An international research team has observed in real time how football molecules made of carbon atoms burst in the beam of an X-ray laser. The study shows the temporal course of the bursting process, which takes less than ...
General Physics
Sep 23, 2019
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Most mammals naturally produce a carbohydrate known as Neu5Gc—humans do not. However, when we eat red meat, animal Neu5Gc is incorporated in our tissues. As the carbohydrate builds up, our immune systems treat Neu5Gc as ...
Cell & Microbiology
Sep 23, 2019
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145
A child's desire to share becomes influenced by social norms around the age of eight, new research has revealed.
Social Sciences
Sep 23, 2019
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103
A key theory that attributes the climate evolution of the Earth to the breakdown of Himalayan rocks may not explain the cooling over the past 15 million years, according to a Rutgers-led study.
Earth Sciences
Sep 23, 2019
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A single gene in sorghum controls bird feeding behavior by simultaneously regulating the production of bad-tasting molecules and attractive volatiles, according to a study publishing September 23 in the journal Molecular ...
Biotechnology
Sep 23, 2019
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A new Oregon State University study finds that pet cats form attachments with their human owners that are similar to the bonds formed by children and dogs with their caretakers.
Plants & Animals
Sep 23, 2019
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Graphene is actually a 3-D material as well as a 2-D material, according to a new study from Queen Mary University of London.
Nanophysics
Sep 23, 2019
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A space-age metal that formed part of the asteroid that destroyed the dinosaurs could provide a new method of treating cancer tumors selectively using light.
Biochemistry
Sep 23, 2019
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113
In a paper published in Nature Ecology and Evolution, a group of researchers argues that our evolutionary past must be understood as the outcome of dynamic changes in connectivity, or gene flow, between early humans scattered ...
Evolution
Sep 23, 2019
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390
An international team of scientists has figured out how to capture heat and turn it into electricity.
General Physics
Sep 23, 2019
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390
