Social bugs can heal plant wounds
Large gaps in the main asteroid belt reveal that outer planets have altered their orbits
The galaxy’s most massive residents emerged from turbulent neighborhoods
Exquisitely detailed and beautifully symmetrical, the snowflakes made by a mathematician are icy jewels of art. But don’t be fooled; there is some serious science behind a mathematician’s charming creations. Although they look as if they tumbled straight from the clouds, these “snowfakes” are actually the product of an elaborate computer model designed to replicate [...]
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Dr. Mark Smith and colleagues at Case Western Reserve University found that dysregulated cell cycle control may contribute to neural cell death.
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Researchers have found that tiny nanoparticles could be twice as likely to stick to the interface of two non mixing liquids than previously believed. This opens up a range of new possibilities for the uses of nanoparticles in living cells, polymer composites, and high-tech foams, gels, and paints. The researchers are also working on ways [...]
New research suggests that the (as yet unlicensed) antiarrhythmic drug dronedarone can reduce the incidence of cardiovascular-related hospitalization or death in patients with atrial fibrillation.
The global travel logs of greenhouse gases are based on atmospheric sampling locations sprinkled over the Earth and short towers that measure the uptake or release of carbon from a small patch of forest. But those measurements don’t agree with current computer models of how plants and soils behave. Researchers are developing a unique way [...]
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Peer victimization during middle and high school may be an important indicator of an individual’s sexual behavior later in life, according to a new study.
Sinkholes penetrating the bottom one of North America’s Great Lakes — Lake Huron — unexpectedly harbor exotic ecosystems akin to those in permanently iced-over Antarctic lakes and deep-sea, hydrothermal vents and cold seeps. As little as 20 meters (66 feet) below the surface of Lake Huron, the third largest of North America’s Great Lakes, peculiar [...]