The latest developments surrounding the consumer-electronics show in Las Vegas known as CES (all times local):
Consumer & Gadgets
Jan 7, 2016
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A team of researchers at Kansas State University, in collaboration with Garcia-Sastre of the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, has developed a vaccine that protects poultry from multiple strains of avian influenza ...
Ecology
Jan 7, 2016
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One dozen flight mirrors are now installed on NASA's James Webb Space Telescope, out of the eighteen mirror segments that make up the primary mirror. The assembly of the primary mirror is an important milestone for the Webb ...
Space Exploration
Jan 7, 2016
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Music functions as a universal connector that pervades most cultures. More specifically, rhythm and synchronization - both within and beyond the realm of music - are forms of communication that stimulate brain activity.
Mathematics
Jan 7, 2016
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All it took was one mutation more than 600 million years ago. With that random act, a new protein function was born that helped our single-celled ancestor transition into an organized multicellular organism.
Cell & Microbiology
Jan 7, 2016
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Precolombian seafarers left what is now mainland Panama to settle on Pedro González Island in the Perlas archipelago about 6,000 years ago, crossing 50-70 kilometers (31-44 miles) of choppy seas—probably in dugout canoes. ...
Archaeology
Jan 7, 2016
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From the Christian Crusades to the Paris attacks, countless conflicts and acts of violence have been claimed to be the result of differing religious beliefs. These faith-based opinions are thought to motivate aggressive behavior ...
Social Sciences
Jan 7, 2016
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How more than 1,000 tree species may occur in a small area of forest in Amazonia or Borneo is an unsolved mystery. Their ability to co-exist may depend on how trees get along with their neighbors. A new study based, in part, ...
Environment
Jan 7, 2016
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Three new species of chigger mites have been discovered in Thailand, and are described in an article in the Journal of Medical Entomology.
Plants & Animals
Jan 7, 2016
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Forests can store as much as 45 percent of the world's terrestrial carbon, making them a critical part of the process of regulating climate change.
Environment
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