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Pesticide DDT Linked to Slow Metabolism, Obesity and Diabetes, Mouse Study Finds
July 30, 2014 — A new study in mice is the first to show that developmental exposure to DDT increases the risk of females later developing metabolic syndrome -- a cluster of conditions that include increased body ... full story -
Vocal Variety in African Penguins: Four Basic Vocalizations Used for Adult Communication, Two More for the Young
July 30, 2014 — Adult African penguins communicate using four different vocalizations and juveniles and chicks use two begging calls to request ... full story -
New Malaria Vaccine Candidates Identified
July 30, 2014 — Researchers have discovered new vaccine targets that could help in the battle against malaria. Taking a new, large-scale approach to this search, researchers tested a library of proteins from the ... full story -
Fear of Losing Money, Not Spending Habits, Affects Investor Risk Tolerance
July 30, 2014 — Scientists analyzed the causes of risk tolerance and found that loss aversion, or the fear of losing money, is the primary factor that explains investors' risk ... full story -
Antarctic Ice Sheet Is Result of Carbon Dioxide Decrease, Not Continental Breakup
July 30, 2014 — Climate modelers have shown that the most likely explanation for the initiation of Antarctic glaciation during a major climate shift 34 million years ago was decreased carbon dioxide levels. The ... 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 -
Kids With Autism and Sensory Processing Disorders Show Differences in Brain Wiring
July 30, 2014 — Researchers have found that children with sensory processing disorders have decreased structural brain connections in specific sensory regions different than those in autism, further establishing SPD ... 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 -
Barnacles: Marine 'Pest' Provides Advances in Maritime Anti-Fouling and Biomedicine
July 30, 2014 — Biologists performed cutting-edge research on a marine pest that will pave the way for novel anti-fouling paint for ships and boats and also improve bio-adhesives for medical and industrial ... 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 -
Birthweight and Breastfeeding Have Implications for Children's Health Decades Later
July 30, 2014 — Young adults who were breastfed for three months or more as babies have a significantly lower risk of chronic inflammation associated with cardiovascular and metabolic diseases, according to new ... 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 -
Finding Quantum 'Lines of Desire': Physicists Track Quantum System's Wanderings Through Quantum State Space
July 30, 2014 — What paths do quantum particles, such as atoms or photons, follow through quantum state space? Scientists have used an "artificial atom" to continuously and repeatedly record the paths ... full storyMore: -
Supportive Moms and Sisters Boost Female Baboon's Rank
July 30, 2014 — A study of dominance in female baboons suggests that the route to a higher rank is to maintain close ties with mom, and to have lots of supportive ... full story -
Saving Seeds the Right Way Can Save the World's Plants
July 30, 2014 — Exotic pests, shrinking ranges and a changing climate threaten some of the world's most rare and ecologically important plants, and so conservationists establish seed collections to save the ... full story -
Dimly Lit Working Environments: Correcting Body Clock Is Possible
July 30, 2014 — Researchers have, for the first time, conducted a study under real conditions on the body clocks of members of an international polar research station. The researchers have shown that a particular ... full story -
Naltrexone May Be Effective in Diminishing Impulse Control Disorders in Parkinson's Disease Patients
July 30, 2014 — Parkinson's disease (PD) patients may confront a common but largely unrecognized challenge: the occurrence of impulse control disorders (ICDs) such as compulsive gambling, sexual behavior, ... full story -
Many Depressed Preschoolers Still Suffer in Later School Years
July 30, 2014 — Children diagnosed with depression as preschoolers are likely to suffer from depression as school-age children and young adolescents, new research shows. The investigators followed 246 children, now ... full story -
Nature Inspires a Greener Way to Make Colorful Plastics
July 30, 2014 — Long before humans figured out how to create colors, nature had already perfected the process -- think stunning, bright butterfly wings of many different hues, for example. Now scientists are tapping ... full story
- Pesticide DDT linked to slow metabolism, obesity and diabetes, mouse study finds
- Vocal variety in African penguins: Four basic vocalizations used for adult communication, two more for the young
- New malaria vaccine candidates identified
- Fear of losing money, not spending habits, affects investor risk tolerance
- Antarctic ice sheet is result of carbon dioxide decrease, not continental breakup
- Deep-sea octopus broods eggs for over four years -- longer than any known animal
- Kids with autism and sensory processing disorders show differences in brain wiring
- Scientists reproduce evolutionary changes by manipulating embryonic development of mice
- Barnacles: Marine 'pest' provides advances in maritime anti-fouling and biomedicine
- Tidal forces gave moon its shape early in its history, new analysis finds
- Double star with weird and wild planet-forming discs
- Birthweight and breastfeeding have implications for children's health decades later
- 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
- Supportive moms and sisters boost female baboon's rank
- Saving seeds the right way can save the world's plants
- Dimly lit working environments: Correcting body clock is possible
- Naltrexone may be effective in diminishing impulse control disorders in Parkinson's disease patients
- Many depressed preschoolers still suffer in later school years
- Nature inspires a greener way to make colorful plastics
- Exploring 3-D printing to make organs for transplants
- Decades-old amber collection offers new views of a lost world: Tiny grasshopper encased in amber
- Solar energy: Dyes help harvest light
- Heat-responsive polymers that do not breakdown in water may lead to new antifouling coatings and enhanced oil recovery
- Is a cancer drug working? Modified drug gives a 'green light' for its own success
- Mercury's bizzare magnetic field tells scientists how its interior is different from Earth's
- Scientists caution against exploitation of deep ocean
- Toward a home test for detecting potentially dangerous levels of caffeine
- Sugar mimics guide stem cells toward neural fate
- Climate extremes are here to stay: Expect more heat waves and cold snaps
- Spin-based electronics: New material successfully tested
- New catalyst converts carbon dioxide to fuel
- Peru's carbon quantified: Economic and conservation boon
- Numerical learning disability: Dyscalculia linked to difficulties in reading and spelling
- Superman's solar-powered feats break a fundamental law of physics
- All-in-one energy system offers greener power for off–grid homes, farms and businesses
- Ice age lion figurine: Ancient fragment of ivory belonging to 40,000 year old animal figurine unearthed
- Good news for couch potatoes: 3-D TV may be the victim of negative preconceptions
- Chinese mosquitoes on the Baltic Sea: Ancient insect inclusions in East-Asian amber
- Ablation increases survival for adults with atrial fibrillation
- Brain response to appetizing food cues varies among obese people
- Teen insomnia linked with depression, anxiety
- Fossils found in Siberia suggest all dinosaurs could have been feathered
- Soy may help women's hearts if they start early
- Acupuncture provides significant quality of life improvements among breast cancer patients taking drugs to prevent recurrence, study shows
- A blood test for suicide risk? Alterations to a single gene could predict risk of suicide attempt
- Revolutionary microshutter technology hurdles significant challenges
- NASA-funded X-ray instrument settles interstellar debate
- Weighing the Milky Way: Researchers devise precise method for calculating the mass of galaxies
- Prehistoric dairy farming at the extremes
- Problem drinking in midlife doubles chance of memory problems in later life
- A blood test could help prevent neural tube birth defects
- Why we should vaccinate boys against HPV as well as girls
- Five daily portions of fruit and vegetables may be enough to lower risk of early death
- Striatal dopamine transporter binding correlates with body composition and visual attention bias for food cues in healthy young men
- Eating tree nuts results in 'modest decreases' in blood fats and sugars, survey finds
- Dieting young may lead to poor health outcomes later: Trends in dieting strategies in young adult women from 1982 to 2012
- Drinking sugar-sweetened beverages during adolescence impairs memory, animal study suggests
- Blood sugar levels closely linked to how our brains respond to the sight of food, twin study finds
- Maternal obesity modulates offspring microflora composition and gastrointestinal functions, animal study shows
- Time of arrival at hospital impacts time to treatment and survival of heart attack patients
- World's smallest propeller could be used for microscopic medicine
- Vaccine against tick-transmitted disease under development
- Vision-correcting display makes reading glasses so yesterday
- Underwater elephants: Mixed impacts of the world's largest -- and threatened -- parrotfish
- Huge waves measured for first time in Arctic Ocean
- Making cancer glow to improve surgical outcomes
- Mysterious molecules in space: Silicon-capped hydrocarbons may be source of 'diffuse interstellar bands'
- Urbanization of rural Africa associated with increased risk of heart disease and diabetes
- 'Killer sperm' prevents mating between worm species
- Watching neurons fire from a front-row seat
- Brainwaves can predict audience reaction of television programming
- Brand-specific television alcohol ads a significant predictor of brand consumption among underage youth
- A new way to make microstructured surfaces: Method can produce strong, lightweight materials with specific surface properties
- Menu secrets that can make you slim by design
- Research may explain how foremost anticancer 'guardian' protein learned to switch sides
- Tough foam from tiny sheets: Lab uses atom-thick materials to make ultralight foam
- 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
- Social origins of intelligence in the brain
- Diet affects males' and females' gut microbes differently
- Autistic brain less flexible at taking on tasks
- Famine in the Horn of Africa (1984) was caused by El Nino and currents in the Indian Ocean
- Optimum inertial self-propulsion design for snowman-like nanorobot
- Beyond invisibility cloaks? Flexible metamaterial absorbers developed
- Algae-eating native freshwater snails: 'Little janitor' merits attention in Florida springs health debate
- Kill switch in cell phones could save consumers more than $3.4 billion annually
- Help your infant or toddler cope with stressful events
- From finding Nemo to minerals: What riches lie in the deep sea?
- Congenital heart disease specialists develop nonsurgical technique to correct birth defects in premature infants
- Evolution in rainforest flies points to climate change survival
- Herpes remains active even when no symptoms appear
- Preterm children's brains can catch up years later
- Violent aftermath for the warriors at Alken Enge
- Worldwide water shortage by 2040
- New gadget helps vision-impaired to read graphs
- When it comes to gluten-free diets, unfounded beliefs abound
- Gasses from Kilauea volcano affected tropical storm Flossie formation
- Microscopic rowing -- without a cox: Cells' whip-like appendages can synchronize their movements
- Mysterious esophagus disease is autoimmune after all
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