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Physics & Astronomy

Mars Gullies Linked to Carbon Dioxide by UA HiRISE Camera

A growing bounty of images from NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter reveals that the timing of new activity in a type of gully on Mars implicates carbon dioxide…

Life & Chemistry

Searching for purpose in proteins

As scientists continue to acquire immense amounts of genomic and biochemical data from various organisms, they routinely find themselves confronted by proteins…

Life & Chemistry

Getting round gene loss

Genes ‘knocked out’ experimentally in metabolic networks of the model plant species, Arabidopsis thaliana, are compensated for by duplicate genes or…

Life & Chemistry

Joining the searching for genes that control mind and behavior

The highly sophisticated abilities of humans, such as memory, learning, cognition and thought, are achieved in the brain as a result of dramatic evolutionary…

Technology Offerings

Innovative Compact Fixturing Using Magneto-Rheological Fluids

Here, a completely novel method for fixturing stringers based on magneto-rheological fluids is presented. Magneto-rheological fluids have the property to…

Technology Offerings

Thermomorphic Enzyme Recycling – One-phase process engineering and two-phase separation by temperature control

Biocatalysts are playing an ever increasing role in economical and sustainable processes. A well-known example is the production of acrylamide by Mitsubishi…

Earth Sciences

First Complete Early Sauropod Remains Discovered

Unlike the 120-foot-long, 100-ton sauropod giants that came later, Yizhousaurus was about 30 feet in length, but it shows all of the hallmarks of later…

Life & Chemistry

NC State Develops More Precise Genetic ‘Off Switches’

The off switches, called morpholino oligonucleotides, are like short snippets of DNA that, when introduced into cells, bind to target RNA molecules,…

Studies and Analyses

Improving High School Graduation and Dropout Data Insights

HIGH SCHOOL DROPOUT, GRADUATION, AND COMPLETION RATES: BETTER DATA, BETTER MEASURES, BETTER DECISIONS, a new report from the National Research Council and the…

Environmental Conservation

Root of the matter: A new map shows life-saving forests' scarcity defies past estimates

In the aftermath of the disaster, land change scientist Chandra Giri from the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) decided to explore to what degree those unique…

Business and Finance

Will Electric Cars Flame Out Or Power Our Future Driving Needs?

“Today, Fiat does not have the cash to gamble on electrics with little or no experience in the field. GM has been working on electric vehicles for decades with…

Physics & Astronomy

Developing Cyberinfrastructure for Advanced GIS Software

Geographic Information Systems (GIS) software has been widely used for spatial problem solving and decision making applications since the 1960s. It has become…

Agricultural & Forestry Science

Helping fish get rid of the 'Ich'

Aquatic toxicologist David Straus with USDA's Agricultural Research Service (ARS) investigated copper sulfate as a method to control both Ich in catfish and a…

Studies and Analyses

Facebook Study: Ethnic and Social Origins Shape Friendships

“Sociologists have long maintained that race is the strongest predictor of whether two Americans will socialize,” said Andreas Wimmer, the study's lead author…

Business and Finance

Californians Face High Out-of-Pocket Costs in Health Plans

Three million Californians are enrolled in high-deductible health plans, insurance policies that offer consumers a lower monthly premium in return for higher…

Life & Chemistry

New DNA Methylation Test Predicts Colon Cancer Risk

Colorectal cancer is the third leading cause of cancer, and the second leading cause of cancer mortality. While celebrities continue to undergo public…

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