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- Neuroscientists identify key role of language gene
- Researchers control surface tension to manipulate liquid metals
- Early Earth less 'Hellish' than previously thought
- Run, cheetah, run: New algorithm enables cheetah robot to run and jump, untethered, across grass
- The science behind swimming: From whales to larvae, common principles at work in swimming
- Fracking: Gas leaks from faulty wells linked to contamination in some groundwater
- Martian meteorite yields more evidence of the possibility of life on Mars
- 'Jaws' lived in Doncaster, England: Archeologists dig up evidence of sharks and swamps 310 million years ago
- Schizophrenia not a single disease but multiple genetically distinct disorders
| Neuroscientists identify key role of language gene Posted: 15 Sep 2014 12:39 PM PDT Neuroscientists have found that a gene mutation that arose more than half a million years ago may be key to humans' unique ability to produce and understand speech. |
| Researchers control surface tension to manipulate liquid metals Posted: 15 Sep 2014 12:39 PM PDT Researchers have developed a technique for controlling the surface tension of liquid metals by applying very low voltages, opening the door to a new generation of reconfigurable electronic circuits, antennas and other technologies. |
| Early Earth less 'Hellish' than previously thought Posted: 15 Sep 2014 11:09 AM PDT Conditions on Earth during its first 500 million years may have been cool enough to form oceans of water instead of being too hot for life to form. This alternate view of Earth's first geologic eon, called the Hadean, has gained substantial new support from the first detailed comparison of zircon crystals that formed more than 4 billion years ago with those formed contemporaneously in Iceland, which has been proposed as a possible geological analog for early Earth. |
| Run, cheetah, run: New algorithm enables cheetah robot to run and jump, untethered, across grass Posted: 15 Sep 2014 08:45 AM PDT Speed and agility are hallmarks of the cheetah: The big predator is the fastest land animal on Earth, able to accelerate to 60 mph in just a few seconds. As it ramps up to top speed, a cheetah pumps its legs in tandem, bounding until it reaches a full gallop. |
| The science behind swimming: From whales to larvae, common principles at work in swimming Posted: 15 Sep 2014 07:21 AM PDT Using simple hydrodynamics, a team of researchers was able to show that a handful of principles govern how virtually every animal -- from the tiniest fish to birds to gigantic whales propel themselves though the water. |
| Fracking: Gas leaks from faulty wells linked to contamination in some groundwater Posted: 15 Sep 2014 06:58 AM PDT A study has pinpointed the likely source of most natural gas contamination in drinking-water wells associated with hydraulic fracturing, and it's not the source many people may have feared. |
| Martian meteorite yields more evidence of the possibility of life on Mars Posted: 15 Sep 2014 05:37 AM PDT A tiny fragment of Martian meteorite 1.3 billion years old is helping to make the case for the possibility of life on Mars, say scientists. The finding are of a 'cell-like' structure, which investigators now know once held water. |
| Posted: 15 Sep 2014 05:37 AM PDT Sharks, swamps and a tropical rainforest teeming with life – it's not what comes to mind when you think of Yorkshire, England. But for the first time evidence of Doncaster's 310-million-year-old past, including a fossilized shark egg case, has been discovered in a derelict mining tip. |
| Schizophrenia not a single disease but multiple genetically distinct disorders Posted: 15 Sep 2014 05:35 AM PDT Schizophrenia isn't a single disease but a group of eight genetically distinct disorders, each with its own set of symptoms, research shows. The finding could be a first step toward improved diagnosis and treatment for the debilitating psychiatric illness. |
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