The Human Cell Atlas (HCA) Consortium has released a blueprint for the international initiative's efforts to create a comprehensive reference map of all human cells, a project that will form the basis for a deeper understanding ...
Cell & Microbiology
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As odd as it sounds, China's economic policy is being held hostage by its heavily skewed sex ratio.
Social Sciences
Oct 19, 2017
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When China's national carbon market is launched later this year it will be the world's second-largest carbon market, after the European emissions trading scheme (ETS), which it will eventually overtake.
Environment
Oct 19, 2017
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Two months after Hurricane Harvey submerged much of metropolitan Houston, recovery is under way across the city. Residents and volunteers are gutting and restoring flooded homes. Government agencies and nonprofit organizations ...
Environment
Oct 19, 2017
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With uncertainty around the risks of nanomaterials hampering the EU's innovative potential, researchers are working on a safety concept to better monitor this emerging technology.
Bio & Medicine
Oct 19, 2017
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In a trial of a new drug to cure cancer, 44 percent of 50 patients achieved remission after treatment. Without the drug, only 32 percent of previous patients did the same. The new treatment sounds promising, but is it better ...
Other
Oct 19, 2017
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Flowers have a secret signal that's specially tailored for bees so they know where to collect nectar. And new research has just given us a greater insight into how this signal works. Nanoscale patterns on the petals reflect ...
Plants & Animals
Oct 19, 2017
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When the European Space Agency (ESA) launched a satellite into orbit on Oct. 13, it did so despite opposition from Inuit leaders in Canada and Greenland over its potential to contaminate an important Arctic area.
Environment
Oct 19, 2017
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Jealousy leads to increased brain activity in areas associated with social pain and pair bonding in monogamous monkeys, finds a study published today in open-access journal Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution. The study is ...
Plants & Animals
Oct 19, 2017
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It's more than three weeks since the alert level on Bali's Mount Agung was raised to its highest level. An eruption was expected imminently and thousands of people were evacuated, but the volcano has still not erupted.
Earth Sciences
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