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- Superstorm Sandy shook the U. S., literally
- Weeding out ineffective biocontrol agents
- When it comes to survival of the fittest, stress is a good thing, squirrel study shows
- Distant blazar is a high-energy astrophysics puzzle
- Learned helplessness in flies and the roots of depression
- Hologram-like 3-D brain helps researchers decode migraine pain
- 'Big data’ algorithm used to customize video game difficulty
- Researchers abuzz over caffeine as 'cancer-cell killer'
| Superstorm Sandy shook the U. S., literally Posted: 18 Apr 2013 06:39 PM PDT When superstorm Sandy turned and took aim at New York City and Long Island last October, ocean waves hitting each other and the shore rattled the seafloor and much of the United States – shaking detected by seismometers across the country, researchers found.  |
| Weeding out ineffective biocontrol agents Posted: 18 Apr 2013 12:44 PM PDT Biocontrol programs use an invasive plant's natural enemies (insects and pathogens) to reduce its population. Most biocontrol programs combine many different enemies. Some combinations of enemy species can actually end up competing or interfering with each other, instead of attacking the weed.  |
| When it comes to survival of the fittest, stress is a good thing, squirrel study shows Posted: 18 Apr 2013 11:23 AM PDT Researchers have shown for the first time how females' use social cues to correctly prepare their offspring for life outside the nest. The results confirm that red squirrel mothers boosted stress hormone production during pregnancy, which increased the size and the chances of survival of their pups.  |
| Distant blazar is a high-energy astrophysics puzzle Posted: 18 Apr 2013 09:57 AM PDT Blazars are the brightest of active galactic nuclei, and many emit very high-energy gamma rays. New observations of the blazar known as PKS 1424+240 show that it is the most distant known source of very high-energy gamma rays, but its emission spectrum now appears highly unusual in light of the new data.  |
| Learned helplessness in flies and the roots of depression Posted: 18 Apr 2013 09:48 AM PDT When faced with impossible circumstances beyond their control, animals, including humans, often hunker down as they develop sleep or eating disorders, ulcers, and other physical manifestations of depression. Now, researchers show that the same kind of thing happens to flies.  |
| Hologram-like 3-D brain helps researchers decode migraine pain Posted: 18 Apr 2013 09:46 AM PDT Wielding a joystick and wearing special glasses, a pain researcher rotates and slices apart a large, colorful, 3-D brain floating in space before him.  |
| 'Big data’ algorithm used to customize video game difficulty Posted: 18 Apr 2013 07:42 AM PDT Researchers have developed a computational model that can predict video game players' in-game performance and provide a corresponding challenge they can beat, leading to quicker mastery of new skills. The advance not only could help improve user experiences with video games but also applications beyond the gaming world.  |
| Researchers abuzz over caffeine as 'cancer-cell killer' Posted: 18 Apr 2013 07:01 AM PDT Scientists are using caffeine and fruit flies to pinpoint genetic pathways that guide DNA repair in cancer cells.  |
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