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Life & Chemistry

New cherry blossom tree blooms all seasons

The new breed blooms longer, produces more flowers and grows under a wider range of temperatures than existing cherry blossom trees, demonstrating the power of…

Life & Chemistry

Discovery of a plant hormone that affects other organisms

Shinjiro YamaguchiTeam LeaderCellular Growth and Development Research TeamRIKEN Plant Science CenterHigh-school biology textbooks describe auxin, cytokinin,…

Life & Chemistry

Decoding the soybean genome

Scientists have sequenced the genome of the soybean plant, Glycine max, an important agricultural crop. As reported in the journal Nature1, the sequencing was…

Physics & Astronomy

X-rays emitted from the remnant of a supernova provide clues to its explosive history

The supernova remnant known as the Jellyfish Nebula and IC 443 lies 5,000 light years away from Earth in the Gemini constellation. Left after a stellar…

Physics & Astronomy

UA Astronomers Discover Why Star Birth Rates Have Declined

“We have known for more than a decade that in the early universe – three to five billion years after the Big Bang or nine to eleven billion years before today…

Studies and Analyses

Teach Foreign Languages in the Listener’s Accent for Better Learning

Perception of second language speech is easier when it is spoken in the accent of the listener and not in the 'original' accent of that language, shows a new…

Business and Finance

New Year Brings Hope to Consumers Regarding Their Debt

The Consumer Debt Stress Index (DSI) dropped by slightly more than 2 percent in January, from 119.8 to 117.4“We’re seeing increased confidence among consumers…

Materials Sciences

Researchers Envision High-Tech Applications for 'Multiferroic' Crystals

Their findings could lay the groundwork for future researchers seeking to develop a new generation of computer chips and other information-storage devices that…

Physics & Astronomy

Single-Step Doping Process Developed for Graphene

By applying a commercially available spin-on-glass (SOG) material to graphene and then exposing it to electron-beam radiation, researchers at the Georgia…

Studies and Analyses

Climate Change May Reduce Traffic Accidents in West Midlands

Research from the University of Gothenburg estimates climate change to decrease the number of days with temperatures below zero degrees in West Midlands. It…

Life & Chemistry

Low Natural Antibodies Linked to Stroke Risk

The research group, which was led by Professor Johan Frostegård, has previously demonstrated that high levels of a certain type of antibody (anti-PC) in the…

Materials Sciences

Researchers envision high-tech applications for 'multiferroic' crystals

Their findings could lay the groundwork for future researchers seeking to develop a new generation of computer chips and other information-storage devices that…

Communications Media

Mobile Television Breakthrough: SVC Over LTE Explained

For this purpose Fraunhofer researchers at HHI Berlin developed the cross-layer design SVC over LTE – a coding method that offers HD films in real-time in the…

Studies and Analyses

Dartmouth Study Reveals How Cholera Bacteria Becomes Infectious

Doctors have known that bile, found in the intestine, inhibits the expression of the virulence genes in V. cholerae, but until now, the mechanism behind this…

Life & Chemistry

Targeting Self-Cannibalizing Cancer Cells for Breakthrough Insights

“We want to know: What role is this self-cannibalization playing in the middle of a tumor?” said team member Hilary Coller, an assistant professor of molecular…

Studies and Analyses

Computer Simulations Enhance Learning of Moon Phases

A study found that people who used computer simulations to learn about moon phases understood the concepts just as well – and in some cases better – than did…

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