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Advance in Regenerative Medicine Could Make Reprogrammed Cells Safer While Improving Their Function
August 1, 2013 The enormous promise of regenerative medicine is matched by equally enormous challenges. But a new finding has the potential to improve both the safety and performance of reprogrammed ... > full story -
Why Shopaholics Overspend? Poor Credit Management, Buying to Boost Mood, Study Says
August 1, 2013 Why do shopping addicts keep spending even in the face of harmful financial, emotional and social consequences? A new study suggests poor credit management and a belief that new purchases will create ... > full story -
Removing a Protein Enhances Defense Against Bacteria in CGD Mice
August 1, 2013 Deletion of a protein in white blood cells improves their ability to fight the bacteria staphylococcus aureus and possibly other infections in mice with chronic granulomatous disease (CGD), according ... > full story -
Cool Heads Likely Won't Prevail in a Hotter, Wetter World: Climate Change Will Likely Exacerbate Violence
August 1, 2013 Researchers report that even slight spikes in temperature and precipitation greatly increase the risk of personal and civil violence, and suggest that more human conflict is a likely outcome of ... > full story -
Climate Change Occurring Ten Times Faster Than at Any Time in Past 65 Million Years
August 1, 2013 Not only is the planet undergoing one of the largest climate changes in the past 65 million years, scientists report that it's occurring at a rate 10 times faster than any change in that period. ... > full story -
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New Water Splitting Technique Efficiently Produces Hydrogen Fuel
August 1, 2013 Radically new technique uses the power of sunlight to efficiently split water into its components of hydrogen and oxygen, paving the way for the broad use of hydrogen as a clean, green ... > full story -
As Climate, Disease Links Become Clearer, Study Highlights Need to Forecast Future Shifts
August 1, 2013 Climate change is affecting the spread of infectious diseases worldwide, according to an international team of leading disease ecologists, with serious impacts to human health and biodiversity ... > full story -
Temperature Alters Population Dynamics of Common Plant Pests
August 1, 2013 Temperature-driven changes alter outbreak patterns of tea tortrix -- an insect pest -- and may shed light on how temperature influences whether insects emerge as cohesive cohorts or continuously, ... > full story -
'Soft' Approach Leads to Revolutionary Energy Storage: Graphene-Based Supercapacitors
August 1, 2013 Researchers have brought next generation energy storage closer with an engineering first -- a graphene-based device that is compact, yet lasts as long as a conventional ... > full story -
Two Dimensions of Value: Dopamine Neurons Represent Reward but Not Aversiveness
August 1, 2013 The experiments reported here show that dopamine neurons are sensitive to the value of reward but not punishment (like the aversiveness of a bitter taste). This demonstrates that reward and ... > full story
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