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ScienceDaily: Most Popular News
ScienceDaily: Most Popular News |
- Discovery expands search for Earth-like planets: Newly spotted frozen world orbits in a binary star system
- Whales as ecosystem engineers: Recovery from overhunting helping to buffer marine ecosystems from destabilizing stresses
- Black hole fireworks in nearby galaxy
- A first: Scientists show bacteria can evolve biological timer to survive antibiotics
- Learn Dutch in your sleep: Listening to lessons while sleeping reinforces memory
Posted: 03 Jul 2014 11:21 AM PDT A newly discovered planet is expanding astronomers' notions of where Earth-like—and even potentially habitable—planets can form, and how to find them. At twice the mass of Earth, the planet orbits one of the stars in the binary system at almost exactly the same distance from which Earth orbits the sun. However, because the planet's host star is much dimmer than the sun, the planet is much colder thanEarth -- a little colder, in fact, than Jupiter's icy moon Europa. |
Posted: 03 Jul 2014 07:29 AM PDT A review of research on whales shows that they have more a powerful influence on the function of oceans, global carbon storage, and the health of commercial fisheries than has been commonly assumed. The continued recovery of great whales from centuries of overhunting may help to buffer marine ecosystems from destabilizing stresses, including climate change, reports a global team of scientists. |
Black hole fireworks in nearby galaxy Posted: 02 Jul 2014 01:53 PM PDT Celebrants this Fourth of July will enjoy the dazzling lights and booming shock waves from the explosions of fireworks. A similarly styled event is taking place in the galaxy Messier 106, as seen by NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope, Chandra X-ray Observatory and the Herschel Space Observatory. Herschel is a European Space Agency mission with important NASA contributions. |
A first: Scientists show bacteria can evolve biological timer to survive antibiotics Posted: 30 Jun 2014 07:31 AM PDT When exposed to repeated cycles of antibiotics, within days bacteria can evolve a new adaptation, by remaining dormant for the treatment period to survive antibiotic stress. The results show for the first time that bacteria can develop a biological timer to survive antibiotic exposure. With this new understanding, scientists could develop new approaches for slowing the evolution of antibiotic resistance. |
Learn Dutch in your sleep: Listening to lessons while sleeping reinforces memory Posted: 30 Jun 2014 06:36 AM PDT When you have learned words in another language, it may be worth listening to them again in your sleep. A study has now shown that this method reinforces memory. "Our method is easy to use in daily life and can be adopted by anyone," says the study director. |
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ScienceDaily: Top Environment News
ScienceDaily: Top Environment News |
- New optogenetic tool for controlling neuronal signalling by blue light
- Compounded outcomes associated with comorbid Alzheimer's disease, cerebrovascular disease
- Fondue with chicken causes campylobacter infections in Switzerland
- Consider water use in climate change policies: Energy efficient technologies can also save water at the same time
- Embryology: Unexpected stability and complexity in transcriptional enhancers' interactions
- Flamingo die-offs: Flexible, standardized post-mortem examinations important in preventing future flamingo die-offs
- Zone tropical coastal oceans: Business-as-usual management policies risks well-being of more than 2 billion people
- Food allergies: A new, simple method to track down allergens
New optogenetic tool for controlling neuronal signalling by blue light Posted: 05 Jul 2014 11:00 AM PDT |
Compounded outcomes associated with comorbid Alzheimer's disease, cerebrovascular disease Posted: 03 Jul 2014 01:23 PM PDT Anecdotal information on patients with both Alzheimer's disease and cerebrovascular disease have been confirmed by researchers using mouse models in two different studies. The findings, which found elevated levels of homocysteine is associated with a number of disease states, have potentially significant implications for patients with both disorders. |
Fondue with chicken causes campylobacter infections in Switzerland Posted: 03 Jul 2014 09:58 AM PDT A hotpot with chicken is one of the primary risk factors for a campylobacter infection in Switzerland in winter, a new study shows. At the end of each year, the reported case numbers of this severe intestinal infection increase in Switzerland. According to the new study, this increase over the festive season can be attributed to the consumption of Hot Pots. |
Posted: 03 Jul 2014 07:26 AM PDT There's more to trying to slow down climate change than just cutting greenhouse gas emissions. Technology, policies or plans that aim to do so should also take environmental factors such as water usage into account. A more integrated approach might make some options considerably more attractive than others, especially when implemented in arid countries such as Australia. |
Embryology: Unexpected stability and complexity in transcriptional enhancers' interactions Posted: 03 Jul 2014 06:16 AM PDT Contrary to what was thought, sequences of DNA called enhancers – which control a gene's output – find their targets long before they are activated during embryonic development, scientists have found. Their study also reveals that, surprisingly, the degree of complexity of enhancers' interactions in the 'simple' fruit fly Drosophila is comparable to what is seen in vertebrates. |
Posted: 03 Jul 2014 06:16 AM PDT |
Posted: 02 Jul 2014 09:24 AM PDT Leading international scientists have published a joint call for societies to introduce and enforce use zoning of Earth's coastal ocean waters, mirroring approaches commonly used to manage and protect land resources. The 24 scientists, from Canada, the USA, the UK, China, Australia, New Caledonia, Sweden and Kenya, underline that 20 percent of humanity -- mostly in developing countries -- lives within 100 km of a tropical coast and urge new management measures as population and climate impacts on coastal waters worsen. |
Food allergies: A new, simple method to track down allergens Posted: 02 Jul 2014 07:24 AM PDT Scientists have developed a fast and accurate method for determining exactly which proteins cause allergies to milk. The novel approach can extend to other foods as well. Although food allergies are common, sufferers often don't know exactly what in foods cause their allergic reactions. This knowledge could help develop customized therapies, like training the body's immune system to respond to certain proteins found in foods. |
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