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Life & Chemistry

Beans' defenses mean bacteria get evolutionary helping hand

The study sheds new light on how bacterial pathogens evolve and adapt to stresses from host plants. This information could help researchers develop new ways of…

Life & Chemistry

Tracing Butterfly Evolution: Impact of Wolbachia Bacteria

The bacteria, called Wolbachia, are a parasitic microbe and are known to significantly alter the reproductive capabilities of a high proportion of insect…

Environmental Conservation

Biological Responses to Arctic Global Warming: Key Findings

The team's research documents a wide range of responses by plants, birds, animals, insects, and humans to the warming trend. The scientists found that the…

Studies and Analyses

Controlling Swine Flu: 70% Vaccination Key for U.S.

Published in the Sept. 11 issue of Science Express, the early online edition of the journal Science, the study – which includes the first estimate of the…

Earth Sciences

Scientists discover surprise in Earth's upper atmosphere

“It's like something else is heating the atmosphere besides the sun. This discovery is like finding it got hotter when the sun went down,” said Larry Lyons,…

Physics & Astronomy

Atoms Jumping Through Solids: A New Observation Method

Atoms have the habit of jumping through solids – a practice that physicists have recently been able to follow for the first time using a brand new method. This…

Life & Chemistry

WUSTL research finds individual cells isolated from the biological clock can keep daily time, but are unreliable

The glow tells her the isolated nerve cell is busy keeping time. Webb, a graduate fellow in the Neuroscience Ph.D. Program, working with Erik Herzog, Ph.D.,…

Life & Chemistry

Cement’s basic molecular structure finally decoded

Oddly enough, the three-dimensional crystalline structure of cement hydrate – the paste that forms and quickly hardens when cement powder is mixed with water -…

Earth Sciences

Ancient Oceans Reveal Origins of Animal Life Insights

A scientific team led by Professor Robert Frei at the University of Copenhagen in Denmark, and including scientists from Newcastle University, UK, and…

Physics & Astronomy

Magnetic Fields Impact Star Formation More Than Expected

A molecular cloud is a cloud of gas that acts as a stellar nursery. When a molecular cloud collapses, only a small fraction of the cloud's material forms…

Social Sciences

Exploring Corporate Accountability in Modern Sociology

Rebecca Lawrence, in her PhD dissertation in Sociology presented at Stockholm University on Friday September 11, illustrates that both states and corporations…

Health & Medicine

New Product Labels Enhance Consumer Safety and Trust

With this in mind, the Institute for Hygiene and Biotechnology (IHB) at the Hohenstein Institute has introduced two new labels to the market – “Tested quality:…

Information Technology

Machines can't replicate human image recognition, yet

“Our goal is to seek a better understanding of the fundamental differences between humans and machines and utilize this in developing automated methods for…

Life & Chemistry

Michigan Tech Mathematicians Identify Genes Linked to Lou Gehrig's Disease

Shuanglin Zhang, who holds the Richard and Elizabeth Henes Professorship in Mathematical Sciences, leads the team of mathematicians that isolated the genes…

Physics & Astronomy

Rebirth of an icon: Hubble's first images since Servicing Mission 4

“This is one more important step in the confirmation of this wonderful mission. We Europeans are proud to be part of this and heartily congratulate the…

Physics & Astronomy

Graphitic Memory Techniques Advance at Rice University

Advances by the Rice University lab of James Tour have brought graphite’s potential as a mass data storage medium a step closer to reality and created the…

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