autism mouse model
- Many of the smallest babies in California not referred for follow-up care, study finds
- How malaria-spreading mosquitoes can tell you're home
- Early human ancestors used their hands like modern humans
- Risk of HIV infection in studies of African women using hormonal contraceptives
- Rosetta data reveals more surprises about comet 67P
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