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- Unique ancient spider attack preserved in amber
- New surveys peer through dust to reveal giant supermassive black holes
- Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2012 awarded for discovery that mature cells can be reprogrammed to become pluripotent
- Language learning makes the brain grow, Swedish study suggests
| Unique ancient spider attack preserved in amber Posted: 08 Oct 2012 10:45 AM PDT Researchers have found what they say is the only fossil ever discovered of a spider attack on prey caught in its web -- a 100 million-year-old snapshot of an engagement frozen in time. |
| New surveys peer through dust to reveal giant supermassive black holes Posted: 08 Oct 2012 06:15 AM PDT Scientists have used cutting-edge infrared surveys of the sky to discover a new population of enormous, rapidly growing supermassive black holes in the early Universe. The black holes were previously undetected because they sit cocooned within thick layers of dust. The new study has shown however that they are emitting vast amounts of radiation through violent interactions with their host galaxies. |
| Posted: 08 Oct 2012 05:29 AM PDT The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2012 has been awarded jointly to John B. Gurdon and Shinya Yamanaka for the discovery that mature cells can be reprogrammed to become pluripotent. The two scientists discovered that mature, specialized cells can be reprogrammed to become immature cells capable of developing into all tissues of the body. Their findings have revolutionized our understanding of how cells and organisms develop. |
| Language learning makes the brain grow, Swedish study suggests Posted: 08 Oct 2012 05:29 AM PDT At the Swedish Armed Forces Interpreter Academy, young recruits learn a new language at a very fast pace. By measuring their brains before and after the language training, a group of researchers has had an almost unique opportunity to observe what happens to the brain when we learn a new language in a short period of time. |
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