Monsanto Pushes Back Against California, Arkansas Restrictions on Products

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by Lauren Scrudato
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Third Case of Human Plague Reported in New Mexico This Year
The New Mexico Department of Health has reported two new confirmed plague cases in Santa Fe County, bringing the total for 2017 to three. The first case was...
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by Lauren Scrudato
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6.28.2017
11:41am
STEM
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American Chemical Society Sues Science ‘Piracy’ Website
The American Chemical Society has sued a Kazakhstan-based science piracy website for making its subscription-only, copyrighted materials available in open...
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by Seth Augenstein
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6.28.2017
9:48am
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How is Legalized Marijuana Affecting Car Accident Rates? Studies Show Different Results
 
How Sex 'Blindspot' Could Misdirect Medical Research
 
Archaeologists Discover Earliest Monumental Egyptian Hieroglyphs
 
Triclosan, Other Antimicrobials Should Have Strict Limits, Statement Says
 
How Six Cups of Ground Coffee Can Improve Nose, Throat Surgery
 
Hooking Electric Cars to Grid Could Power Buildings, Improve Vehicle Battery Life
 
Wiser with Age: Elk Adjust Behavior to Avoid Hunters
 
U.S. Leads World in Biomedical Research – But China Gaining
 
Flint Water Crisis: Five Michigan Officials Charged with Involuntary Manslaughter
 
Defibrillator-carrying Drones Beat Ambulances in Emergency Situations
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Hacking the Human Brain: Lab-made Synapses for Artificial Intelligence
One of the greatest challenges facing AI development is understanding the human brain and figuring out how to mimic it. Now, one group reports that they...
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by American Chemical Society
6.28.2017
9:38am
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Ethology
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Sensitive Faces Helped Dinosaurs Eat, Woo and Take Temperature
Dinosaurs' faces might have been much more sensitive than previously thought, according to a new study, helping them with everything from picking flesh from...
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by University of Southampton
6.28.2017
9:35am
Geoscience
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Boaty McBoatface Returns Home with Unprecedented Data
Researchers have captured unprecedented data about some of the coldest abyssal ocean waters on earth - known as Antarctic Bottom Water (AABW) - during first...
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by University of Southampton
6.28.2017
9:30am
Biotechnology
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Reptile Skin Grown in Lab for First Time, Helps Study Endangered Turtle Disease
Scientists recently reconstructed the skin of endangered green turtles, marking the first time that skin of a non-mammal was successfully engineered in a...
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by U.S. Geological Survey
6.28.2017
9:21am
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Biology
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Mice Provide Insight Into Genetics of Autism Spectrum Disorders
Taking advantage of advances in genetic technologies, researchers are gaining a better understanding of the role played by a specific gene involved in autism.
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by UC Davis
6.28.2017
9:17am
New Products
Product Announcement
High Voltage Pulse Modulators
PowerMod High Voltage Pulse Modulators are all solid-state and provide full repeatability.
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by Diversified Technologies, Inc.
6.28.2017
9:04am
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Specialist Catalogue for Chromatography, Sample Preparation 
Porvair Sciences announces the first edition of an informative specialist catalogue for chromatography and sample preparation supplies and equipment.
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by Porvair Sciences Ltd.
6.28.2017
9:01am
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Miniature Pneumatic Pinch Valves
Clippard’s NPP Series 2-Way pneumatic pinch valves are air-piloted devices designed to open or close tubes for controlling flow of liquids and gases.
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by Clippard Instrument Laboratory, Inc.
6.28.2017
8:57am
Space
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NASA Scientist Responds to Anonymous’ Claims of Extraterrestrial Contact
The online group Anonymous released a video last week in which a person behind a Guy Fawkes mask, voice distorted digitally, claims that a NASA scientist...
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by Seth Augenstein
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6.27.2017
2:36pm
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CAM Plants: Food of the Future
Scientists from around the globe are investigating drought-resistant crops, in hopes of mitigating potential effects of climate change on important food and...
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by Bevin Fletcher
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6.27.2017
2:15pm
Ethology
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Apes Only Provide Food to Conspecifics that Previously Assisted Them
For us humans, it goes without saying that we reward others as an indication of the gratitude we feel towards them. Scientists have now demonstrated that...
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by Max Planck Society
6.27.2017
1:58pm
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Brains Evolved to Need Exercise
Researchers suggest that the link between exercise and the brain is a product of our evolutionary history and our past as hunter-gatherers.
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by University of Arizona
6.27.2017
1:52pm
Biology
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Biodiversity Loss from Deep-sea Mining Will be Unavoidable
Biodiversity losses from deep-sea mining are unavoidable and possibly irrevocable, an international team of 15 marine scientists, resource economists and legal...
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by Duke University
6.27.2017
1:50pm
Disease Research
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Large-scale Production of Living Brain Cells Enables Entirely New Research
With the help of a new method for cell conversion, researchers have found a way to produce diseased, aging brain cells on a large scale in a cell culture dish.
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by Lund University
6.27.2017
1:47pm
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Cancer Research
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Using CRISPR to Find Treatments for Aggressive Pediatric Brain Cancer
Simone T. Sredni, M.D., Ph.D., associate professor of pediatric neurosurgery has been working in pediatric brain cancer research for about 15 years. She said...
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by Bevin Fletcher
Digital Editor
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6.27.2017
1:40pm
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‘Flower Power’ Takes on a Whole New Meaning
Drug delivery ion pumps, created from organic electronic components and traditionally limited to use in mammalian systems, have now been used to regulate plant...
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by Bevin Fletcher
Digital Editor
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6.27.2017
1:35pm
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Pharma
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Pharmacist Responsible for ‘Largest Public Health Crisis Ever’ Sentenced to 9 Years
The owner of the Massachusetts-based drug compounding center who was blamed for a meningitis outbreak that sickened hundreds and killed dozens nationwide was...
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by Seth Augenstein
Senior Science Writer
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6.27.2017
10:05am
Wellness
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Why Social Isolation Can Bring a Greater Risk of Illness
Social isolation has been linked to a wide range of health problems, as well as a shorter lifespan in humans and other animals. Now, researchers have found a...
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by Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania
6.27.2017
9:50am
Biology
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Could Humans Ever Regenerate a Heart?
Researchers found genes known to form hearts cells in humans and other animals in the gut of a muscle-less and heartless sea anemone. But the sea anemone isn't...
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by University of Florida
6.27.2017
9:36am
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Imaging
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Team Creates Better 'Fingerprints' to Detect Elusive, Valuable Chemical Compounds
Imagine being able to see the entire Statue of Liberty and a small ant on its nose simultaneously. The drastic difference in size would seem to render this...
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by Sandia Laboratories
6.27.2017
9:32am
Ethology
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Researchers Analyze Chimpanzees' Apparent 'Super Strength'
Since at least the 1920s, anecdotes and some studies have suggested that chimpanzees are "super strong" compared to humans, implying that their muscle fibers,...
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by University of Massachusetts at Amherst
6.27.2017
9:27am
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U.S. Investigates after Lab Improperly Ships Nuclear Material
U.S. regulators said they are launching an investigation into the improper shipment of nuclear material from the laboratory that created the atomic bomb to...
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by Susan Montoya Bryan, Associated Press
6.27.2017
9:00am
Physics/Engineering
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NASA Completes Milestone Toward Quieter Supersonic X-Plane
NASA has achieved a significant milestone in its effort to make supersonic passenger jet travel over land a real possibility by completing the preliminary...
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by NASA
6.27.2017
8:41am
Chemistry
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Microplastics Come from Washing Machine, Study Shows
The huge amounts of plastic that have been gradually leaching into the world’s bodies of water have come in microscopic, but constant amounts. So-called “...
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by Seth Augenstein
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6.26.2017
2:54pm
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Wellness
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Premature Infants at Greater Risk of SIDS
Premature infants still have a greater risk compared to full-term babies of dying of SIDS and other sleep-related infant deaths despite recommendations that...
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by Rutgers University
6.26.2017
2:51pm
Imaging
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Beyond Bananas: Scientists Harness 'Mind Reading' Technology to Decode Complex Thoughts
Scientists can now use brain activation patterns to identify complex thoughts, such as, "The witness shouted during the trial. "This latest research builds on...
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by Carnegie Mellon University
6.26.2017
2:43pm
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Biotechnology
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Cloning Thousands of Genes for Massive Protein Libraries
Discovering the function of a gene requires cloning a DNA sequence and expressing it. Until now, this was performed on a one-gene-at-a-time basis, causing a...
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by Rutgers University
6.26.2017
2:18pm
Ethology
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Previously Unknown Extinction of Marine Megafauna Discovered
The disappearance of a large part of the terrestrial megafauna such as the saber-toothed cat and mammoth during the ice age is well known. Now, researchers...
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by University of Zurich
6.26.2017
2:07pm
Pharma
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Insomnia Medication May Wake Up Some Patients from Vegetative State
For most people, taking an Ambien is a means of treating insomnia. But some patients with neurological disorders whose consciousness is already limited have...
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by University of Michigan Health System
6.26.2017
2:00pm