Embryonic stem cells could provide a new way of testing drugs for dangerous side effects. Since researchers are able to make unlimited human heart cells from embryonic stem cells, they may offer a viable and scientifically exciting alternative. Barack Obama is an ardent supporter of stem cell research.
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The sun’s magnetic cycle may play a key role in droughts and downpours
The Lord Howe tree lobster is 13 million years older than the land on which it dwells
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A new study supports earlier findings by stating that changes in cosmic rays most likely do not contribute to climate change.
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Researchers have identified a key step required for cell division in a study that could help improve therapies to treat cancer. Their work describing the mechanism of the contractile ring — a structure that pinches the mother cell into two daughter cells — has been published in the journal Science.
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While harnessing more energy from the wind could help satisfy growing demands for electricity and reduce emissions of global-warming gases, turbulence from proposed wind farms could adversely affect the growth of crops in the surrounding countryside.
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Researchers have identified protein biomarkers that may let doctors detect earlier two crippling malaria variations — one that develops in the placenta of pregnant women affecting countless unborn children, the other, cerebral malaria, that develops in the brain’s blood vessels — malaria’s most deadly form.
As video sharing websites like YouTube continue to grow in popularity, so do challenges around proper labeling of videos and monitoring for copyright infractions. But one student from the University of Toronto has created a framework that can improve the efficiency of such websites and cut down on copyright infringement.
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Consumers face a barrage of product claims each day. What makes those claims believable? A new study says both marketers and consumers can benefit from information about the way people process product claims.
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A team of astronomers has used a new technique to measure the precise size of a planet around a distant star. They used a camera so sensitive that it could detect the passage of a moth in front of a lit window from a distance of 1,000 miles.