MIT chemical engineers have developed an extremely sensitive detector that can track single cells' secretion of dopamine, a brain chemical responsible for carrying messages involved in reward-motivated behavior, learning, ...
Biochemistry
Feb 7, 2017
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Internet trolls, by definition, are disruptive, combative and often unpleasant with their offensive or provocative online posts designed to disturb and upset.
Internet
Feb 7, 2017
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Humans emit more than 250 billion tonnes of chemical substances a year, in a toxic avalanche that is harming people and life everywhere on the planet.
Environment
Feb 7, 2017
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When queued up for an event, to buy a latte or waiting for a bus, most people whip out their phones to pass the time—most often within seconds of arriving.
Consumer & Gadgets
Feb 7, 2017
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With new methods of reconstruction, climate researchers in Bern have been able to demonstrate that some 9,000 to 5,000 years ago, the Mediterranean climate was considerably warmer than previous studies had suggested. Among ...
Earth Sciences
Feb 7, 2017
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The world in 1918 was emerging from under the pall of a World War that had claimed 38 million lives, and yet in the span of only one year, just as many lives would be lost to the Spanish Flu—an influenza pandemic that is ...
Biotechnology
Feb 7, 2017
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The cave squeaker is back. Researchers in Zimbabwe say they have found a rare frog that hasn't been seen in decades.
Plants & Animals
Feb 7, 2017
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A study has found that fiscal policies introduced by governments in developing countries can have a significant effect on lowering harmful carbon emissions and help countries with fulfilling their commitments under the UNFCCC ...
Environment
Feb 7, 2017
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Behind some of the world's most reputed concert halls is a Japanese engineer whose finesse in shaping sound is so perfectly unobtrusive that all listeners hear is the music—in all its subtlety, texture and fullness.
Engineering
Feb 7, 2017
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The "energy eater" European building stock is aiming for a greener future. Researchers are testing an "envelope" system combining active and passive technologies, fitted over the existing façade, to make buildings more efficient. ...
Energy & Green Tech
Feb 7, 2017
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