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Agriculture in China Pre-Dates Rice
May 20, 2013 7:00 am | by Univ. of Leicester | News | CommentsArchaeologist used new analysis techniques to shatter conventional ideas of how agriculture emerged.
Sleep Apnea Linked to Alzheimer’s
May 20, 2013 7:00 am | by American Thoracic Society | News | CommentsA new study looking at sleep-disordered breathing and markers for Alzheimer’s disease risk in cerebrospinal fluid and neuroimaging adds to the growing body of research linking the two.
Test IDs All Foot-and-Mouth Virus Serotypes
May 20, 2013 7:00 am | by Agricultural Research Service | News | CommentsScientists have developed a new cell line that rapidly and accurately detects foot-and-mouth disease virus, which causes a highly contagious and economically devastating disease in cattle and other cloven-hoofed animals.
RNA Catalyzed Electron Transfer on Early Earth
May 20, 2013 7:00 am | by Georgia Institute of Technology | News | CommentsA new study shows how complex biochemical transformations may have been possible under conditions that existed when life began on the early Earth.
Local Opinion, Not Money, is True Value of Wetlands
May 20, 2013 7:00 am | by European Research Media Center, Youris.com | News | CommentsA new way of valuing ecosystem services— incorporating the local perspective— is the driving force behind a project assessing aquatic ecosystems in highland areas of Asia.
Physics Principles Can Be Observed in Bowls of Cereal
May 17, 2013 1:34 pm | by Yale Univ. | News | CommentsResearchers asking why pieces of breakfast cereal float toward each other found physics principles in action in their bowls.
Organic Food Gains Political Clout
May 17, 2013 1:33 pm | by Associated Press, Mary Jalonick | News | CommentsThe organic food industry is gaining clout on Capitol Hill, prompted by rising consumer demand and its entry into traditional farm states.
Mars Rover Breaks 40-Year-Old Record
May 17, 2013 1:30 pm | by NASA | News | CommentsApollo 17 astronauts drove the Lunar Roving Vehicle 19.3 nautical miles. That was the farthest total distance for any NASA vehicle driving on a world other than Earth. Now, Opportunity has broken the record that stood for 40 years.
Field Study Aims to Better Severe Weather Forecasting
May 17, 2013 1:28 pm | by Purdue Univ. | News | CommentsProfessors and students will intercept storms as part of a major field project to improve predictions of severe weather and offer earlier warnings to those in its path.
Alaskan Volcano Continues to Erupt
May 17, 2013 1:24 pm | by Associated Press | News | CommentsThe Alaska Volcano Observatory says a continuous cloud of ash, steam and gas from Pavlof Volcano has been seen 20,000 feet above sea level.
One Yellow Fever Shot is Enough
May 17, 2013 1:21 pm | by Associated Press | News | CommentsThe World Health Organization says a yellow fever booster vaccination given 10 years after the initial shot isn't necessary.
This Week @ NASA, May 17, 2013
May 17, 2013 12:00 pm | by NASACast | Podcasts | Commentsxalan://gov.nasa.build.Utils1
Great Lakes Still Have Big Problems Despite Years of Aid
May 17, 2013 7:00 am | by Associated Press, John Flesher | News | CommentsA decades-old effort to nurse the battered Great Lakes to health has made progress toward reducing toxic pollution and slamming the door on invasive species, but the freshwater seas continue to face serious threats.
Volunteers Help Protect Native Trees
May 17, 2013 7:00 am | by Univ. of York | News | CommentsVolunteers joined community scientists this week to learn how to monitor trees for pests and diseases.
Nanoflowers Blossom from a Chemical Reaction
May 17, 2013 7:00 am | by Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences | News | CommentsWith the hand of nature trained on a beaker of chemical fluid, the most delicate flower structures have been formed in a laboratory— and not at the scale of inches, but microns.
