Gene therapy gives hope to millions of patients. Researchers from the University of Warsaw have been working on mRNA containing a modified fragment that initiates protein biosynthesis. Recently published results reveal that ...
Cell & Microbiology
Dec 1, 2016
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As little as 6,000 years ago, the vast Sahara Desert was covered in grassland that received plenty of rainfall, but shifts in the world's weather patterns abruptly transformed the vegetated region into some of the driest ...
Earth Sciences
Dec 1, 2016
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A mass burial of bodies, known to be victims of the Black Death, has been discovered at the site of a 14th-century monastery hospital at Thornton Abbey, Lincolnshire.
Archaeology
Dec 1, 2016
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Nitrogen is everywhere—there is four times as much of it as oxygen in Earth's atmosphere. However, it is reluctant to form chemical bonds, especially with more than four atoms. Chemists from Warsaw predict, however, that ...
Materials Science
Dec 1, 2016
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According to current estimates, dozens of zettabytes of information will be stored electronically by 2020, which will rely on physical principles that facilitate the use of single atoms or molecules as basic memory cells. ...
Optics & Photonics
Dec 1, 2016
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Waseda University researchers have developed a new method for producing hydrogen that is fast, irreversible, and takes place at much lower temperatures using less energy. This innovation is expected to contribute to the spread ...
Materials Science
Dec 1, 2016
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Japan has mobilised its military to help with a second mass cull of 230,000 chickens amid a spreading outbreak of a highly contagious strain of avian flu, officials said.
Ecology
Dec 1, 2016
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The periodic table got larger Wednesday after four new elements were officially named and added to the chart, including 'nihonium'—the first ever to be discovered by Japanese scientists.
General Physics
Dec 1, 2016
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The IRS obtained a court order Wednesday allowing it to seek the names of people who may have failed to pay taxes on virtual currency exchanged through a San Francisco company.
Internet
Dec 1, 2016
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EU countries are on track to meet their 2020 targets for renewable energy and emissions cuts but could fall short of ambitious longer-term goals, the European Environment Agency (EEA) said Thursday.
Environment
Dec 1, 2016
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