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Scientists Identify Source of Mysterious Sound in the Southern Ocean
Apr. 23, 2014 — Scientists have conclusive evidence that the source of a unique rhythmic sound, recorded for decades in the Southern Ocean and called the 'bio-duck,' is the Antarctic minke whale ... full story -
Odds of Storm Waters Overflowing Manhattan Seawall Up 20-Fold
Apr. 23, 2014 — Maximum water levels in New York harbor during major storms have risen by nearly two and a half feet since the mid-1800s, making the chances of water overtopping the Manhattan seawall now at least 20 ... full story -
Predicting Drift of Floating Pumice 'Islands' Can Benefit Shipping
Apr. 23, 2014 — A new technique will aid in predicting the dispersal and drift patterns of large floating ‘islands’ of pumice created by volcanic eruptions at sea. Known as pumice rafts, these large mobile ... full story -
From Liability to Viability: Genes on the Y Chromosome Prove Essential for Male Survival
Apr. 23, 2014 — The human Y chromosome has, over the course of millions of years of evolution, preserved a small set of genes that has ensured not only its own survival but also the survival of men. Moreover, the ... full story -
Airport Security-Style Technology Could Help Doctors Decide on Stroke Treatment
Apr. 23, 2014 — A new computer program could help doctors predict which patients might suffer potentially fatal side-effects from a key stroke treatment. The program assesses brain scans using pattern recognition ... full story -
Surface Area of the Digestive Tract Much Smaller Than Previously Thought
Apr. 23, 2014 — The internal surface area of the gastro-intestinal tract has long been considered to be between 180 and 300 square meters. Scientists have used refined microscopic techniques that indicate a much ... full story -
In Lab Tests, the Antimicrobial Ingredient Triclosan Spurs Growth of Breast Cancer Cells
Apr. 23, 2014 — Some manufacturers are turning away from using triclosan as an antimicrobial ingredient in soaps, toothpastes and other products over health concerns. And now scientists are reporting new evidence ... full story -
Legalizing Medical Marijuana Doesn't Increase Use Among Adolescents, Study Says
Apr. 23, 2014 — Parents and physicians concerned about an increase in adolescents' marijuana use following the legalization of medical marijuana can breathe a sigh of relief. According to a new study that ... full story -
How to Avoid Water Wars Between 'Fracking' Industry and Residents
Apr. 23, 2014 — The shale gas boom has transformed the energy landscape in the US, but in some drier locations, it could cause conflict among the energy industry, residents and agricultural interests over ... full story -
Steering Chemical Reactions With Laser Pulses
Apr. 23, 2014 — Ultra short laserpulses in the femtosecond-range give scientists a powerful new method of controlling chemical reactions. A team of researchers could now show that the fragmentation of carbohydrates ... full story -
Physical Activity Keeps Hippocampus Healthy in People at Risk for Alzheimer's Disease
Apr. 23, 2014 — Moderate physical activity may preserve the hippocampus -- the brain region responsible for memory and spatial orientation that is attacked first in Alzheimer's disease, a study of older adults ... full story -
High-Calorie, Low-Nutrient Foods in Kids' TV Programs
Apr. 23, 2014 — Fruits and vegetables are often displayed in the popular Swedish children’s TV show Bolibompa, but there are also plenty of high-sugar foods. A new study explores how food is portrayed in ... full story -
Toward Unraveling the Alzheimer's Mystery: New Step Points to Proteins
Apr. 23, 2014 — Getting to the bottom of Alzheimer's disease has been a rapidly evolving pursuit with many twists, turns and controversies. In the latest crook in the research road, scientists have found a new ... full story -
ADHD Drug May Help Preserve Self-Control Resources
Apr. 23, 2014 — Methylphenidate, also known as Ritalin, may prevent the depletion of self-control, according to research. Self-control can be difficult -- sticking with a diet or trying to focus attention on a ... full story -
New Discovery Helps Solve Mystery Source of African Lava
Apr. 23, 2014 — Floods of molten lava may sound like the stuff of apocalyptic theorists, but history is littered with evidence of such past events where vast lava outpourings originating deep in the Earth accompany ... full story -
How Australia's Outback Got One Million Feral Camels: Camels Culled on Large Scale
Apr. 23, 2014 — A new study has shed light on how an estimated one million-strong population of wild camels thriving in Australia's remote outback have become reviled as pests and culled on a large ... full story -
Political Ravens? Ravens Understand the Relationships Among Others
Apr. 23, 2014 — Cognitive biologists have revealed that ravens do understand and keep track of the rank relations between other ravens. Such an ability has been known only from primates. Like many social mammals, ... full story -
Picture Books Aren't Just Fun: Children Learn Sophisticated Animal Facts When Parent Read Them
Apr. 23, 2014 — Children hear as much sophisticated information about animals when parents read picture book stories about animals as when they read flashcard-type animal vocabulary books, according to a new study. ... full story -
Hip Width, Sexual Behavior Compared
Apr. 23, 2014 — Hip width and risk of birth-related trauma may play a role in a woman's decision to have sex. Women who were more inclined to have one-night stands had wider hips, reveals a study into how a ... full story -
Inverse Effects of Midlife Occupational, Leisure Time Physical Activity on Mobility Limitation in Old Age
Apr. 23, 2014 — Strenuous occupational physical activity in midlife increases the risk of mobility limitation in old age, whereas leisure-time physical activity decreases the risk. This is found in a study that ... full story
- Scientists identify source of mysterious sound in the Southern Ocean
- Odds of storm waters overflowing Manhattan seawall up 20-fold
- Predicting drift of floating pumice 'islands' can benefit shipping
- From liability to viability: Genes on the Y chromosome prove essential for male survival
- Airport security-style technology could help doctors decide on stroke treatment
- Surface area of the digestive tract much smaller than previously thought
- In lab tests, the antimicrobial ingredient triclosan spurs growth of breast cancer cells
- Legalizing medical marijuana doesn't increase use among adolescents, study says
- How to avoid water wars between 'fracking' industry and residents
- Steering chemical reactions with laser pulses
- Physical activity keeps hippocampus healthy in people at risk for Alzheimer's disease
- High-calorie, low-nutrient foods in kids' TV programs
- Toward unraveling the Alzheimer's mystery: New step points to proteins
- ADHD drug may help preserve self-control resources
- New discovery helps solve mystery source of African lava
- How Australia's Outback got one million feral camels: Camels culled on large scale
- Political ravens? Ravens understand the relationships among others
- Picture books aren't just fun: Children learn sophisticated animal facts when parent read them
- Hip width, sexual behavior compared
- Inverse effects of midlife occupational, leisure time physical activity on mobility limitation in old age
- Liquid spacetime: What if spacetime were a kind of fluid?
- Best practices in communication for animal world
- Brain circuits involved in emotion discovered by neuroscientists
- Cougars’ diverse diet helped them survive the mass extinction that wiped out the saber-tooth cat, American lion
- Effectiveness of medications for treating epileptic seizures in children examined
- New drugs offer hope for migraine prevention
- Risk of pregnancy greater with newer method of female sterilization
- Bioinformatics profiling identifies a new mammalian clock gene
- Critical new protein complex involved in learning, memory
- Checking up on crude oil in the ground: Nanoreporters tell 'sour' oil from 'sweet'
- Mantis shrimp stronger than airplanes: Composite material inspired by shrimp stronger than standard used in airplane frames
- Neuroimaging Technique: Live from inside the cell in real-time
- How cells take out the trash
- For an immune cell, microgravity mimics aging
- First size-based chromatography technique for the study of livi
- Neurotics don't just avoid action: They dislike it, study finds
- Applying math to biology: Software identifies disease-causing mutations in undiagnosed illnesses
- Fat metabolism in animals altered to prevent most common type of heart disease
- Major advances in dye sensitized solar cells
- Unlocking secrets of new solar material
- Wildlife response to climate change is likely underestimated, experts warn
- Male health linked to testosterone exposure in womb, study finds
- Brain size matters when it comes to animal self-control
- Report recommends insurers use prescription monitoring data to reduce opioid abuse, deaths
- Life stressors trigger neurological disorders, researchers find
- Speed-reading apps may impair reading comprehension by limiting ability to backtrack
- How the body fights against viruses
- People pay more attention to upper half of field of vision, study shows
- New design for mobile phone masts could cut carbon emissions
- Researchers identify a new variant of Ebola virus in Guinea
- RNA shows potential as boiling-resistant anionic polymer material for nanoarchitectures
- International team sequences rainbow trout genome
- Quantum simulators developed to study inaccessible physical systems
- Combination of alcohol, tobacco increases risk of esophageal cancer
- 179 million cases of acute diarrhea in U.S. each year, most preventable
- Vacuum ultraviolet lamp of the future created
- High-performance, low-cost ultracapacitors built with graphene and carbon nanotubes
- Commonly available blood-pressure medication prevents epilepsy after severe brain injury
- Two genes linked to inflammatory bowel disease
- iPad users explore data with their fingers: Kinetica converts tabular data into touch-friendly format
- Child's autism risk accelerates with mother's age over 30
- Cloaked DNA nanodevices survive pilot mission
- Nanomaterial outsmarts ions: Novel types of electronic components made of graphene
- Like a hall of mirrors, nanostructures trap photons inside ultrathin solar cells
- Bariatric surgery health benefits: Is it bile acids at work?
- New way to enhance nerve growth following injury discovered
- First brain images of African infants enable research into cognitive effects of nutrition
- Cow manure harbors diverse new antibiotic resistance genes
- CT measures potentially dangerous arterial plaque in diabetic patients
- Protein expression gets the heart pumping
- How are we different and what gave us the advantage over extinct types of humans like the Neanderthals?
- UV-radiation data to help ecological research
- Tarantulas' personality determines whether they copulate with males or cannibalize them
- Red stars and big bulges: How black holes shape galaxies
- Solved: Mysteries of a nearby planetary system
- Sleep behavior disorder linked to brain disease
- Higher solar-cell efficiency achieved with zinc-oxide coating
- 'Upside-down planet' reveals new method for studying binary star systems
- Sleeping away infection: Researchers find link between sleep, immune function in fruitflies
- Queuing theory helps physicist understand protein recycling
- Today's Antarctic region once as hot as California, Florida
- Earth Week: Bark beetles change Rocky Mountain stream flows, affect water quality
- Increased prevalence of celiac disease in children with irritable bowel syndrome
- First Eurasians left Africa up to 130,000 years ago
- LEDs get seal of approval: Safe for skin, experts say
- Plague in your family: Family tree of black death bacterium explored
- Fast, simple-to-use assay reveals 'family tree' of cancer metastases
- Krypton used to accurately date ancient Antarctic ice
- 'Dustman' protein helps kill cancer cells
- Mystery behind general anesthetic action becoming more clear
- Safer alternatives to nonsteroidal antinflamatory pain killers
- Progress made in developing nanoscale electronics: New research directs charges through single molecules
- Taking the pulse of mountain formation in the Andes
- Lack of breeding threatens blue-footed boobies' survival
- Physicists push new Parkinson's treatment toward clinical trials
- Regulating legal marijuana could be guided by lessons from alcohol, tobacco, study says
- Ginseng can treat, prevent influenza, RSV, researcher finds
- Mental illness not usually linked to crime, research finds
- Computer-assisted accelerator design
- Novel function of protein linked to Alzheimer's disease discovered
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