Using mass spectrometry data from NASA's Cassini spacecraft, scientists found that large, carbon-rich organic molecules are ejected from cracks in the icy surface of Saturn's moon Enceladus. Southwest Research Institute scientists ...
Space Exploration
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Melbourne scientists have taken a significant step toward developing a new vaccine for malaria, revealing for the first time an 'atomic-scale' blueprint of how the parasite invades human cells.
Biochemistry
Jun 27, 2018
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In recent decades, researchers have been able to produce structures from single atoms. One of the first examples was presented by D. M. Eigler and E. K. Schweizer in 1990 in Nature, a tiny IBM logo formed from just a few ...
Materials Science
Jun 27, 2018
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Researchers at Case Western Reserve University and two other universities have discovered the 13-million-year-old fossils of a pair of new species of extinct hoofed mammals known as "litopterns" from a site in Bolivia.
Archaeology
Jun 27, 2018
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Perhaps people like to think of themselves as big spenders. Or maybe they just aren't very honest.
Economics & Business
Jun 27, 2018
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Knowing what extinct animals ate has long been determined by analyzing carbon isotopes locked inside fossil teeth. For two decades, a key isotope value in these equations has been assumed to be the same for all plant-eating ...
Archaeology
Jun 27, 2018
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Female seals don't change their spots, according to a new study by University of Alberta biologists. In fact, individual differences in boldness remain consistent over time.
Ecology
Jun 27, 2018
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Animals that are inbred make mistakes in response to changes in their surroundings, which threatens their survival, research has found.
Plants & Animals
Jun 27, 2018
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A plant's health is affected not only by conditions such as water and temperature, but by the microorganisms that live around its roots. The rhizosphere microbiome, as this microbial community is known, regulates nutrient ...
Biotechnology
Jun 27, 2018
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The first Rwandan-made Volkswagen car rolled off the assembly line on Wednesday at the country's first auto factory.
Business
Jun 27, 2018
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