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Spider Electro-Combs Its Sticky Nano-Filaments
Jan. 27, 2015 — A spider commonly found in garden centers in Britain is giving fresh insights into how to spin incredibly long and strong fibers just a few nanometers thick. The majority of spiders spin silk threads ... full story -
Sugary Drinks Linked to Earlier Onset of Menstrual Periods
Jan. 27, 2015 — Girls who frequently consume sugary drinks tend to start their menstrual periods earlier than girls who do not, according to new research. The findings are important not only because of the growing ... full story -
Psychopathic Violent Offenders’ Brains Can’t Understand Punishment
Jan. 27, 2015 — Psychopathic violent offenders have abnormalities in the parts of the brain related to learning from punishment, according to an MRI ... full story -
Researchers Tune Friction in Ionic Solids at the Nanoscale
Jan. 27, 2015 — New experiments have uncovered a way of controlling friction on ionic surfaces at the nanoscale using electrical stimulation and ambient water ... full story -
NASA's Dawn Spacecraft Captures Best-Ever View of Dwarf Planet Ceres
Jan. 27, 2015 — NASA's Dawn spacecraft has returned the sharpest images ever seen of the dwarf planet Ceres. The images were taken 147,000 miles (237,000 kilometers) from Ceres on Jan. 25, and represent a new ... full story -
Infant Failure to Thrive Linked to Lysosome Dysfunction
Jan. 27, 2015 — Neonatal intestinal disorders that prevent infants from getting the nutrients they need may be caused by defects in the lysosomal system -- or cell recycling center -- that occur before weaning. ... full story -
Stomach Acid-Powered Micromotors Get Their First Test in a Living Animal
Jan. 27, 2015 — Researchers have shown that a micromotor fueled by stomach acid can take a bubble-powered ride inside a mouse. These tiny motors, each about one-fifth the width of a human hair, may someday offer a ... full story -
Early Mesoamericans Affected by Climate Change
Jan. 27, 2015 — Scientists have reconstructed the past climate for the region around Cantona, a large fortified city in highland Mexico, and found the population drastically declined in the past, at least in part ... full story -
Dog Disease in Lions Spread by Multiple Species
Jan. 27, 2015 — Canine distemper, a viral disease that's been infecting the famed lions of Tanzania's Serengeti National Park, appears to be spread by multiple animal species, according to a study ... full story -
New Mechanism Unlocked for Evolution of Green Fluorescent Protein
Jan. 27, 2015 — A primary challenge in the biosciences is to understand the way major evolutionary changes in nature are accomplished. Sometimes the route turns out to be very simple. An example of such simplicity ... full story -
Asteroid That Flew Past Earth Has Moon
Jan. 27, 2015 — Scientists working with NASA's 230-foot-wide (70-meter) Deep Space Network antenna at Goldstone, California, have released the first radar images of asteroid 2004 BL86. The images show the ... full story -
Easter Island Mystery: Why Did the Native Culture Die Out?
Jan. 27, 2015 — Long before the Europeans arrived on Easter Island in 1722, the native Polynesian culture known as Rapa Nui showed signs of demographic decline. However, the catalyst has long been debated in the ... full story -
'Yellowballs' Are Part of the Development of Massive Star
Jan. 27, 2015 — Citizen scientists wanted to know: What are the yellow objects on these infrared images from the Spitzer Space Telescope? Astronomers now report that the "yellowballs" are part of the ... full storyMore: -
How Creative Are You? Depends Where You're from
Jan. 27, 2015 — With the 'creative class' on the rise, many businesses are trying to capitalize on imagination and innovation. But when it comes to creative juices, some societies have a faster flow than ... full story -
That's Using Your Head: Brain Regulates Fat Metabolism, Potentially Stopping Disease
Jan. 27, 2015 — Atherosclerosis -- hardening and narrowing of the arteries -- can be caused by fat build up that causes plaque deposits, and is one of the main causes of cardiovascular disease. Now a researcher has ... full story -
New Pathway to Valleytronics: Femtosecond Laser Used to Manipulate Valley Excitons
Jan. 27, 2015 — Researchers have uncovered a promising new pathway to valleytronics, a potential quantum computing technology in which information is coded based on the wavelike motion of electrons moving through ... full story -
Things Smell Good for a Reason
Jan. 27, 2015 — Antioxidants are natural food ingredients that protect cells from harmful influences. Their main task is to neutralize so-called 'free radicals' which are produced in the process of ... full story -
The World's Oldest Known Snake Fossils: Rolling Back the Clock by Nearly 70 Million Years
Jan. 27, 2015 — Fossilized remains of four ancient snakes have been dated between 140 and 167 million years old -- nearly 70 million years older than the previous record of ancient snake fossils -- and are changing ... full story -
Targeted MRI/ultrasound Beats Standard Biopsy to Detect High-Risk Prostate Cancer
Jan. 27, 2015 — Targeted biopsy using new fusion technology that combines magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) with ultrasound is more effective than standard biopsy in detecting high-risk prostate cancer, according to ... full story -
Brain Region Vulnerable to Aging Is Larger in Those With Longevity Gene Variant
Jan. 27, 2015 — People who carry a variant of a gene that is associated with longevity also have larger volumes in a front part of the brain involved in planning and decision-making, according to ... full story
- Spider electro-combs its sticky nano-filaments
- Sugary drinks linked to earlier onset of menstrual periods
- Psychopathic Violent Offenders’ Brains Can’t Understand Punishment
- Researchers tune friction in ionic solids at the nanoscale
- NASA's Dawn spacecraft captures best-ever view of dwarf planet Ceres
- Infant failure to thrive linked to lysosome dysfunction
- Stomach acid-powered micromotors get their first test in a living animal
- Early Mesoamericans affected by climate change
- Dog disease in lions spread by multiple species
- New mechanism unlocked for evolution of green fluorescent protein
- Asteroid that flew past Earth has moon
- Easter Island mystery: Why did the native culture die out?
- 'Yellowballs' are part of the development of massive star
- How creative are you? Depends where you're from
- That's using your head: Brain regulates fat metabolism, potentially stopping disease
- New pathway to valleytronics: Femtosecond laser used to manipulate valley excitons
- Things smell good for a reason
- The world's oldest known snake fossils: Rolling back the clock by nearly 70 million years
- Targeted MRI/ultrasound beats standard biopsy to detect high-risk prostate cancer
- Brain region vulnerable to aging is larger in those with longevity gene variant
- Bubbles from the galactic center: A key to understanding dark matter and our galaxy's past?
- Inherited gene variation helps explain drug toxicity in patients of East Asian ancestry
- Unlocking the kidney riddle in newborns
- Negative patient-doctor communication could worsen symptoms
- Ancient star system reveals Earth-sized planets forming near start of universe
- Salivary biomarkers predict oral feeding readiness in preterm newborns
- The origin of life: Labyrinths as crucibles of life
- Carbon accumulation by Southeastern U.S. forests may slow
- Neuroscience researchers believe in quitting smoking gradually
- Smoking may increase risks for patients being treated for prostate cancer
- The laser pulse that gets shorter all by itself
- Researchers find hormone that increases the sex drive of mice
- New search engine lets users look for relevant results faster
- Keeping the kraken asleep: Insight into the role of stem cells in leukemia
- Probiotic helps treat diabetes in rats, could lead to human remedy
- Bad weather warnings most effective if probability included, new research suggests
- Researchers find potential anti-cancer use for anti-epilepsy drug
- Respiratory chain: Protein complex structure revealed
- Age concern in largest ever study of heroin user deaths
- New tattoos discovered on iceman Oetzi: All of the skin marks on the mummy mapped
- How do small birds survive cold winters?
- Carbon nanoballs can greatly contribute to sustainable energy supply
- Decisions on Future Childbearing in Women Diagnosed with a Meningioma
- MRIs link impaired brain activity to inability to regulate emotions in autism
- Analysis rejects linkage between testosterone therapy, cardiovascular risk
- Blood transfusions during heart surgery increase risk of pneumonia
- Unique aortic aneurysm repair shows promise
- Drug candidates can block pathway associated with cell death in Parkinson's disease
- Researchers pinpoint two genes that trigger severest form of ovarian cancer
- 'Bulletproof' Battery: Kevlar Membrane for Safer, Thinner Lithium Rechargeables
- Using stem cells to grow new hair
- Making a tiny rainbow: 300 colors about as wide as a human hair
- Protein-based therapy shows promise against resistant leukemia
- Lung cancer predicted to overtake breast cancer as leading cause of cancer death among European women in 2015
- Ads effective even in the midst of multitasking, studies find
- New model better predicts breast cancer risk in African American women
- Care eliminates racial disparity in colon cancer survival rates, study finds
- Pilotless aircraft will play critical roles in precision agriculture
- Relationship critical for how cells ingest matter
- Researchers use oxides to flip graphene conductivity
- Beating the clock: researchers develop new treatment for rabies
- Cooperation between cancer cells makes therapies ineffective, suggests new treatment
- Risk for younger adults with isolated systolic hypertension
- Antiangiogenesis drugs could make major improvement in tuberculosis treatment
- How a cancer-causing virus blocks human immune response
- Chronic insomniacs may face increased risk of hypertension
- New breast cancer risk prediction model more accurate than current model
- High cholesterol in 30s, 40s, increases later risk of heart disease
- Researchers image, measure tubulin transport in cilia
- Engineering self-assembling amyloid fibers
- More than half of ICU patients on ventilators have the ability to communicate
- Students master math through movement using Kinect for Windows
- Gigantic ring system around J1407b much larger, heavier than Saturn's
- Girls lead boys in academic achievement globally
- Electronic circuits with reconfigurable pathways closer to reality
- Are medications' adverse cognitive effects reversible?
- Winters in Siberian permafrost regions have warmed since millenia
- Support cells in brain offer new strategy to boost memory
- Scientists discover a new blood platelet formation mechanism
- Global warming doubles risk of extreme La Niña event, research shows
- Higher dementia risk linked to more use of common drugs
- Possible therapeutic target for common, but mysterious brain blood vessel disorder
- Brain white matter changes seen in children who experience neglect
- Largest-ever autism genome study finds most siblings have different autism-risk genes
- New strategy to combat 'undruggable' cancer molecule
- New Canadian guideline to help prevent, manage adult obesity
- Nocturnal leg cramps more common in summer
- Got bees? Got vitamin A? Got malaria? Loss of pollinators increases risk of malnutrition, disease
- Lung cancer: Study finds potential new drug target
- Dental experts show why wound healing is impaired in diabetics
- Is head CT overused in emergency departments?
- Brain study sheds light on how children with autism process social play
- Cochlear implant users can hear, feel the beat in music
- Partly wrong with a chance of being right: Weather forecast
- Researchers identify materials to improve biofuel, petroleum processing
- Sounds of silence: Brain activity analysis informs researchers on how vocalization works
- Swarm of microprobes to head for Jupiter
- Climate models disagree on why temperature 'wiggles' occur
- Would you tell your manager you had a mental health problem?
- Shell growth observed thanks to 'ion sponge'
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