Bacterial cells treated with a common antibiotic in the near-weightlessness of the International Space Station (ISS) responded with some clever shape shifting that likely helped them survive, findings with implications for ...
Cell & Microbiology
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What's in a name? A lot, social scientists think, especially if that name suggests a person's racial identity, which often, it can.
Social Sciences
Sep 13, 2017
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Drexel University computational biologists have helped to create the first "anatomic atlas" of B-cell clone lineages, their properties and tissue connections.
Biotechnology
Sep 13, 2017
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Turning plentiful carbon dioxide into a chemical feedstock would wring value from the greenhouse gas. However, the traditional approach is costly and produces unwanted byproducts. Now, scientists at Pacific Northwest National ...
Materials Science
Sep 13, 2017
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The law of mass action was first described 150 years ago. Today, it is still a staple concept in every first-year chemistry text. The law states that the rate of a chemical reaction is proportional to the concentration of ...
Materials Science
Sep 13, 2017
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Melting of Antarctica's ice can trigger rapid warming on the other side of the planet, according to our new research which details how just such an abrupt climate event happened 30,000 years ago, in which the North Atlantic ...
Environment
Sep 13, 2017
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As 3-D printing has become a mainstream technology, industry and academic researchers have been investigating printable structures that will fold themselves into useful three-dimensional shapes when heated or immersed in ...
Polymers
Sep 13, 2017
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Like trick-or-treaters sorting their Halloween candy haul, fox squirrels apparently organize their stashes of nuts by variety, quality and possibly even preference, according to new UC Berkeley research.
Plants & Animals
Sep 13, 2017
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Anthropologists just love to sink their teeth into a good mystery, and some recent research from NC State and Vassar College has done just that – by looking at what dental development in Homo naledi fossils can tell us ...
Archaeology
Sep 13, 2017
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A powerful image can evoke a strong emotional response. But can it also influence and change an individual's political opinion? Not on its own, according to communication scientist Tom Powell, who will be obtaining his PhD ...
Social Sciences
Sep 13, 2017
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