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Microscopic Organism Plays a Big Role in Ocean Carbon Cycling
Apr. 24, 2014 — Scientists have taken a leap forward in understanding the microscopic underpinnings of the ocean carbon cycle by pinpointing a bacterium that appears to play a dominant role in carbon ... full story -
Genomic Diversity and Admixture Differs for Stone-Age Scandinavian Foragers and Farmers
Apr. 24, 2014 — Scientists report a breakthrough on understanding the demographic history of Stone-Age humans. A genomic analysis of eleven Stone-Age human remains from Scandinavia revealed that expanding Stone-age ... full story -
Some Corals Adjusting to Rising Ocean Temperatures
Apr. 24, 2014 — Scientists have revealed how some corals can quickly switch on or off certain genes in order to survive in warmer-than-average tidal waters. To most people, 86-degree Fahrenheit water is pleasant for ... full story -
Cosmic Illusion Revealed: Gravitational Lens Magnifies Supernova
Apr. 24, 2014 — Astronomers have announced the discovery of a galaxy that magnified a background, Type Ia supernova thirty-fold through gravitational lensing. This first example of strong gravitational lensing of a ... full story -
Ocean Microbes Display Remarkable Genetic Diversity: One Species, a Few Drops of Seawater, Hundreds of Coexisting Subpopulations
Apr. 24, 2014 — The smallest, most abundant marine microbe, Prochlorococcus, is a photosynthetic bacteria species essential to the marine ecosystem. An estimated billion billion billion of the single-cell creatures ... full story -
Genome Yields Insights Into Golden Eagle Vision, Smell
Apr. 24, 2014 — Scientists have sequenced the genome of the golden eagle, providing a bird's-eye view of eagle features that could lead to more effective conservation ... full story -
Tsetse Fly Genome Reveals Weaknesses: International 10-Year Project Unravels Biology of Disease-Causing Fly
Apr. 24, 2014 — Mining the genome of the disease-transmitting tsetse fly, researchers have revealed the genetic adaptions that allow it to have such unique biology and transmit disease to both humans and animals. ... full story -
Astronomical Forensics Uncover Planetary Disks in NASA's Hubble Archive
Apr. 24, 2014 — Astronomers using NASA's Hubble Space Telescope have applied a new image processing technique to obtain near-infrared scattered light photos of five disks observed around young stars in the ... full story -
Carbon Loss from Soil Accelerating Climate Change
Apr. 24, 2014 — New research has found that increased levels of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere cause soil microbes to produce more carbon dioxide, accelerating climate change. This research challenges our previous ... full story -
Scientists Build New 'Off Switch' to Shut Down Neural Activity
Apr. 24, 2014 — Nearly a decade ago, the era of optogenetics was ushered in with the development of channelrhodopsins, light-activated ion channels that can, with the flick of a switch, instantaneously turn on ... full storyMore: -
Skin Layer Grown from Human Stem Cells Could Replace Animals in Drug, Cosmetics Testing
Apr. 24, 2014 — The first lab-grown epidermis -- the outermost skin layer -- with a functional permeability barrier akin to real skin has been developed by scientists. The new epidermis, grown from human pluripotent ... full story -
Blood Cells Reprogrammed Into Blood Stem Cells in Mice
Apr. 24, 2014 — Researchers have reprogrammed mature blood cells from mice into blood-forming hematopoietic stem cells, using a cocktail of eight genetic switches called transcription factors. The reprogrammed cells ... full story -
New Genetic Brain Disorder in Humans Discovered
Apr. 24, 2014 — A newly identified genetic disorder associated with degeneration of the central and peripheral nervous systems in humans, along with the genetic cause, has been reported by researchers. By performing ... full story -
Oldest Pterodactyloid Species Discovered: Primitive Flying Reptile Took Wing 163 Million Years Ago
Apr. 24, 2014 — Scientists have discovered and named the earliest and most primitive pterodactyloid -- a group of flying reptiles that would go on to become the largest known flying creatures to have ever existed -- ... full story -
Your T-Shirt's Ringing: Printable Tiny Flexible Cell Phones for Clothes?
Apr. 24, 2014 — A new version of 'spaser' technology being investigated could mean that mobile phones become so small, efficient, and flexible they could be printed on clothing. A spaser is effectively a ... full story -
Microbes Provide Insights Into Evolution of Human Language
Apr. 23, 2014 — Research into Pseudomonas aeruginosa, a type of bacteria common in water and soil, shows that they can communicate in a way that was previously thought to be unique to humans and perhaps some other ... full story -
New Shape Discovered Using Rubber Bands
Apr. 23, 2014 — While setting out to fabricate new springs to support a cephalopod-inspired imaging project, a group of researchers stumbled upon a surprising discovery: the hemihelix, a shape rarely seen in nature. ... full story -
Drought May Take Toll on Congo Rainforest, NASA Satellites Show
Apr. 23, 2014 — A new analysis of NASA satellite data shows Africa's Congo rainforest, the second-largest tropical rainforest in the world, has undergone a large-scale decline in greenness over the past decade. ... full story -
Rural Microbes Could Boost City Dwellers' Health, Study Finds
Apr. 23, 2014 — The greater prevalence of asthma, allergies and other chronic inflammatory disorders among people of lower socioeconomic status might be due in part to their reduced exposure to the microbes that ... full story -
Male or Female? First Sex-Determining Genes Appeared in Mammals Some 180 Million Years Ago
Apr. 23, 2014 — The Y chromosome, which distinguishes males from females at the genetic level, appeared some 180 million years ago. It originated twice independently in all mammals. Scientists have managed to date ... full story
- Microscopic organism plays a big role in ocean carbon cycling
- Genomic diversity and admixture differs for stone-age Scandinavian foragers and farmers
- Some corals adjusting to rising ocean temperatures
- Cosmic illusion revealed: Gravitational lens magnifies supernova
- Ocean microbes display remarkable genetic diversity: One species, a few drops of seawater, hundreds of coexisting subpopulations
- Genome yields insights into golden eagle vision, smell
- Tsetse fly genome reveals weaknesses: International 10-year project unravels biology of disease-causing fly
- Astronomical forensics uncover planetary disks in NASA's Hubble archive
- Carbon loss from soil accelerating climate change
- Scientists build new 'off switch' to shut down neural activity
- Skin layer grown from human stem cells could replace animals in drug, cosmetics testing
- Blood cells reprogrammed into blood stem cells in mice
- New genetic brain disorder in humans discovered
- Oldest pterodactyloid species discovered: Primitive flying reptile took wing 163 million years ago
- Your T-shirt's ringing: Printable tiny flexible cell phones for clothes?
- Microbes provide insights into evolution of human language
- New shape discovered using rubber bands
- Drought may take toll on Congo rainforest, NASA satellites show
- Rural microbes could boost city dwellers' health, study finds
- Male or female? First sex-determining genes appeared in mammals some 180 million years ago
- Superconducting qubit array points the way to quantum computers
- Hearing quality restored with bionic ear technology used for gene therapy: Re-growing auditory nerves
- Scientists identify source of mysterious sound in the Southern Ocean
- Odds of storm waters overflowing Manhattan seawall up 20-fold
- Hundreds of genetic mutations found in healthy blood of a supercentenarian
- From liability to viability: Genes on the Y chromosome prove essential for male survival
- Surface area of the digestive tract much smaller than previously thought
- Political ravens? Ravens notice the relationships among others, study shows
- Liquid spacetime: What if spacetime were a kind of fluid?
- 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
- Mantis shrimp stronger than airplanes: Composite material inspired by shrimp stronger than standard used in airplane frames
- New electric fish genus, species discovered in Brazil's Rio Negro
- Fat metabolism in animals altered to prevent most common type of heart disease
- Male health linked to testosterone exposure in womb, study finds
- Brain size matters when it comes to animal self-control
- Life stressors trigger neurological disorders, researchers find
- Speed-reading apps may impair reading comprehension by limiting ability to backtrack
- People pay more attention to upper half of field of vision, study shows
- Researchers identify a new variant of Ebola virus in Guinea
- International team sequences rainbow trout genome
- Cloaked DNA nanodevices survive pilot mission
- Cow manure harbors diverse new antibiotic resistance genes
- How are we different and what gave us the advantage over extinct types of humans like the Neanderthals?
- 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
- 'Upside-down planet' reveals new method for studying binary star systems
- Sleeping away infection: Researchers find link between sleep, immune function in fruitflies
- Today's Antarctic region once as hot as California, Florida
- First Eurasians left Africa up to 130,000 years ago
- Krypton used to accurately date ancient Antarctic ice
- More questions than answers as mystery of domestication deepens
- Researchers rethink 'natural' habitat for wildlife
- Finding turns neuroanatomy on its head: Researchers present new view of myelin
- ADHD: Scientists discover brain's anti-distraction system
- 'Dressed' laser aimed at clouds may be key to inducing rain, lightning
- Ancient DNA: Barnyard chickens living just a few hundred years ago looked far different from today's chickens
- Gecko-like adhesives now useful for real world surfaces
- Impact glass from asteroids and comets stores biodata for millions of years
- Collider reveals sharp change from 'quark soup' to atoms
- Bright points in sun's atmosphere mark patterns deep in its interior
- Vitamin B3 might have been made in space, delivered to Earth by meteorites
- Our brains are hardwired for language
- Gene variant increases risk of colorectal cancer from eating processed meat
- More, bigger wildfires burning western US over last 30 years
- First potentially habitable Earth-sized planet confirmed by Gemini and Keck observatories
- Thinnest membrane feasible has been produced
- Alternative identification methods for threatened species urged
- Connecting sleep deficits among young fruit flies to disruption in mating later in life
- Boosting depression-causing mechanisms in brain increases resilience, surprisingly
- There's something ancient in the icebox: Three-million-year-old landscape beneath Greenland Ice Sheet
- Surprising material could play huge role in saving energy: Tin selenide is best at converting waste heat to electricity
- Wireless power transfer achieved at 5-meter distance
- Fear of the cuckoo mafia: In fear of retaliation, birds accept and raise brood parasites' young
- A cross-section of the universe
- Biologists help solve fungal mysteries, inform studies on climate change
- In sex-reversed cave insects, females have the penises
- Study shows lasting effects of drought in rainy Eastern U.S.
- The story of animal domestication retold: Scientists now think wild animals interbred with domesticated ones until quite recently
- Genetic study tackles mystery of slow plant domestications
- New MRSA superbug emerges in Brazil
- Earliest ancestor of land herbivores discovered: 300-million-year-old predator showed way to modern terrestrial ecosystem
- For cells, internal stress leads to unique shapes
- Mars: Meteorites yield clues to Red Planet's early atmosphere
- Eavesdropping on brain cell chatter
- Air temperature influenced African glacial movements at height of last ice age
- How smells stick to your memories: Your nose can be a pathfinder
- Ancient shark fossil reveals new insights into jaw evolution
- Searching for dark energy with neutrons: With neutrons, scientists can now look for dark energy in the lab
- Crucial new information about how the ice ages came about
- Sperm meets egg: Protein essential for fertilization discovered
- Scientists re-define what's healthy in newest analysis for human microbiome project
- Scientists achieve first direct observations of excitons in motion
- At the origin of cell division: The features of living matter emerge from inanimate matter in simulation
- Warm U.S. West, cold East: 4,000-year pattern; Global warming may bring more curvy jet streams during winter
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