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Chimps Prefer African and Indian Rhythms Over Western Music

While preferring silence to music from the West, chimpanzees apparently like to listen to the different rhythms of music from Africa and India, according to…

Life & Chemistry

Uncovering Dormant Viruses in Parasitic Infection Treatment

Further research is necessary to understand the clinical significance of the finding, but researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis…

Environmental Conservation

Fracking Flowback: Groundwater Risks from Heavy Metals

Previous research has shown 10 to 40 percent of the water and chemical solution mixture injected at high pressure into deep rock strata, surges back to the…

Life & Chemistry

New Water-Based Method Enhances Organic Reactions

Green-chemistry researchers at McGill University have discovered a way to use water as a solvent in one of the reactions most widely used to synthesize…

Power and Electrical Engineering

Robots Learn Faster Through Crowdsourcing Assistance

University of Washington computer scientists have shown that crowdsourcing can be a quick and effective way to teach a robot how to complete tasks. Instead of…

Life & Chemistry

Sequencing Electric Eel Genome Reveals Genetic Secrets

The research, published in the current issue of Science, sheds light on the genetic blueprint used to evolve these complex, novel organs. It was co-led by…

Life & Chemistry

Water-Cleanup Catalysts: Enhancing Biomass Upgrading

Rice University chemical engineer Michael Wong has spent a decade amassing evidence that palladium-gold nanoparticles are excellent catalysts for cleaning…

Physics & Astronomy

Berkeley Team Measures Smallest Force Using Innovative Lasers

Using a combination of lasers and a unique optical trapping system that provides a cloud of ultracold atoms, the researchers measured a force of approximately…

Life & Chemistry

Magnetically Responsive Liquid Crystals Transform Light Control

Chemists at the University of California, Riverside have constructed liquid crystals with optical properties that can be instantly and reversibly controlled by…

Life & Chemistry

Scientists identify new pathogenic & protective microbes associated with severe diarrhea

“We were able to identify interactions between microbiota that were not previously observed, and we think that some of those interactions may actually help…

Power and Electrical Engineering

Siemens Forms Research Alliance for Future Energy Systems

In line with its new company strategy, Siemens is reorienting its research activities toward the innovation fields of electrification, automation and…

Life & Chemistry

Protect Your Pets: Prevent Sunburn in Dogs and Cats

Dogs and cats with white or thin coats are at particular risk, as are animals with very closely shorn fur or with certain pre-existing conditions….

Power and Electrical Engineering

USC scientists create new battery that's cheap, clean, rechargeable… and organic

The new battery – which uses no metals or toxic materials – is intended for use in power plants, where it can make the energy grid more resilient and efficient…

Awards Funding

31 Finalists Compete for 2014 City Climate Leadership Awards

Siemens and the C40 Cities Climate Leadership Group (C40) today announced 31 finalist projects from 26 cities competing in 10 categories for the 2014 City…

Environmental Conservation

Invasive Watersnakes Threaten California’s Native Species

Watersnakes, commonly seen in the lakes, rivers and streams of the eastern United States, are invading California waterways and may pose a threat to native and…

Health & Medicine

MicroRNA miR-34a: A New Target for Osteoporosis Therapy

The molecule, miR-34a, belongs to a family of small molecules called microRNAs (miRNAs) that serve as brakes to help regulate how much of a protein is made,…

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