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Sweet Bribes for Ants Help Crops Bear Fruit
Flowering crops, such as beans and cotton, offer their sweetest nectar to recruit colonizing ants in a strategy that balances their need for defense and to...
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by University of Edinburgh
6.23.2017
3:24pm
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Zebrafish Protein Could Hold Link Between Light and Sleep
Darkness and sleep, and light and wakefulness, are linked in the circadian rhythm of zebrafish, much like it is in their human counterparts. One particular...
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6.23.2017
3:16pm
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Bird's Eye Perspective: How Humans Developed Daytime Vision
Harvard Medical School researchers have now provided the first insight into a perplexing question about human vision by studying an unusual model: chickens.
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6.23.2017
3:11pm
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Study: Anti-epilepsy Drug Restores Normal Brain Activity in Mild Alzheimer's
In a recent feasibility study, clinician-scientists tested an anti-epileptic drug for its potential impact on the brain activity of patients with mild...
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by Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
6.23.2017
3:04pm
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Commercial Building Energy Use Could be Cut by 29%
A new report finds that if commercial buildings fully used controls nationwide, the U.S. could slash its energy consumption by the equivalent of what is...
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by PNNL
6.23.2017
2:55pm
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More Breast Cancers Diagnosed at Early Stage After ACA Took Effect
A study published this month has found an increase in the percentage of breast cancer patients who were diagnosed in early Stage 1, after the Affordable Care...
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by Loyola University Health System
6.23.2017
2:51pm
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Frequent Fish Consumption May Alleviate Arthritis Symptoms
A new study found that eating fish at least twice per week correlated with lower rheumatoid arthritis disease activity and less swelling and tenderness in...
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6.23.2017
11:55am
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Cancer Cells May Streamline their Genomes to Proliferate More Efficiently
Research provides evidence suggesting that cancer cells might streamline their genomes in order to proliferate more easily. The study, conducted in both human...
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by Stowers Institute for Medical Research
6.23.2017
10:05am
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Team Questions Leptin's Role in Preventing Weight Gain
Discovered more than two decades ago, the hormone leptin has been widely hailed as the key regulator of leanness. Yet, the pivotal experiments that probe the...
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by Harvard Medical School
6.23.2017
10:02am
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Researchers to Investigate Causes of Sea Level Falls in Dead Sea
The causes of falling sea levels in the Dead Sea, which have significant impacts on the environment and the economy, are to be investigated in new research.
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by University of Plymouth
6.23.2017
9:52am
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New Technique to Produce More Durable, Longer Lasting Lithium-ion Batteries
Lithium-ion batteries are used to power many things from mobile phones, laptops, tablets to electric cars. But they have some drawbacks, including limited...
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by A*STAR
6.23.2017
9:47am
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How Pythons Regenerate their Organs
As methods for studying and comparing genetic data improve, scientists are beginning to decode these marks to reconstruct the evolutionary history of species,...
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by University of Texas at Austin/Texas Advanced Computing Center
6.23.2017
9:42am
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Jellyfish Fluorescence Shines New Light on DNA Copying
Scientists have used florescent proteins from jellyfish to help shed new light on how DNA replicates. Using these proteins, the team focused laser beams on the...
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by University of York
6.23.2017
9:34am
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Imaging Technique Opens Up Patient Scans to Clinical Researchers
When patients suffer a stroke, medical doctors often take an MRI to determine location and extent of damage. But due to time and the critical nature of the...
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6.22.2017
3:24pm
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Adaptations for Flight May Have Driven Egg-shape Variety in Birds
The evolution of the amniotic egg—complete with membrane and shell—was key to vertebrates leaving the oceans and colonizing the land and air. Now, 360 million...
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by Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences
6.22.2017
2:53pm
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Select Memories Can be Erased, Leaving Others Intact
New study of snail neurons suggests memories that trigger anxiety or PTSD could be "erased" without affecting normal memory of past events.
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by Columbia University Medical Center
6.22.2017
2:47pm
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Sea Sponges Stay Put with Anchors that Bend but Don't Break
Sea sponges known as Venus' flower baskets remain fixed to the sea floor with nothing more than an array of thin, hair-like anchors made essentially of glass.
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by Brown University
6.22.2017
2:37pm
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Losing Train of Thought, Difficulty Multi-tasking Linked to Substance Abuse
Impairments in processing and using information that help with decision-making and planning simple tasks such as grocery shopping are linked with one's...
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by Columbia University's Mailman School of Public Health
6.22.2017
2:02pm
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Fossil Holds New Insights into How Fish Evolved onto Land
"It's like a snake on the outside, but a fish on the inside." The fossil of an early snake-like animal - called Lethiscus stocki - has kept its evolutionary...
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by University of Calgary
6.22.2017
1:55pm
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Autistic People More Like Each Other than Their Siblings, DNA Stats Show
Most genetic searchers for the roots of autism have compared massive populations of those on the spectrum with huge numbers of unrelated peers who are not. A...
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6.22.2017
10:02am
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Drug Shows Promise Against Vision-robbing Disease in Seniors
An experimental drug is showing promise against an untreatable eye disease that blinds older adults — and intriguingly, it seems to work in patients who carry...
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by Lauran Neergaard, Associated Press
6.22.2017
9:28am
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Pollinator Extinctions Alter Structure of Ecological Networks
The absence of a single dominant bumblebee species from an ecosystem disrupts foraging patterns among a broad range of remaining pollinators in the system—from...
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by Emory University
6.22.2017
9:24am
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Trash-picking Seagulls Release Tons of Nutrients
At least 1.4 million seagulls feed at landfills across North America, which aside from the nuisance it might pose, is also a threat to the health of nearby...
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by Duke University
6.22.2017
9:00am
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When Partners Touch, Breathing and Heartbeat Syncs, Study Shows
Fathers-to-be, take note: You may be more useful in the labor and delivery room than you realize. That's one takeaway from a study that found that when an...
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by University of Colorado at Boulder
6.22.2017
8:55am
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Ultra-thin Camera Creates Images Without Lenses
Traditional cameras—even those on the thinnest of cell phones—cannot be truly flat due to their optics: lenses that require a certain shape and size in order...
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by California Institute of Technology
6.22.2017
8:51am
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EU Court: Vaccines Can be Blamed for Illnesses Without Proof
The highest court of the European Union ruled Wednesday that courts can consider whether a vaccination led to someone developing an illness even when there is...
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by Maria Cheng, Associated Press
6.22.2017
8:42am
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Corn on the Cob Better than in the Gas Tank, Study Says
A new study of the overall economic and energy costs confirms some suspicions: corn is better off on your dinner plate than in your gas tank.
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by Seth Augenstein
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6.21.2017
3:00pm
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Ancient Skulls Shed Light on Migration in the Roman Empire
Skeletal evidence shows that, hundreds of years after the Roman Republic conquered most of the Mediterranean world, coastal communities in what is now south...
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by North Carolina State University
6.21.2017
2:35pm
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World Leader in Coffee Production Threatened by Climate Change
Ethiopia is known as the birthplace of Coffea Arabica, the species responsible for more than 70 percent of global coffee production. But the plant – and the 15...
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6.21.2017
2:23pm
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Study: While Trust is Inherited, Distrust is Not
Research has shown that how trusting a person is may depend, at least in part, on his or her genes. However, distrust does not appear to be inherited in the...
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by University of Arizona
6.21.2017
2:22pm
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Scientists Solve Mystery of Unexplained 'Bright Nights'
Dating back to the first century, scientists, philosophers and reporters have noted the occasional occurrence of "bright nights," when an unexplained glow in...
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by American Geophysical Union
6.21.2017
2:02pm