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Groundbreaking Research Maps Cultural History by Mapping Mobility of Notable Intellectuals
July 31, 2014 New research presents a pioneering approach to understanding European and North American cultural history by mapping out the mobility patterns of notable intellectuals over a 2,000-year ... full story -
Chemists Create Nanofibers Using Unprecedented New Method, Reminiscent of Fibers Found in Living Cells
July 31, 2014 Researchers have developed a novel method for creating self-assembled protein/polymer nanostructures that are reminiscent of fibers found in living cells. The work offers a promising new way to ... full story -
Asteroid Impacts Significantly Altered Ancient Earth
July 31, 2014 New research shows that more than four billion years ago, the surface of Earth was heavily reprocessed as a result of giant asteroid impacts. A new model based on existing lunar and terrestrial data ... full story -
The 'Memory' of Starvation Is in Your Genes
July 31, 2014 Epigenetic 'experiments' -- changes resulting from external rather than genetic influences -- suggest that the body's physiological responses to hardship could be inherited, although ... full story -
A Mathematical Theory Proposed by Alan Turing in 1952 Can Explain the Formation of Fingers
July 31, 2014 Researchers have shown that BMP and WNT proteins are the so-called 'Turing molecules' for creating embryonic fingers. Findings explain why polydactyly -- the development of extra fingers or ... full story -
'Rewired' Mice Show Signs of Longer Lives With Fewer Age-Related Illnesses
July 31, 2014 While developing a new cancer drug, researchers discovered that mice lacking a specific protein live longer lives with fewer age-related illnesses. The mice, which lack the TRAP-1 protein, ... full story -
Disease Mutations in Mosaicism, Rare Condition Where Cells Within the Same Person Have Different Genetic Makeup
July 31, 2014 Scientists have long speculated that mosaicism -- a biological phenomenon, in which cells within the same person have a different genetic makeup -- plays a bigger role in the transmission of rare ... full story -
Lead in Teeth Can Tell a Body's Tale, Study Finds
July 31, 2014 Your teeth can tell stories about you, and not just that you always forget to floss. The discovery could help police solve cold cases, an investigator has said. For instance, if an unidentified ... full story -
Hubble Shows Farthest Lensing Galaxy Yields Clues to Early Universe
July 31, 2014 Astronomers have unexpectedly discovered the most distant galaxy that acts as a cosmic magnifying glass. Seen in a new image as it looked 9.6 billion years ago, this monster elliptical galaxy breaks ... full story -
Fossils Could Be Discovered on the Moon: Signs of Ancient Life May Be Littered Across the Moon
July 31, 2014 Physicists have tested what would happen if a piece of rock containing microscopic fossils from Earth was launched into space and hit the surface of the moon. The team turned fossil-filled rock into ... full story -
Numerous Unknown Jets from Young Stars and Planetary Nebulae Discovered
July 31, 2014 Preliminary research findings have identified hundreds of so far unknown jets from young stars, as well as numerous new planetary nebulae in the Galactic ... full story -
Comfortable Climate Indoors With Porous Glass Incorporated Into Plaster
July 31, 2014 Proper humidity and temperature play a key role in indoor climate. In the future, establishing a comfortable indoor environment may rely on porous glass incorporated into plaster, as this regulates ... full story -
Giving Emotions to Virtual Characters
July 31, 2014 Researchers were able to simulate human facial expressions in virtual characters and use them in order to create better environments within a virtual ... full story -
How Black Truffles Deal With Jumpers in Their Genome
July 30, 2014 Black truffles, also known as Pιrigord truffles, have a syrupy sweet flavor and are highly prized in haute cuisine. They are fungi that grow on the roots of oak and hazelnut trees, and are the ... full story -
Classic Lewis Carroll Character Inspires New Ecological Model
July 30, 2014 Inspired by the Red Queen in Lewis Carroll's Through the Looking Glass, researchers have improved a 35-year-old ecology model to better understand how species evolve over decades to millions of ... full story -
Deep-Sea Octopus Broods Eggs for Over Four Years -- Longer Than Any Known Animal
July 30, 2014 Researchers have observed a deep-sea octopus brooding its eggs for four-and-a-half years -- longer than any other known animal. Throughout this time, the female kept the eggs clean and guarded them ... full story -
Scientists Reproduce Evolutionary Changes by Manipulating Embryonic Development of Mice
July 30, 2014 By modifying the embryonic development of mice, scientists have reproduced in the laboratory the changes in teeth shape which, in mammals, took millions of years of evolution to take ... full story -
Tidal Forces Gave Moon Its Shape Early in Its History, New Analysis Finds
July 30, 2014 The shape of the moon deviates from a simple sphere in ways that scientists have struggled to explain. A new study shows that most of the moon's overall shape can be explained by taking into ... full story -
Double Star With Weird and Wild Planet-Forming Discs
July 30, 2014 Astronomers have found wildly misaligned planet-forming gas discs around the two young stars in the binary system HK Tauri. These new observations provide the clearest picture ever of protoplanetary ... full story -
Dissolvable Fabric Loaded With Medicine Might Offer Faster Protection Against HIV
July 30, 2014 Bioengineers have discovered a potentially faster way to deliver a topical drug that protects women from contracting HIV. Their method spins the drug into silk-like fibers that quickly dissolve when ... full story
- Groundbreaking research maps cultural history by mapping mobility of notable intellectuals
- Chemists create nanofibers using unprecedented new method, reminiscent of fibers found in living cells
- Asteroid impacts significantly altered ancient Earth
- The 'memory' of starvation is in your genes
- A mathematical theory proposed by Alan Turing in 1952 can explain the formation of fingers
- 'Rewired' mice show signs of longer lives with fewer age-related illnesses
- Disease mutations in mosaicism, rare condition where cells within the same person have different genetic makeup
- Lead in teeth can tell a body's tale, study finds
- Hubble shows farthest lensing galaxy yields clues to early universe
- Fossils could be discovered on the moon: Signs of ancient life may be littered across the moon
- Numerous unknown jets from young stars and planetary nebulae discovered
- Comfortable climate indoors with porous glass incorporated into plaster
- Giving emotions to virtual characters
- How black truffles deal with jumpers in their genome
- Classic Lewis Carroll character inspires new ecological model
- Deep-sea octopus broods eggs for over four years -- longer than any known animal
- Scientists reproduce evolutionary changes by manipulating embryonic development of mice
- Tidal forces gave moon its shape early in its history, new analysis finds
- Double star with weird and wild planet-forming discs
- Dissolvable fabric loaded with medicine might offer faster protection against HIV
- Finding quantum 'lines of desire': Physicists track quantum system's wanderings through quantum state space
- Dimly lit working environments: Correcting body clock is possible
- Nature inspires a greener way to make colorful plastics
- Exploring 3-D printing to make organs for transplants
- Climate extremes are here to stay: Expect more heat waves and cold snaps
- Superman's solar-powered feats break a fundamental law of physics
- Fossils found in Siberia suggest all dinosaurs could have been feathered
- World's smallest propeller could be used for microscopic medicine
- Vision-correcting display makes reading glasses so yesterday
- Mysterious molecules in space: Silicon-capped hydrocarbons may be source of 'diffuse interstellar bands'
- 'Killer sperm' prevents mating between worm species
- The Quantum Cheshire Cat: Can neutrons be located at a different place than their own spin?
- Do your stem cells sound like cancer? While-you-wait, non-invasive cancer diagnosis by converting stem cell data into sound
- Optimum inertial self-propulsion design for snowman-like nanorobot
- Algae-eating native freshwater snails: 'Little janitor' merits attention in Florida springs health debate
- Microscopic rowing -- without a cox: Cells' whip-like appendages can synchronize their movements
- Physicists unlock nature of high-temperature superconductivity
- Learning the smell of fear: Mothers teach babies their own fears via odor, animal study shows
- New meaning to refrigerator magnets: Magnets may act as wireless cooling agents
- Google searches may hold key to future market crashes, researchers find
- Glow in space is evidence of a hot bubble in our galaxy
- Building 'invisible' materials with light
- Magnets for fusion energy: High-temperature superconductor achieves new world record for electrical current
- Nanoparticle 'alarm clock' tested to awaken immune systems put to sleep by cancer
- Smartphone experiment tracks whether our life story is written in our gut bacteria
- Bacteria manipulate salt to build shelters to hibernate
- 'Light pollution' may affect love lives of birds in the Viennese Forests
- Steam energy from the sun: New spongelike structure converts solar energy into steam
- Microbes make the sake brewery
- Moose drool inhibits growth of toxic fungus
- Synchronization of North Atlantic, North Pacific preceded abrupt warming, end of ice age
- DNA mostly 'junk?' Only 8.2 percent of human DNA is 'functional', study finds
- Artificial intelligence identifies the musical progression of the Beatles
- Joblessness could kill you, but recessions could be good for your health
- A reward is valued more if you choose it yourself: New quirky byproduct of learning from reward
- Voice for radio? New research reveals it's in the cords
- Warning: Birthdays can be bad for your health
- Newly discovered gut virus lives in half the world's population
- Four-billion-year-old chemistry in cells today
- Smarter than a first-grader? Crows can perform as well as 7- to 10-year-olds on cause-and-effect water displacement tasks
- Eco-pottery product from water treatment sludge
- Vasculature of the hive: How honey bees stay cool
- Spinach could lead to alternative energy more powerful than Popeye
- Bird 'backpacks' put wood thrush migration on the map
- The physics of lead guitar playing
- Dog jealousy: Study suggests primordial origins for the 'green-eyed monster'
- Dead body feeding larvae useful in forensic investigations
- Wide-faced men negotiate nearly $2,200 larger signing bonus
- Showers may be linked to Crohn's disease, say researchers
- New approach in search for extraterrestrial intelligence: Target alien polluters
- Intestinal parasites are 'old friends,' researchers argue
- Can machines think? Misidentification of humans as machines in Turing tests
- Satellite galaxies put astronomers in a spin
- Virtual humans as models: Say goodbye to Naomi, Kate and Claudia ... Enter 'Ava'
- Human parasite Leishmania is a probiotic for the fly that carries it
- The electric slide dance of DNA knots
- In asthma, it's not just what you smell, but what you think you smell
- Therapeutic bacteria prevent obesity in mice, study finds
- African elephant genome suggests they are superior smellers
- Ultrasonically propelled nanorods spin dizzyingly fast
- NASA's Fermi finds a 'transformer' pulsar
- Bats use polarized light to navigate: First mammal known to use polarization patterns in the sky to navigate
- Law of physics governs airplane 'evolution': Constructal law explains progression of passenger jets, sets guidelines for future aircraft
- Nostalgia effect: Do consumers spend more when thinking about the past?
- Asian genes in European pigs result in more piglets
- Fly-inspired sound detector: New device based on a fly's freakishly acute hearing for futuristic hearing aids
- Meerkats' sinister side is secret to their success, study shows
- New York squirrels are nuts about city life
- Creating optical cables out of thin air
- Boosting the force of empty space: Theorists propose way to amplify force of vacuum fluctuations
- Innovative system anticipates driver fatigue in the vehicle to prevent accidents
- 'Moral victories' might spare you from losing again
- Mammoth and mastodon behavior was less roam, more stay at home
- Bacteria swim with whole body, not just propellers
- Try, try again? Study says no: Trying harder makes it more difficult to learn some aspects of language, neuroscientists find
- Parents rank their obese children as 'very healthy'
- Does a work-out give you a bad hair day? Overcoming barriers to physical activity for African-American women
- New research links bad diet to loss of smell
- Seals forage at offshore wind farms
- Science and art bring back to life 300-million-year-old specimens of a primitive reptile-like vertebrate
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