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Scientists Achieve First Direct Observations of Excitons in Motion
Apr. 16, 2014 — A quasiparticle called an exciton -- responsible for the transfer of energy within devices such as solar cells, LEDs, and semiconductor circuits -- has been understood theoretically for decades. But ... full story -
A Study in Scarlet: Hot Newborn Stars Formed out of the Clouds
Apr. 16, 2014 — An area of the southern sky, in the constellation of Centaurus (The Centaur), is home to many bright nebulae, each associated with hot newborn stars that formed out of the clouds of hydrogen gas. The ... full story -
U.S.: Harsh Winters in East, Heat and Drought in West May Persist Due to 4,000-Year Pattern, and Climate Change
Apr. 16, 2014 — Last winter’s curvy jet stream pattern brought mild temperatures to western North America and harsh cold to the East. A new study shows that pattern became more pronounced 4,000 years ago, and ... full story -
Functional Brain Imaging Reliably Predicts Which Vegetative Patients Have Potential to Recover Consciousness
Apr. 15, 2014 — A functional brain imaging technique known as positron emission tomography is a promising tool for determining which severely brain damaged individuals in vegetative states have the potential to ... full story -
Antibiotics Improve Growth in Children in Developing Countries
Apr. 15, 2014 — Antibiotics improve growth in children at risk of undernourishment in low and middle income countries, according to researchers who have just conducted a research literature review on the subject. ... full story -
Prolonged, Heavy Bleeding During Menopause Is Common
Apr. 15, 2014 — Women going through menopause most likely think of it as the time for an end to predictable monthly periods. Researchers say it's normal, however, for the majority of them to experience an ... full story -
New Study Outlines 'Water World' Theory of Life's Origins
Apr. 15, 2014 — Life took root more than four billion years ago on our nascent Earth, a wetter and harsher place than now, bathed in sizzling ultraviolet rays. What started out as simple cells ultimately transformed ... full story -
Repeated Self-Healing Now Possible in Composite Materials
Apr. 15, 2014 — Internal damage in fiber-reinforced composites, materials used in structures of modern airplanes and automobiles, is difficult to detect and nearly impossible to repair by conventional methods. A ... full story -
New Technique Will Accelerate Genetic Characterization of Photosynthesis
Apr. 15, 2014 — Photosynthesis provides fixed carbon and energy for nearly all life on Earth, yet many aspects of this fascinating process remain mysterious. We do not know the full list of the parts of the ... full story -
Brain Anatomy Differences Between Deaf, Hearing Depend on First Language Learned
Apr. 15, 2014 — In the first known study of its kind, researchers have shown that the language we learn as children affects brain structure, as does hearing status. 'What we've learned to date about ... full story -
Mouse Model Would Have Predicted Toxicity of Drug That Killed 5 in 1993 Clinical Trial
Apr. 15, 2014 — Over 20 years after the fatal fialuridine trial, a new study demonstrates that mice with humanized livers recapitulate the drug's toxicity. The work suggests that this mouse model should be ... full story -
Neuroscientists Disprove Important Idea About Brain-Eye Coordination
Apr. 15, 2014 — By predicting our eye movements, our brain creates a stable world for us. Researchers used to think that those predictions had so much influence that they could cause us to make errors in estimating ... full story -
Chrono, the Last Piece of the Circadian Clock Puzzle?
Apr. 15, 2014 — All organisms, from mammals to fungi, have daily cycles controlled by a tightly regulated internal clock, called the circadian clock. The whole-body circadian clock, influenced by the exposure to ... full story -
Brain Changes Associated With Casual Marijuana Use in Young Adults: More 'Joints' Equal More Damage
Apr. 15, 2014 — The size and shape of two brain regions involved in emotion and motivation may differ in young adults who smoke marijuana at least once a week, according to a new study. The findings suggest that ... full storyMore: -
Long-Term Predictions for Miami Sea Level Rise Could Be Available Relatively Soon
Apr. 15, 2014 — Miami could know as early as 2020 how high sea levels will rise into the next century, according to a team of researchers. Scientists conclude that sea level rise is one of the most certain ... full story -
Potent, Puzzling and (Now Less) Toxic: Team Discovers How Antifungal Drug Works
Apr. 15, 2014 — Scientists have solved a decades-old medical mystery -- and in the process have found a potentially less toxic way to fight invasive fungal infections, which kill about 1.5 million people a year. The ... full story -
Astronomers: 'Tilt-a-Worlds' Could Harbor Life
Apr. 15, 2014 — A fluctuating tilt in a planet's orbit does not preclude the possibility of life, according to new research. In fact, sometimes it may help. That's because such "tilt-a-worlds," ... full storyMore: -
Pre-Diabetes, Diabetes Nearly Double Over the Past Two Decades
Apr. 15, 2014 — Cases of diabetes and pre-diabetes in the United States have nearly doubled since 1988, suggests new research, with obesity apparently to blame for the surge. The researchers also found that the ... full story -
SSRI Use During Pregnancy Linked to Autism and Developmental Delays in Boys
Apr. 15, 2014 — In a study of nearly 1,000 mother-child pairs, researchers found that prenatal exposure to selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs), a frequently prescribed treatment for depression, anxiety ... full story -
Real-Time Audio of Corporal Punishment Shows Kids Misbehave Within 10 Minutes of Spanking
Apr. 15, 2014 — Real-time audio recordings of children being spanked showed parents responded impulsively or emotionally, rather than being intentional with their discipline, says a psychologist and parenting ... full story
- Scientists achieve first direct observations of excitons in motion
- A study in scarlet: Hot newborn stars formed out of the clouds
- U.S.: Harsh winters in east, heat and drought in west may persist due to 4,000-year pattern, and climate change
- Functional brain imaging reliably predicts which vegetative patients have potential to recover consciousness
- Antibiotics improve growth in children in developing countries
- Prolonged, heavy bleeding during menopause is common
- New study outlines 'water world' theory of life's origins
- Repeated self-healing now possible in composite materials
- New technique will accelerate genetic characterization of photosynthesis
- Brain anatomy differences between deaf, hearing depend on first language learned
- Mouse model would have predicted toxicity of drug that killed 5 in 1993 clinical trial
- Neuroscientists disprove important idea about brain-eye coordination
- Chrono, the last piece of the circadian clock puzzle?
- Brain changes associated with casual marijuana use in young adults: More 'joints' equal more damage
- Long-term predictions for Miami sea level rise could be available relatively soon
- Potent, puzzling and (now less) toxic: Team discovers how antifungal drug works
- Astronomers: 'Tilt-a-worlds' could harbor life
- Pre-diabetes, diabetes nearly double over the past two decades
- SSRI use during pregnancy linked to autism and developmental delays in boys
- Real-time audio of corporal punishment shows kids misbehave within 10 minutes of spanking
- Breaking bad mitochondria: How hepatitis C survives for so long
- Kids' earliest memories might be earlier than they think
- Cultivating happiness often misunderstood
- Lifestyle determines gut microbes: Study with modern hunter-gatherers tells tale of bacteria co-evolution
- How mothers help children explore right and wrong
- Lens turns any smartphone into a portable microscope
- Biologists develop nanosensors to visualize movements and distribution of plant stress hormone
- Gut capacity limits bird's ability to adapt to rapid climate change
- Tiger beetle's chase highlights mechanical law
- Osteoporosis risk heightened among sleep apnea patients
- Genetic pre-disposition toward exercise, mental development may be linked
- New method of screening children for autism spectrum disorders works at 9 months old
- Targeting cancer with a triple threat: New nanoparticles can deliver three drugs at once
- New method isolates immune cells to study how they ward off oral diseases
- Bioarchaeologists link climate instability to human mobility in ancient Sahara
- Key to easy asthma diagnosis is in the blood
- Flaw in 'secure' cloud storage could put privacy at risk
- Regenerated esophagus transplanted in rats
- Sibling cooperation in earwig families provides clues to the early evolution of social behavior
- New insight into SIDS deaths points to lack of oxygen
- Vitamin D deficiency, cognition appear to be linked in older adults
- Hair from infants gives clues about life in womb
- Sensitive detection method may help impede illicit nuclear trafficking
- Whooping cough bacterium evolving in Australia, research shows
- Engineers develop new materials for hydrogen storage
- Bizarre parasite may provide cuttlefish clues
- Outgoing behavior makes for happier humans: Across cultures, extroverts have more fun
- MRI pinpoints region of brain injury in some concussion patients
- European climate at the 2 degrees Celsius global warming threshold
- New therapy helps to improve stereoscopic vision in stroke patients
- Scientists come up with method of reducing solar panel glare
- New design for mobile phone masts could cut carbon emissions
- Obesity: Are lipids hard drugs for the brain?
- Deforestation could intensify climate change in Congo Basin by half
- Exams in cold auditoriums? Better memory at ideal temperature
- Intelligent prosthetic liners could ease pain for lower limb amputees
- Nanocrystalline cellulose modified into efficient viral inhibitor
- Outcome of stroke worse for people with infection
- Medieval slave trade routes in Eastern Europe extended from Finland and the Baltic Countries to Central Asia
- Moth study suggests hidden climate change impacts
- Experimental blood test spots recurrent breast cancers, monitors response to treatment
- Fiber-optic microscope will help physicians detect cancer, diseases at early stages
- Gene variant puts women at higher risk of Alzheimer's than it does men, study finds
- NASA Cassini images may reveal birth of a Saturn moon
- We're over the hill at 24, study says
- Everest trek shows how some people get type II diabetes
- Brand/type of helmet, mouthguard may not significantly reduce risk of sport-related concussion in high school football players
- Severe sleep apnea linked to increased risk of stroke, cancer, death
- Penicillin redux: Rearming proven warriors for the 21st century
- 'Problem wells' source of greenhouse gas at unexpected stage of natural gas production
- Faithful allies since the Cretaceous: Symbiosis between beewolves and protective bacteria originated millions of years ago
- Fire and drought may push Amazonian forests beyond tipping point
- Plugging an ozone hole: Extreme Antarctic ozone holes have not been replicated in Arctic
- Ferns borrowed genes to flourish in low light
- Air pollution over Asia influences global weather and makes Pacific storms more intense
- Lashing out at your spouse? Check your blood sugar
- Cosmic slurp: Supercomputers help astronomers understand and predict how black holes swallow stars
- Cybersecurity researchers roll out a new heartbleed solution: Red Herring creates decoy servers, entraps, monitors hackers
- Making dams safer for fish around the world
- Beam on target! Cebaf accelerator delivered high-energy electron beams
- Babies prefer fairness -- but only if it benefits them -- in choosing a playmate
- Four new species of 'killer sponges' from the deep sea
- House windows that double as solar panels? Shiny quantum dots brighten future of solar cells
- Three new species of yellow-shouldered bats discovered in museum collections
- Likely key driver of colorectal cancer development, progression
- 'MicroRNA' could be key target for bowel cancer treatment
- Pharmacists can significantly improve blood pressure, cholesterol in stroke patients
- Patients with kidney failure to get a new lease on life
- Neuroscientists: Brain activity may mark beginning of memories
- Antibiotics Alone Are Successful Treatment for Uncomplicated Acute Appendicitis in Children
- Let the sun shine in: Redirecting sunlight to dark urban alleyways
- Puget Sound's rich waters supplied by deep, turbulent canyon
- Device turns flat surface into spherical antenna
- SpaceX’s Dragon headed to space station to create astronaut farmers
- International Space Station to beam video via laser back to Earth
- New 'tunable' semiconductors will allow better detectors, solar cells
- Nutrient-rich forests absorb more carbon
- Result of slow degradation on environmental pollutants
- Surgeons develop personalized 3-D printed kidney to simulate surgery prior to cancer operation
- Wolves at the door: Study finds recent wolf-dog hybridization in Caucasus region
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