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Is 'the Dress' White and Gold or Blue and Black? Visual Perception Expert Weighs in
Mar. 2, 2015 — On Feb. 26, a picture of a cocktail dress originally uploaded to the blog Tumblr swept the Internet and managed to divide the population over a simple question: What color is the dress? Some viewers ... full story -
Pens Filled With High-Tech Inks for Do-It-Yourself Sensors
Mar. 2, 2015 — A new simple tool developed by nanoengineers is opening the door to an era when anyone will be able to build sensors, anywhere, including physicians in the clinic, patients in their home and soldiers ... full story -
Forbidden Atomic Transitions: Controlling Matter 1,000 Times More Precisely Using High-Resolution Spectroscopy
Mar. 2, 2015 — A new twist on an old tool lets scientists use light to study and control matter with 1,000 times better resolution and precision than previously possible. Physicists have demonstrated ... full story -
Genetically Speaking, Mammals Are More Like Their Fathers
Mar. 2, 2015 — You might resemble or act more like your mother, but a novel research study reveals that mammals are genetically more like their dads. Specifically, the research shows that although we inherit equal ... full story -
Core Work: Iron Vapor Gives Clues to Formation of Earth and Moon
Mar. 2, 2015 — One of the world's most powerful radiation sources provides scientists clues about Earth's formation and how iron ... full story -
Scientists Crack Piece of Neural Code for Learning, Memory
Mar. 2, 2015 — Researchers describe how postmortem brain slices can be 'read' to determine how a rat was trained to behave in response to specific sounds, a new article suggests. The work provides one of ... full story -
Healthy-Looking Prostate Cells Mask Cancer-Causing Mutations
Mar. 2, 2015 — Prostate cells that look normal under the microscope may be hiding genetic mutations that could develop into cancer, prompting new ways to improve treatment for the disease, according to research. ... full story -
Old-Looking Galaxy in a Young Universe: Astronomers Find Dust in the Early Universe
Mar. 2, 2015 — Dust plays an extremely important role in the universe -- both in the formation of planets and new stars. But the earliest galaxies had no dust, only gas. Now an international team of astronomers has ... full story -
NASA Spacecraft Nears Historic Dwarf Planet Arrival
Mar. 2, 2015 — NASA's Dawn spacecraft has returned new images captured on approach to its historic orbit insertion at the dwarf planet Ceres. Dawn will be the first mission to successfully visit a dwarf planet ... full story -
Important Step Towards Quantum Computing: Metals at Atomic Scale
Mar. 2, 2015 — Scientists report that they could observe experimentally the current flow along channels at the crystal surfaces of topological insulators. The channels are less than one nanometer wide and extend ... full story -
Breakthrough in Organic Light Emitting Diodes Technology
Mar. 2, 2015 — Organic light emitting diodes (OLEDs), which are made from carbon-containing materials, have the potential to revolutionize future display technologies, making low-power displays so thin they'll ... full story -
Basal Cell Carcinoma Drug Encourages Both Cancer Regression and Loss of Taste in Patients
Mar. 2, 2015 — Many patients undergoing chemotherapy experience severe taste disruptions that make eating a challenge at a time when maintaining good nutrition is extremely important. Now, researchers report that ... full story -
Peanut Consumption Associated With Decreased Total Mortality and Mortality from Cardiovascular Diseases
Mar. 2, 2015 — Researchers have examined the association of nut and peanut consumption with mortality among low-income and racially diverse populations and found that intake of peanuts was associated with fewer ... full story -
Results Challenge Conventional Wisdom About Where the Brain Begins Processing Visual Information
Mar. 2, 2015 — Neuroscientists generally think of the front end of the human visual system as a simple light detection system: The patterns produced when light falls on the retina are relayed to the visual cortex ... full story -
Key to Tuberculosis Resistance Found
Mar. 2, 2015 — The cascade of events leading to bacterial infection and the immune response is mostly understood. However, the molecular mechanisms underlying the immune response to the bacteria that causes ... full story -
New Genetic Syndrome Found, Arising from Errors in 'Master Switch' During Early Development
Mar. 2, 2015 — Analyzing a puzzling multisystem disorder in three children, genetic experts have identified a new syndrome, shedding light on key biological processes during human development. The investigators ... full story -
Munching Bugs Thwart Eager Trees, Reducing the Carbon Sink
Mar. 2, 2015 — Hungry, plant-eating insects may limit the ability of forests to take up elevated levels of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, reducing their capacity to slow human-driven climate change, a new study ... full story -
Guidelines Suggest Blood Thinners for More Women, Seniors With AFib
Mar. 2, 2015 — Nearly all women and people over 65 in the U.S. with atrial fibrillation are advised to take blood thinners under new guidelines. Atrial fibrillation, or AFib, is an irregular heartbeat that can lead ... full story -
Sleep-Walking Neurons: Brain's GPS Never Stops Working -- Even During Sleep
Mar. 2, 2015 — Navigational brain cells that help sense direction are as electrically active during deep sleep as they are during wake time, scientists have discovered. Such information could be useful in treating ... full story -
Study on Adolescent Bariatric Surgery Safety Concludes
Mar. 2, 2015 — Cardiovascular risks of severe pediatric obesity, assessed among a recent study, have been recently published. The authors found that severely obese adolescents carry not only excess weight, but also ... full story
- Is 'the dress' white and gold or blue and black? Visual perception expert weighs in
- Pens filled with high-tech inks for do-it-yourself sensors
- Forbidden atomic transitions: Controlling matter 1,000 times more precisely using high-resolution spectroscopy
- Genetically speaking, mammals are more like their fathers
- Core work: Iron vapor gives clues to formation of Earth and moon
- Scientists crack piece of neural code for learning, memory
- Healthy-looking prostate cells mask cancer-causing mutations
- Old-looking galaxy in a young universe: Astronomers find dust in the early universe
- NASA spacecraft nears historic dwarf planet arrival
- Important step towards quantum computing: Metals at atomic scale
- Breakthrough in organic light emitting diodes technology
- Basal cell carcinoma drug encourages both cancer regression and loss of taste in patients
- Peanut consumption associated with decreased total mortality and mortality from cardiovascular diseases
- Results challenge conventional wisdom about where the brain begins processing visual information
- Key to tuberculosis resistance found
- New genetic syndrome found, arising from errors in 'master switch' during early development
- Munching bugs thwart eager trees, reducing the carbon sink
- Guidelines suggest blood thinners for more women, seniors with AFib
- Sleep-walking neurons: Brain's GPS never stops working -- even during sleep
- Study on adolescent bariatric surgery safety concludes
- Insulin resistance in the brain, behavioral disorders: Direct link found
- Lycopene may ward off kidney cancer in older women
- Clever application of magnetic force enhances laparoscopic surgery
- Smart crystallization
- Conservative treatment normalizes head shape in most infants with skull flattening, reports article
- Use of new systemic adjuvant therapy in gastrointestinal tumors increasing
- Mutation may cause early loss of sperm supply
- Scientists trick the light fantastic
- Blend of polymers could one day make solar power lighter, cheaper and more efficient
- Environment may change, but microbiome of queen bees does not
- Why nitrate supplementation may increase athletic performance
- Aerogel catalyst shows promise for fuel cells: Unzipped nanotubes turned into possible alternative for platinum
- Preventing metabolic disease may start in the womb... of your grandmother
- Mitochondrial 'shield' that helps cancer cells survive identified
- Anticholinergic drugs linked to risk for pneumonia in elderly
- Lab-on-paper developed for rapid, inexpensive medical diagnostics
- Oral swabs: New approach to diagnosing TB
- Supersonic electrons could produce future solar fuel
- Study identifies teens at-risk for synthetic marijuana use
- On-board school bus filtration system reduces pollutants by 88 percent
- New target identified in fight against Alzheimer's, multiple sclerosis
- Licorice manufacturers encouraged to state daily limit of consumption
- Norwegian mammals and birds have many different methods of surviving long, intense winter nights
- Black men less willing to be investigated for prostate cancer
- With kids' antipsychotic treatment on the rise, study looks at prescriber decision-making
- Alzheimer amyloid clumps found in young adult brains
- Pediatricians face increasing pressure to delay vaccinations, and more are giving in to parents' requests
- Interventional radiology offers new treatment for enlarged prostates
- 3-D printing offers innovative method to deliver medication
- Archaeologists open mysterious lead coffin found buried just feet from the former grave of King Richard III
- Kids who lack sympathy more likely to share with virtuous friends
- ‘Superhero vision’ technology measures European lake’s water quality from space
- Preventing spread of cancer with copper molecules
- Measles vaccine in modified form also effective against Chikungunya virus
- Teachers become healthier when they learn
- Enhancing high-temperature tolerance in plants: Effective on rice and tomatoes
- Borrowing from whales to engineer a new fluid sensor
- Treadmill performance predicts mortality
- Heart valve repair significantly improves emotional wellbeing in patients with mitral regurgitation
- Frequency of blood tests in heart surgery patients may lead to anemia, transfusions
- New views of enzyme structures offer insights into metabolism of cholesterol, other lipids
- Image-guided treatment shown to break the migraine cycle
- Genetics reveals where emperor penguins survived the last ice age
- First detailed microscopy evidence of bacteria at the lower size limit of life
- Crohn's disease not exempt from racial disparities
- Research of plain wren duets could help further understand fundamentals of conversation
- Life 'not as we know it' possible on Saturn's moon Titan
- Introverts prefer mountains
- The better to see you with: Prosthetic leg would keep an eye on path ahead
- New compounds protect nervous system from the structural damage characteristic of multiple sclerosis
- Reviving drugs with anti-stroke potential, minus side effects
- Robust evidence that chronic fatigue syndrome is a biological illness
- Bringing clean energy a step closer
- Energy use in buildings: Innovative, lower cost sensors and controls yield better energy efficiency
- Mystery of the reverse-wired eyeball solved
- Predicting human crowds with statistical physics
- How were fossil tracks made by Early Triassic swimming reptiles so well preserved?
- Cryptochrome protein helps birds navigate via magnetic field
- Enhancing studies on a possible blood biomarker for traumatic brain injury
- Physician-industry conflict of interest issue from MS patient perspective
- Growth signal can influence cancer cells' vulnerability to drugs, study suggests
- Aggressive boys tend to develop into physically stronger teens
- Study challenges theory on unconscious memory system in the brain
- Zombie outbreak? Statistical mechanics reveals the ideal hideout; and informs real disease modeling
- Saving energy: Increasing oil flow in the Keystone pipeline with electric fields
- HIV controls its activity independent of host cells
- High stress for new mothers increases secondhand smoke risk for infants
- Sun has more impact on the climate in cool periods
- Modern logging techniques benefit rainforest wildlife
- Breakthrough in understanding how cancer cells metastasize
- New breast cancer test links immune 'hotspots' to better survival
- New filter could advance terahertz data transmission
- Submarine data used to investigate turbulence beneath Arctic ice
- The biobattery: Turning sewage sludge into electricity and engine oil
- Feast-and-famine diet could help extend life, study suggests
- Transient details of HIV genome packaging captured
- Neurons controlling appetite made from skin cells
- Left or right? The brain knows before you move
- Living on the edge: Stars found far from galaxy center
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