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How Archaea Might Find Their Food: Sensor Protein Characterized
June 10, 2013 — Delicious dimethyl sulphide. The microorganism Methanosarcina acetivorans lives off everything it can metabolize into methane. How it finds its sources of energy, is not yet clear. Scientists have ... > full story -
Discovery May Lead to New Treatments for Jaundice
June 10, 2013 — Helping to protect newborns and older patients against more severe effects of jaundice is the hope of researchers who have shown how a liver enzyme protects cells from damage caused by the condition. ... > full story -
Potentially 'Catastrophic' Changes Underway in Canada's Northern Mackenzie River Basin
June 10, 2013 — Canada's Mackenzie River basin -- among the world's most important major ecosystems -- is poorly studied, inadequately monitored, and at serious risk due to climate change and resource exploitation, ... > full story -
New Theory Proposes Solution to Long-Running Debate as to How Stable the Earth System Is
June 10, 2013 — Researchers have proposed an answer to the long-running debate as to how stable the Earth system is. Earth, with its core-driven magnetic field, oceans of liquid water, dynamic climate and abundant ... > full story -
Do Antidepressants Impair the Ability to Extinguish Fear?
June 10, 2013 — Common antidepressant medications may impair a form of learning that is important clinically. Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors, commonly called SSRIs, are a class of antidepressant widely used ... > full story -
Nanotechnology and the Secret Life of Knots
June 10, 2013 — Nanotechnologies require a detailed knowledge of the molecular state. For instance, it is useful to know when and how a generic polymer, a long chain of polymers (chain of beads), knots. The ... > full story -
Suicide Risk Factors Described
June 10, 2013 — The rate of suicide among men is almost three times that of women, according to new research. Being young, single and having a low level of education were stronger risk factors for suicide among men, ... > full story -
Substances from African Medicinal Plants Could Help Stop Tumor Growth
June 10, 2013 — African medicinal plants contain chemicals that may be able to stop the spread of cancer cells. The plant materials will now undergo further analysis in order to evaluate their therapeutic ... > full story -
Dance of the Atoms: Clustering of Atoms Observed
June 10, 2013 — Lone people standing in a ballroom don’t tend to move a lot. It’s only when they find a suitable dance partner that rapid motion sets in. Atoms on iron-oxide surfaces behave in a similar ... > full story -
Ötzi the Iceman's Dark Secrets: Protein Investigation Supports Brain Injury Theory
June 10, 2013 — After decoding the Iceman's genetic make-up, a research team has now made another major breakthrough in mummy research: Using just a pinhead-sized sample of brain tissue from the world-famous glacier ... > full story
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