For chemical engineer Tonghan Gu, a typical day of fieldwork in Mumbai, India, begins not in a lab, but with a visit to Shree Char Bhuja Dairy. The clerks at this small shop in the city's northern suburbs are friendly, if ...
Materials Science
Apr 24, 2017
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Marine biologists say a humpback whale that washed up on a New York City beach appears to have died after being struck by a vessel.
Ecology
Apr 5, 2017
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Prion diseases are scary, incurable and fatal. They first gained notoriety when cows became infected by prion proteins and, in turn, infected people. Fervor surrounding mad cow disease resulted in the U.S. banning imports ...
Biochemistry
Mar 20, 2017
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A US safety agency said Wednesday it had launched an investigation into a hoverboard fire that killed a two-year-old girl, the first fatality involving the personal transport devices.
Other
Mar 15, 2017
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Why we sleep is one of the enduring unanswered mysteries of modern science. Along with such activities as eating, protecting oneself and reproducing, sleep is one of the major biological imperatives of existence.
Plants & Animals
Mar 1, 2017
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Eight hundred years ago, in a hardscrabble farming community on the outskirts of what was once one of the fabled cities of the ancient world, Troy, a 30-year-old woman was laid to rest in a stone-lined grave.
Archaeology
Jan 10, 2017
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The government wants smartphone makers to lock out most apps when the phone is being used by someone driving a car.
Software
Nov 23, 2016
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The effort to manage a fatal brain disease in deer and elk is taking significant steps forward thanks to a partnership between researchers, government experts, and American deer and elk farmers.
Ecology
Nov 2, 2016
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Germany wants Tesla to stop advertising the "autopilot" function on its cars because it leads to false customer expectations, as the system comes under scrutiny following two fatal crashes.
Hi Tech & Innovation
Oct 17, 2016
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A team of Whitehead Institute and Stanford University scientists are redefining what it means to be a prion—a type of protein that can pass heritable traits from cell to cell by its structure instead of by DNA.
Biochemistry
Oct 4, 2016
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