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Physics & Astronomy

Missing Link Found Between Young And Old Galaxies

University of California, Berkeley, astronomers may have found the missing link between gas-filled, star-forming galaxies and older, gas-depleted galaxies…

Earth Sciences

Oxygen-Free Oceans Delayed Life’s Rise on Early Earth

Geologists at the University of California, Riverside have found chemical evidence in 2.6-billion-year-old rocks that indicates that Earth's ancient oceans…

Life & Chemistry

New method takes snapshots of proteins as they fold

People have only 20,000 to 30,000 genes (the number is hotly contested), but they use those genes to make more than 2 million proteins. It’s the protein…

Studies and Analyses

Universities Overlook Depression in Health Center Visits

One out of every four or five students who visits a university health center for a routine cold or sore throat turns out to be depressed, but most centers miss…

Environmental Conservation

‘Hot-Bunking’ Bacterium Recycles Iron to Boost Ocean Metabolism

By day, it uses iron in enzymes for photosynthesis to make carbohydrates; then by night, it appears to reuse the same iron in different enzymes to produce…

Studies and Analyses

Macho Faces Attract Fertile Women, Study Reveals

But women with masculine-looking partners do not necessarily become more attracted to their partners, a recent study co-authored by a University of Colorado at…

Life & Chemistry

Nuclear Receptors: New Insights for Cancer and Obesity Interventions

Research with significant implications in the treatment and intervention of cancer and obesity has been published recently in two prestigious journals by…

Studies and Analyses

CT Scans Enhance Bullet Trajectory Identification for Forensics

“The information provided by MDCT has the potential to improve patient care and aid in both military and civilian forensic investigations,” said the study's…

Studies and Analyses

Empowering Kids: Safeguarding Their Role in Sustainability

Small children are capable of engaging in issues concerning sustainable development.Their interests and rights must be better safeguarded in rules and policy…

Agricultural & Forestry Science

Shellfish safer to eat thanks to breakthrough by Queen's scientists

The new test, developed at Queen's Institute for Agri-Food and Land Use, not only ensures shellfish are free of toxins before they reach the food chain but is…

Life & Chemistry

International First: Gas-phase Carbonic Acid Isolated

In textbooks and other media the widespread belief still prevails that stable carbonic acid cannot be produced in pure form and is practically non-existent as…

Life & Chemistry

New Insights on Carbon Monoxide Binding at the Nanoscale

The mechanism for binding oxygen to metalloporphyrins is a vital process for oxygen-breathing organisms. Understanding how small gas molecules are chemically…

Environmental Conservation

Natural Greenhouse Gas Sink Smaller Than Expected

Past analyses of carbon and greenhouse gas exchanges on continents have failed to account for the influence of lakes, impoundments, and running water. This…

Health & Medicine

Chill-On! Ensuring Food Quality and Safety Through Innovation

Food quality, safety and traceability ensured throughout the entire supply chain of chilled or frozen food. Poultry and fish represent a modern and…

Life & Chemistry

Pulling it together

The many amazing photomicrographs on display at the entrance to the Electron Microscope Laboratory in the RIKEN Center for Developmental Biology (CDB) were all…

Environmental Conservation

A colorful combination

A bacterium that can live symbiotically inside the pea aphid, Acyrthosiphon pisum, is able to change the insect’s body color from red to green, a RIKEN-led…

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