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• Electrons behaving like a particle and a wave: Feynman's double-slit experiment brought to life
• Life in the universe: Foundations of carbon-based life leave little room for error
• U.S. lifespans lags other high-income countries, tied to mortality rates under age 50
• Drug treatment corrects autism symptoms in mouse model
• Bat disease: More accurate, sensitive DNA test allows early identification of fungus causing white nose syndrome
• New monoclonal antibody developed that can target proteins inside cancer cells
• 'Monster' starburst galaxies discovered in early universe
• New MRI method fingerprints tissues and diseases: Aims for fast and affordable scans, early and quick diagnoses
• Strange spaghetti-shaped creature is missing link: Discovery pushes fossil record back 200 million years
• Ancient Chinese coin found on Kenyan island
• Doing business with a parrot: Self-control observed in cockatoos
• It's all in the way we move: Bone form and locomotor behavior in bipedal and quadrupedal marsupials

Electrons behaving like a particle and a wave: Feynman's double-slit experiment brought to life Posted: 13 Mar 2013 06:40 PM PDT The precise methodology of Richard Feynman's famous double-slit thought-experiment -- a cornerstone of quantum mechanics that showed how electrons behave as both a particle and a wave -- has been followed in full for the very first time.

Life in the universe: Foundations of carbon-based life leave little room for error Posted: 13 Mar 2013 03:23 PM PDT Life as we know it is based upon the elements of carbon and oxygen. Now a team of physicists is looking at the conditions necessary to the formation of those two elements in the universe. They've found that when it comes to supporting life, the universe leaves very little margin for error.

U.S. lifespans lags other high-income countries, tied to mortality rates under age 50 Posted: 13 Mar 2013 03:22 PM PDT A new study suggests higher mortality rates among Americans younger than 50 are responsible for much of why life expectancy is lower in the United States than most of the world's most developed nations. Most of the excess mortality of those younger than 50 was caused by noncommunicable diseases, including perinatal conditions, such as pregnancy complications and birth trauma, and homicide and unintentional injuries including drug overdose.

Drug treatment corrects autism symptoms in mouse model Posted: 13 Mar 2013 03:20 PM PDT Autism results from abnormal cell communication. Testing a new theory, researchers have used a newly discovered function of an old drug to restore cell communications in a mouse model of autism, reversing symptoms of the devastating disorder.

Bat disease: More accurate, sensitive DNA test allows early identification of fungus causing white nose syndrome Posted: 13 Mar 2013 01:09 PM PDT Scientists are identifying additional species of Geomyces and describing development of a highly sensitive DNA-based technique for early identification of Geomyces destructans on bats as well as in soils and on cave walls.

New monoclonal antibody developed that can target proteins inside cancer cells Posted: 13 Mar 2013 01:07 PM PDT Scientists have created a unique monoclonal antibody that can effectively reach inside a cancer cell.

'Monster' starburst galaxies discovered in early universe Posted: 13 Mar 2013 11:25 AM PDT Astronomers have discovered starburst galaxies earlier in the Universe's history than they were previously thought to have existed. These newly discovered galaxies represent what today's most massive galaxies looked like in their energetic, star-forming youth.

New MRI method fingerprints tissues and diseases: Aims for fast and affordable scans, early and quick diagnoses Posted: 13 Mar 2013 11:25 AM PDT A new method of magnetic resonance imaging could routinely spot specific cancers, multiple sclerosis, heart disease and other maladies early, when they're most treatable, researchers say. Each body tissue and disease has a unique fingerprint that can be used to quickly diagnose problems, the scientists say.

Strange spaghetti-shaped creature is missing link: Discovery pushes fossil record back 200 million years Posted: 13 Mar 2013 11:25 AM PDT Canada's 505 million year-old Burgess Shale fossil beds, located in Yoho National Park, have yielded yet another major scientific discovery -- this time with the unearthing of a strange phallus-shaped creature.

Ancient Chinese coin found on Kenyan island Posted: 13 Mar 2013 10:19 AM PDT Scientists have unearthed a 600-year-old Chinese coin on the Kenyan island of Manda that shows trade existed between China and east Africa decades before European explorers set sail and changed the map of the world.

Doing business with a parrot: Self-control observed in cockatoos Posted: 13 Mar 2013 08:24 AM PDT Scientists have for the first time succeeded in observing self-control in cockatoos.

It's all in the way we move: Bone form and locomotor behavior in bipedal and quadrupedal marsupials Posted: 13 Mar 2013 08:24 AM PDT A new study examined the connections between bone form and locomotor behavior in bipedal and quadrupedal marsupials.

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