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• Cholesterol
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  Jekyll Into Hyde: Breathing Auto Emissions Turns HDL Cholesterol from 'Good' to 'Bad'

  May 15, 2013 — Academic researchers have found that breathing motor vehicle emissions triggers a change in high-density lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol, altering its cardiovascular protective qualities so that it ... > full story
• Neuroscience
  Brain Injury
  Nervous System
  Psychology Research
  Intelligence
  Brain Tumor
   
  

  Brain Rewires Itself After Damage or Injury, Life Scientists Discover

  May 15, 2013 — The brain forms complex new circuits after damage to compensate for lost function, often far from the damaged region, life scientists report. The new study identified the exact regions of the brain ... > full story
• Mars
  Space Missions
  NASA
  Solar System
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  New Craters Abound: Mars Camera Reveals Hundreds of Impacts Each Year

  May 15, 2013 — Taking before and after pictures of the Martian terrain, researchers have identified nearly 250 fresh impact craters on the Red Planet. The results provide scientists with a better yardstick to ... > full story
• Saturn
  Solar System
  Astronomy
  Space Missions
  Moon
  Space Exploration
   
  

  Scientists Shape First Global Topographic Map of Saturn's Moon Titan

  May 15, 2013 — Scientists have created the first global topographic map of Saturn's moon Titan, giving researchers a valuable tool for learning more about one of the most Earthlike and interesting worlds in the ... > full story
• Mental Health Research
  Psychiatry
  Accident and Trauma
  Brain Injury
  Disorders and Syndromes
  Depression
   
  

  Repeat Brain Injury Raises Soldiers' Suicide Risk

  May 15, 2013 — Suicide risk is higher among military personnel with more lifetime TBIs, even after controlling for clinical symptom severity. Results of the study show that multiple TBIs, which are common among ... > full story
• Materials Science
  Water
  Nature of Water
  Atmosphere
  Civil Engineering
  Pollution
   
  

  Nanoscavengers Could Usher in Next Generation Water Purification

  May 15, 2013 — A new synthetic nanoparticle could disinfect, depollute, and desalinate contaminated water and then get removed magnetically. This improves upon existing technologies through ultraresponsiveness to ... > full story
• Black Holes
  Galaxies
  Astronomy
  Astrophysics
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  Stars
   
  

  Black Hole Powered Jets Plow Into Galaxy

  May 15, 2013 — The intense gravity of a supermassive black hole can be tapped to produce immense power in the form of jets moving at millions of miles per ... > full story
• Insects (including Butterflies)
  Invasive Species
  Evolution
  Agriculture and Food
  Water
  Biochemistry Research
   
  

  Evolution Shapes New Rules for Ant Behavior, Research Finds

  May 15, 2013 — Biologist Deborah M. Gordon's decades-long study of collective behavior in harvester ant colonies has provided a rare real-time look at natural selection at ... > full story
• Monkeys
  Apes
  Evolutionary Biology
  Biology
  Geology
  Nature
   
  

  Oldest Evidence of Split Between Old World Monkeys and Apes: Primate Fossils Are 25 Million Years Old

  May 15, 2013 — Two fossil discoveries from the East African Rift reveal new information about the evolution of primates, according to a new ... > full story
• Physics
  Graphene
  Spintronics
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  Quantum Physics
  Engineering
   
  

  First Direct Proof of Hofstadter Butterfly Fractal Observed in Moiré Superlattices

  May 15, 2013 — Scientists have directly observed a rare quantum effect that produces a repeating butterfly-shaped energy spectrum, confirming the longstanding prediction of this quantum fractal energy structure ... > full story

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