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- Collective motion in schools of fish can evolve as finely tuned defense against attack from predators: Virtual fish simulation
- New way to fight bacterial infections: 'Naked Darth Vader' approach could tame antibiotic resistant superbugs
- Study reveals human drive for fair play
- One-molecule-thick material has big advantages
- Spacetime: A smoother brew than we knew
- Sinus irrigation with tap water linked to two deaths
- Primate of the opera: What soprano singing apes on helium reveal about the human voice
- Menopause evolved to prevent competition between in-laws, study suggests
| Posted: 23 Aug 2012 12:24 PM PDT Researchers have designed a video game for predatory fish that has unraveled some lingering evolutionary questions about group formation and movement in animals.  |
| Posted: 23 Aug 2012 11:29 AM PDT Rather than trying to kill bacteria outright with drugs, researchers have discovered a way to disarm bacteria that may allow the body's own defense mechanisms to destroy them. "To understand this strategy one could imagine harmful bacteria being like Darth Vader, and the anti-virulence drug would take away his armor and lightsaber," explained the study's lead author.  |
| Study reveals human drive for fair play Posted: 23 Aug 2012 08:29 AM PDT People will reject an offer of water, even when they are severely thirsty, if they perceive the offer to be unfair, according to a new study. The findings have important implications for understanding how humans make decisions that must balance fairness and self-interest.  |
| One-molecule-thick material has big advantages Posted: 23 Aug 2012 08:29 AM PDT New research suggests that a whole family of two-dimensional materials may open up possibilities for applications that could change many aspects of modern life.  |
| Spacetime: A smoother brew than we knew Posted: 23 Aug 2012 08:15 AM PDT Spacetime may be less like beer and more like sipping whiskey. Or so an intergalactic photo finish would suggest. Physicists reached this heady conclusion after studying the tracings of three photons of differing wavelengths that were recorded by NASA's Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope in May 2009. Photons from a gamma-ray burst jetted 7 billion light years across the universe and arrived at Earth in a dead heat, calling into question just how foamy the universe may be.  |
| Sinus irrigation with tap water linked to two deaths Posted: 23 Aug 2012 06:10 AM PDT When water containing the Naegleria fowleri amoeba, a single-celled organism, enters the nose, the organisms may migrate to the brain, causing primary amebic meningoencephalitis, a very rare -- but usually fatal -- disease. A new study has described the first reported cases in the United States implicating nasal irrigation using tap water in these infections. "N. fowleri was found in water samples from both homes," researchers said, but "not found in the treatment plants or distribution systems of the municipal water systems servicing the patients' homes."  |
| Primate of the opera: What soprano singing apes on helium reveal about the human voice Posted: 23 Aug 2012 06:09 AM PDT Have you ever heard an opera singing ape? Researchers in Japan have discovered that singing gibbons use the same vocal techniques as professional soprano singers. The study explains how recording gibbons singing under the influence of helium gas reveals a physiological similarity to human voices.  |
| Menopause evolved to prevent competition between in-laws, study suggests Posted: 22 Aug 2012 04:15 AM PDT Menopause evolved, in part, to prevent competition between a mother and her new daughter-in-law, according to new research. The study explains for the first time why the relationship women had with their daughter-in-laws could have played a key role.  |
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