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Discovery Demystifies Origin of Life Phenomenon
Mar. 11, 2015 — Biomolecules, if large enough (several nanometers) and with an electrical charge, will seek their own type with which to form large assemblies. This is essentially 'self-recognition' of left-handed ... full story
- Discovery Demystifies Origin of Life Phenomenon
- Capturing Carbon at Half the Energy Cost
- Blood Transfusions After Cardiac Surgery
- New Species of Tapaculo in South America
- Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy: Outlook Improves
- Want to Live Longer? Spend Less Time Alone
- Fossil Shows Transition from Water to Land
- When Humans Came to Dominate Planet Earth
- Did Neadertals Wear Eagle Claw Jewelry?
- Coastal Living Grows, As Do Risks
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Discovery Demystifies Origin of Life Phenomenon
Mar. 11, 2015 — Biomolecules, if large enough (several nanometers) and with an electrical charge, will seek their own type with which to form large assemblies. This is essentially 'self-recognition' of ... full story -
New Material Captures Carbon at Half the Energy Cost
Mar. 11, 2015 — Capturing carbon from power plants will likely be necessary in the future to avoid the worst effects of climate change, but current technologies are very expensive. Chemists have now developed a new ... full story -
When Should Blood Transfusions Be Given After Cardiac Surgery?
Mar. 11, 2015 — New research has shown that patients having heart surgery do not benefit if doctors wait until a patient has become substantially anemic before giving a... full story -
Green Solid Electrolyte for Electrochemical Devices
Mar. 11, 2015 — Researchers have studied the capability of new polymers derived from potato starch as insulators which do not show any remarkable electro ... full story -
Perovskites Can Improve Fabrication of Ceramic Electronics
Mar. 11, 2015 — Scientists in Japan are finding that perovskites have the potential to improve the fabrication of electrodes and wiring in ceramic-based electronics such as spark ... full story -
New Species of Tapaculo in South America
Mar. 11, 2015 — After being misidentified and sitting in a museum drawer for more than seventy years, a group of bird specimens collected in Colombia and Venezuela has been determined to represent a previously ... full story -
Treatment Outlook for Adults With Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy Move from Grim to Good
Mar. 11, 2015 — Implantable defibrillators, along with other modern treatments, have reduced mortality rates and are helping patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy live longer, a study confirms. This research ... full story -
Loneliness and Social Isolation Are Just as Much a Threat to Longevity as Obesity
Mar. 11, 2015 — Loneliness and social isolation are just as much a threat to longevity as obesity. The effect occurs even for people who like to be alone. Lack of relationships is a bigger health risk for people... full story -
Is US Immigration Policy 'STEMming' Innovation?
Mar. 11, 2015 — Foreign-born graduate students in STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) disciplines who wish to pursue a career in industry or NGOs are much more likely to stay in the US than those who... full story -
Fossil Skull Sheds New Light on Transition from Water to Land
Mar. 11, 2015 — The first 3-D reconstruction of the skull of a 360-million-year-old near-ancestor of land vertebrates has been created. The 3-D skull, which differs from earlier 2-D reconstructions, suggests such ... full story -
Epoch-Defining Study Pinpoints When Humans Came to Dominate Planet Earth
Mar. 11, 2015 — The human-dominated geological epoch known as the Anthropocene probably began around the year 1610, with an unusual drop in atmospheric carbon dioxide and the irreversible exchange of species between... full story -
Did Neandertals Make Jewelry 130,000 Years Go? Eagle Claws Provide Clues
Mar. 11, 2015 — Krapina Neandertals may have manipulated white-tailed eagle talons to make jewelry 130,000 years ago, before the appearance of modern humans in... full story -
Rapid Coastal Population Growth May Leave Many Exposed to Sea-Level Rise
Mar. 11, 2015 — The number of people potentially exposed to future sea level rise and associated storm surge flooding may be highest in low-elevation coastal zones in Asia and ... full story -
Highly Evolved Bacteria Found Near Hydrothermal Vents: Iron-Oxidizing Bacteria Found Along Mid-Atlantic Ridge
Mar. 11, 2015 — Bacteria that live on iron were found for the first time at three well-known vent sites along the Mid-Atlantic Ridge. These bacteria likely play an important role in deep-ocean iron cycling, and are ... full story -
Mystery of the Dancing Droplets Solved
Mar. 11, 2015 — A puzzling observation, pursued through hundreds of experiments, has led researchers to a simple yet profound discovery: under certain circumstances, droplets of fluid will move like performers in a ... full story -
Scientists Reconstruct Evolutionary History of Whale Hearing With Rare Museum Collection
Mar. 11, 2015 — Scientists CT scanned fetal whale specimens from the museum's marine mammal collection to trace the development of fetal ear bones in 56 specimens from 10 different whale families. Their ... full story -
Saharan 'Carpet of Tools' Is Earliest Known Human-Made Landscape
Mar. 11, 2015 — A new intensive survey of the Messak Settafet escarpment, a massive outcrop of sandstone in the middle of the Saharan desert, has shown that stone tools occur "ubiquitously" across the... full story -
When to Keep Kids Home from School: Expert Opinion
Mar. 11, 2015 — For many reasons, a child being home from school while sick can be stressful. Parents worry about the severity of their child’s illness and about the child missing school, all while trying to ... full story -
Babies' Body Mass Index May Predict Childhood Obesity
Mar. 11, 2015 — Body mass index during infancy may help predict if a child will be obese by age 4. A new study suggests that better understanding of infant growth patterns may lead to more effective early obesity... full story -
How Genetic Changes Lead to Familial Alzheimer's Disease
Mar. 11, 2015 — Mutations in the presenilin-1 gene are the most common cause of inherited, early-onset forms of Alzheimer's disease. In a new study, scientists replaced the normal mouse presenilin-1 gene with ... full story
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