Scientists identify 'dumbbell-like' structures of protein-encoding DNA
How life works may come down to dumbbell-like bits of DNA.
Cell & Microbiology
Oct 21, 2020
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Novel method for measuring spatial dependencies turns less data into more data
The identification of human migration driven by climate change, the spread of COVID-19, agricultural trends, and socioeconomic problems in neighboring regions depends on data—the more complex the model, the more data is ...
Mathematics
Oct 21, 2020
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Player behavior in the online game EVE Online may reflect real world country
Virtual worlds may reflect social and economic behavior in the real world, according to a study published October 21, 2020 in the open-access journal PLOS ONE by Andres M. Belaza and colleagues from Ghent University, Belgium.
Social Sciences
Oct 21, 2020
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Turbulent era sparked leap in human behavior, adaptability 320,000 years ago
For hundreds of thousands of years, early humans in the East African Rift Valley could expect certain things of their environment. Freshwater lakes in the region ensured a reliable source of water, and large grazing herbivores ...
Archaeology
Oct 21, 2020
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Building blocks of language evolved 30-40 million years ago
The capacity for language is built upon our ability to understand combinations of words and the relationships between them, but the evolutionary history of this ability is little understood. Now, researchers from the University ...
Plants & Animals
Oct 21, 2020
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Captive-bred salmon in wild may do more harm than good
Releasing captive-bred Atlantic salmon into the ocean, a long-standing practice to boost stocks for commercial fishing, reduces the rate at which wild populations reproduce and may ultimately do more harm than good, researchers ...
Plants & Animals
Oct 21, 2020
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UK's 'Boaty McBoatface' polar vessel begins sea trials
Britain's most advanced polar research ship in decades was set to begin technical sea trials on Wednesday before making its maiden voyage to Antarctica next year.
Earth Sciences
Oct 21, 2020
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Suit: Feds ignore risk of huge spills to endangered species
Environmental groups asked a federal court Wednesday to throw out the Trump administration's assessment of oil and gas activity's likely effects on endangered species in the Gulf of Mexico, saying it dismisses the chance ...
Ecology
Oct 21, 2020
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Chili-shaped device could reveal just how hot that pepper is
Some people love spicy food—the hotter, the better. Others go out of their way to avoid the palate-singeing burn of capsaicin, the compound that gives chili peppers their kick. Now, researchers have developed a portable ...
Analytical Chemistry
Oct 21, 2020
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Delivering proteins to testes could someday treat male infertility
According to the Mayo Clinic, about 15% of couples are infertile, and male infertility plays a role in over one-third of these cases. Often, problems with sperm development are to blame. Now, researchers reporting in ACS ...
Bio & Medicine
Oct 21, 2020
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