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Strength in Numbers: First-Ever Quantum Device That Detects and Corrects Its Own Errors
Mar. 4, 2015 — When scientists develop a full quantum computer, the world of computing will undergo a revolution of sophistication, speed and energy efficiency that will make even our beefiest conventional machines ... full story -
Galactic 'Rain' Explains Why Some Galaxies Are Better at Creating Stars
Mar. 4, 2015 — Some of the galaxies in our universe are veritable star nurseries. For example, our own Milky Way produces, on average, at least one new star every year. Others went barren years ago, now producing ... full story -
Using Fruit Flies to Understand How We Sense Hot and Cold
Mar. 4, 2015 — Innately, we pull our hand away when we touch a hot pan on the stove, but little is known about how our brain processes temperature information. Scientists now have discovered how a fruit fly's ... full story -
Why Isn't the Universe as Bright as It Should Be?
Mar. 4, 2015 — A handful of new stars are born each year in the Milky Way, while many more blink on across the universe. But astronomers have observed that galaxies should be churning out millions more stars, based ... full story -
Direct Evidence That Drought-Weakened Amazonian Forests 'Inhale Less Carbon'
Mar. 4, 2015 — Direct evidence of the rate at which individual trees in the Amazonian basin 'inhale' carbon from the atmosphere during severe drought has been provided by an international research team. ... full story -
Discovery of 2.8-Million-Year-Old Jaw Sheds Light on Early Humans
Mar. 4, 2015 — For decades, scientists have been searching for African fossils documenting the earliest phases of the Homo lineage, but specimens recovered from the critical time interval between 3 and 2.5 million ... full storyMore: -
Strong Genetic Risk Factor for MS Discovered in Family of Five Affected Siblings
Mar. 4, 2015 — A genetic variation has been discovered that, in women, significantly increases their risk of developing multiple sclerosis, scientists report. The variant occurs almost twice as often among women ... full story -
Change in Medicare Fee Linked to Rise of Vascular Treatment
Mar. 4, 2015 — Federal efforts to curb Medicare costs for unclogging blood vessels in the limbs slowed the growing use of the treatments, but also coincided with a marked increase in doctors using a more expensive ... full story -
Planet 'Reared' by Four Parent Stars
Mar. 4, 2015 — Growing up as a planet with more than one parent star has its challenges. Though the planets in our solar system circle just one star -- our sun -- other more distant planets, called exoplanets, can ... full story -
Think Twice About Investing in Own Company
Mar. 4, 2015 — Employees whose retirement plan is invested in stock of the company where they work do not pull out money as the firms approach financial distress, new research has found. This lack of action creates ... full story -
Time Management: Why We Feel Busier When Close to Reaching a Goal
Mar. 4, 2015 — Is there any worse time to be interrupted than right now? Regardless of what we're doing or the nature of the interruption, we often feel as if we have no time to spare at the moment. According ... full story -
Infant Gut Bacteria and Food Sensitization: Associations in the First Year of Life
Mar. 4, 2015 — New light has been shed on changes in intestinal bacteria of infants that can predict future development of food allergies or asthma. The research reveals that infants with a fewer number of ... full story -
X-Ray Imaging of a Single Virus in 3-D
Mar. 4, 2015 — By imaging single viruses injected into the intense beam of an X-ray free-electron laser, researchers have determined the three-dimensional structure of the mimivirus. The technique could be applied ... full story -
Mechanism Behind Most Common Form of Inherited Alzheimer's Disease Revealed
Mar. 4, 2015 — For the first time, a study reveals exactly how mutations associated with the most common form of inherited Alzheimer's disease produce the disorder's devastating effects. The paper upends ... full story -
Mental Health Soon After War-Zone Concussions Predicts Disability
Mar. 4, 2015 — Evaluating military personnel with blast-related mild traumatic brain injuries, researchers have found that early symptoms of post-traumatic stress, such as anxiety, emotional numbness, flashbacks ... full story -
Advancing Multiple Approaches for Characterizing Permafrost Microbes in a Changing Climate
Mar. 4, 2015 — To better characterize the microbial activities in the thawing permafrost, scientists have reported on the application of multiple molecular technologies: ... full story -
Dog DNA Tests Alone Not Enough for Healthy Pedigree, Experts Say
Mar. 4, 2015 — Breeding dogs on the basis of a single genetic test carries risks and may not improve the health of pedigree lines, experts warn. Only a combined approach that makes use of DNA analysis, health ... full story -
Scientists Question Rush to Build Nicaragua Canal
Mar. 4, 2015 — A consortium of environmental scientists has expressed strong concern about the impact of a controversial Central American canal across Nicaragua. The path of the Nicaragua Interoceanic Grand Canal ... full story -
Treatment Guidelines for Pediatric Hodgkin Lymphoma Outlined
Mar. 4, 2015 — A guideline has been issued that outlines the use of 3-D computed tomography (CT)-based radiation therapy planning and volumetric image guidance to more effectively treat pediatric Hodgkin lymphoma ... full story -
Older, White Males With Advanced Bladder Cancer at High Risk for Suicide
Mar. 4, 2015 — Older, single white males with advanced bladder cancer have the highest suicide risk among those with other cancers of the male genitals and urinary system, researchers report. The review identified ... full story
- Strength in numbers: First-ever quantum device that detects and corrects its own errors
- Galactic 'rain' explains why some galaxies are better at creating stars
- Using fruit flies to understand how we sense hot and cold
- Why isn't the universe as bright as it should be?
- Direct evidence that drought-weakened Amazonian forests 'inhale less carbon'
- Discovery of 2.8-million-year-old jaw sheds light on early humans
- Strong genetic risk factor for MS discovered in family of five affected siblings
- Change in Medicare fee linked to rise of vascular treatment
- Planet 'reared' by four parent stars
- Think twice about investing in own company
- Time management: Why we feel busier when close to reaching a goal
- Infant gut bacteria and food sensitization: Associations in the first year of life
- X-ray imaging of a single virus in 3-D
- Mechanism behind most common form of inherited Alzheimer's disease revealed
- Mental health soon after war-zone concussions predicts disability
- Advancing multiple approaches for characterizing permafrost microbes in a changing climate
- Dog DNA tests alone not enough for healthy pedigree, experts say
- Scientists question rush to build Nicaragua canal
- Treatment guidelines for pediatric Hodgkin lymphoma outlined
- Older, white males with advanced bladder cancer at high risk for suicide
- Insight into inflammatory bowel disease
- Taking madness out of March Madness
- Making night vision, thermal imaging affordable
- Genome replication may hold clues to cancer evolution
- New models yield clearer picture of emissions' true costs
- Can exercise training prevent premature death in elderly?
- Experiments support conductivity claims for microbial nanowires
- Reducing greenhouse gas emissions with a more effective carbon capture method
- Energy-generating cloth could replace batteries in wearable devices
- Traditional beliefs promote sustainability in West Africa
- Pennies reveal new insights on nature of randomness
- Twitter helps smokers kick the habit, study finds
- Novel drug mechanism that fights brain cancer described by researchers
- Study sheds light on how malaria parasites grow exponentially
- Politics of inequality and the inequality of politics
- Determining recipes for some of the world's oldest preserved beers
- Obesity is associated with brain's neurotransmitters
- Retina protein that may help conquer blindness discovered
- Kids and robots learn to write together
- How big data can be used to understand major events
- Basis for cadmium toxicity uncovered
- Where you live could mean 'greener' alternatives do more harm than good
- Cause of tree-killing fungus uncovered: Extra genes
- Function of an enzyme critical to male fertility described
- Oxytocin may enhance social function in psychiatric disorders
- Amazon deforestation 'threshold' causes species loss to accelerate
- Marriages more likely to end in divorce when wives get sick
- Simulating the potential spread of measles
- Genetic data can help predict how pine forests will cope with climate change
- Clinical trial for solid tumors with novel small molecule agent
- Hurricanes helped accelerate spread of lionfish
- Men tend to be more narcissistic than women, study finds
- Wild yaks: Shaggy barometers of climate change
- Twitter chatter predicts health insurance marketplace enrollment
- Usual prey gone, a fish survives by changing predictably
- NASA Ames reproduces the building blocks of life in laboratory
- Testing to diagnose power event in Mars rover
- 'No take zones' in English Channel would benefit marine wildlife, fishing industry
- Aneurysm screening should be revisited, say experts
- Agreement on best estimates of breast cancer overdiagnosis urgently needed to inform women
- How much overdetection is acceptable in cancer screening?
- Grand tree of life study shows a clock-like trend in new species emergence and diversity
- Analysis of spider venom reveals seven promising compounds with potential to relieve chronic pain
- Animal functional diversity started out poor, became richer over time
- Widespread risk of infectious diseases to wild bees, new study reveals
- Why many similar species coexist within complex ecosystems, such as Amazon rainforest or coral reefs
- Vampire bats: Who bit whom?
- An alternative to medical marijuana for pain?
- Genetic study revives debate on origin and expansion of Indo-European languages in Europe
- New data provided by seabed sediments on the climate within the Mediterranean basin over the course of the last 20,000 years
- New information on Parkinson’s: GDNF not needed by the midbrain dopamine system
- Salt increases physical performance in resistance competitions
- Flexible sensors turn skin into a touch-sensitive interaction space for mobile devices
- New approach to analysis of unresolved controversy over nuclear power
- Solar cells to get growth boost, price cut
- What happens if we all drive electrical vehicles?
- Cities have a memory and interact with their neighbors
- Robots for stroke rehabilitation
- New type of biomarker shows promise in improving prostate cancer care
- Lightning plus volcanic ash make glass
- Newly discovered hormone mimics the effects of exercise
- Bird flu: New compound protects 100 percent of ferrets, mice, from H5N1
- First scientific publication from data collected at National Synchrotron Light Source II
- Neuroscientists identify new way several brain areas communicate
- New tech could significantly cut carbon dioxide emissions
- Creative genius driven by distraction
- Far from home: Wayward star cluster is both tiny and distant
- Air pollution linked to slower cognitive development in children
- Highly sensitive detection of malaria parasites
- Real estate bidding wars aren't going away, experts say
- ADHD plus childhood trauma heightens risk for self-harm, suicide
- Researchers discover new material to produce clean energy
- Lasting severe weather impact found in feathers of young birds
- Adults only really catch flu about twice a decade, suggests study
- Bans don't help smokers quit, researchers say
- Poor heart function could be major risk for Alzheimer's disease
- A new level of earthquake understanding: Surprise findings from San Andreas Fault rock sample
- Understanding electric car 'range anxiety' could be key to wider acceptance
- 3-D printed parts provide low-cost, custom alternatives for lab equipment
- Divorce fuels kids' sugary beverage consumption, study finds
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