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Life & Chemistry

Bacterial communication could affect Earth's climate

In the ocean, bacteria coalesce on tiny particles of carbon-rich detritus sinking through the depths. WHOI marine biogeochemists Laura Hmelo, Benjamin Van…

Agricultural & Forestry Science

Innovative Solutions to Feed the World Sustainably

The problem is stark: One billion people on earth don’t have enough food right now. It’s estimated that by 2050 there will be more than nine billion people…

Health & Medicine

1 in 4 Psoriasis Patients May Have Undiagnosed Arthritis

New research from the National Psoriasis Foundation reveals that nearly one in four people with psoriasis—the most common autoimmune disease in the country,…

Studies and Analyses

Comparing Narrow Band Imaging and Chromoendoscopy in IBD

However, this study demonstrated higher miss rates for detection of lesions by narrow band imaging as compared with chromoendoscopy, and the authors concluded…

Life & Chemistry

How Multiple Cells Enhance Decision-Making in Biology

Researchers from Johns Hopkins have quantified the number of possible decisions that an individual cell can make after receiving a cue from its environment,…

Life & Chemistry

Protein’s Key Role in Helping Plants Perceive Light

In a paper published in The Plant Cell, University of Missouri scientists report for the first time the elusive role a critical protein plays in this molecular…

Life & Chemistry

Piranhas Bark to Deter Threats: Insights from Liège Researchers

But that didn't deter Sandie Millot, Pierre Vandewalle and Eric Parmentier from the University of Liège, Belgium. 'You just have to pick them up and they make…

Studies and Analyses

Can't buy me love: Study shows materialistic couples have more money and more problems

Scholars at Brigham Young University studied 1,734 married couples across the country. Each couple completed a relationship evaluation, part of which asked how…

Physics & Astronomy

Point defects in super-chilled diamonds may offer stable candidates for quantum computing bits

But diamonds have properties that may also make them excellent materials to enable the next generation of solid-state quantum computers and electrical and…

Physics & Astronomy

New form of superhard carbon observed

Scientists at Carnegie's Geophysical Laboratory are part of a team that has discovered a new form of carbon, which is capable of withstanding extreme pressure…

Business and Finance

Research Examines the Economic Value of On-Premise Signs

Results of a national survey of more than 160 large and small businesses will be presented Oct. 12 at the University of Cincinnati annual National Signage…

Business and Finance

Angel Investor Market Stabilizes in First Half of 2011

A total of 26,300 entrepreneurial ventures received angel funding during the first half of 2011, a 4.4 percent increase from the same period in 2010, and the…

Earth Sciences

Research Shows How Life Might Have Survived ‘Snowball Earth’

“Under those frigid conditions, there are not a lot of places where you would expect liquid water and light to occur in the same area, and you need both of…

Life & Chemistry

In Bubble-Rafting Snails, the Eggs Came First

Scientists have known about the snails' peculiar lifestyle since the 1600s, but they've wondered how the rafting habit evolved. What, exactly, were the…

Physics & Astronomy

Physicists Turn Liquid into Solid Using an Electric Field

This electric-field-induced phase transformation is termed electrocrystallization. The study, performed by scientists at the Georgia Institute of Technology,…

Life & Chemistry

Genome Mining’ Method Streamlines Discovery from Nature

Analyzing marine and terrestrial samples obtained from Alaska to San Diego's La Jolla Cove, a research technique jointly created by scientists at Scripps…

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