Combatting viruses: Code breakers turn code writers
Researchers who successfully cracked a code that governs infections by a major group of viruses have gone a step further, creating their own artificial code.
Researchers who successfully cracked a code that governs infections by a major group of viruses have gone a step further, creating their own artificial code.
Cell & Microbiology
Oct 30, 2017
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Aging is a natural part of life, but that hasn't stopped people from embarking on efforts to stop the process.
Evolution
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Vinegar odor boosts the perception of a male sex pheromone in the brain of unmated female Drosophila melanogaster flies, as a team of scientists from the Department of Evolutionary Neuroethology has now discovered. The researchers ...
Plants & Animals
Oct 30, 2017
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Would you want a spider web inside your ear? Probably not. But if you're able to put aside the creepy factor, new research from Binghamton University, State University of New York shows that fine fibers like spider silk actually ...
Condensed Matter
Oct 30, 2017
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The new method, published today in PNAS, allows, for the first time, to directly quantify changes in prehistoric migration rates using ancient genetic data over the last 30,000 years.
Archaeology
Oct 30, 2017
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If the human population continues to grow, more pressure will be put on carbon dioxide emissions—leaving future generations vulnerable to the effects of climate change. To head this off, greenhouse gas emissions must be ...
Environment
Oct 30, 2017
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Paging Dr. Alexa?
Business
Oct 30, 2017
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Former Tropical Storm Saola transitioned into an extra-tropical storm on Oct. 29 as it tracked southeast of the big island of Japan. NASA's Terra Satellite captured a visible image of the storm after it moved north of Hokkaido, ...
Earth Sciences
Oct 30, 2017
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Information shared on social media is being regularly used in research projects without users' consent, a study suggests.
Social Sciences
Oct 30, 2017
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Data-driven Internet companies that boast they can precisely target advertising down to users' laundry detergent and their favorite TV shows are getting a reputation for overstating their reach.
Internet
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