 Unknown insects found in 110-million-year-old amber in Spain 19 hours ago | User rating: 4.3 / 5 after 19 vote(s)
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The remains of several unknown insect species which became extinct long before dinosaurs stopped roaming the earth have been discovered in pieces of 110-million-year-old amber found in Spain, researchers said ... | |
Why play a losing game? Study uncovers why low-income people buy lottery tickets 23 hours ago | User rating: 4.1 / 5 after 17 vote(s)
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Although state lotteries, on average, return just 53 cents for every dollar spent on a ticket, people continue to pour money into them — especially low-income people, who spend a larger percentage of their incomes on lottery ... | |
Study: No gender differences in math performance 22 hours ago | User rating: 3.9 / 5 after 7 vote(s)
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We've all heard it. Many of us in fact believe it. Girls just aren't as good at math as boys. But is it true? After sifting through mountains of data - including SAT results and math scores from 7 million students who were ... | |
UC Santa Barbara chemist goes nano with CoQ10 23 hours ago | User rating: 3.9 / 5 after 7 vote(s)
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If Bruce Lipshutz has his way, you may soon be buying bottles of water brimming with the life-sustaining coenzyme CoQ10 at your local Costco. | |
Prevailing theory of aging challenged in Stanford worm study 22 hours ago | User rating: 4.8 / 5 after 12 vote(s)
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Age may not be rust after all. Specific genetic instructions drive aging in worms, report researchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine. Their discovery contradicts the prevailing theory that aging is a buildup ... | |
Plant steroids offer new paradigm for how hormones work 22 hours ago | User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 6 vote(s)
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Steroids bulk up plants just as they do human athletes, but the playbook of molecular signals that tell the genes to boost growth and development in plant cells is far more complicated than in human and animal cells. A new ... | |
Various species' genes evolve to minimize protein production errors 23 hours ago | User rating: not shown ( 3 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
Scientists at Harvard University and the University of Texas at Austin have found that genetic evolution is strongly shaped by genes' efforts to prevent or tolerate errors in protein production. | |
Make your own microfluidic device with new kit from U-M 19 hours ago | User rating: not shown ( 4 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
A type of device called a "lab-on-a-chip" could bring a new generation of instant home tests for illnesses, food contaminants and toxic gases. But today these portable, efficient tools are often stuck in the lab themselves. ... | |
Economists' new research shows positive effects of minimum-wage increases 21 hours ago | User rating: not shown ( 1 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
(PhysOrg.com) -- As various states consider minimum wage increases, and with Democratic Presidential nominee Barack Obama proposing that the minimum wage be increased and indexed to adjust for cost-of-living increases, researchers ... | |
New study of gene evolution could lead to better understanding of neurodegenerative disease 23 hours ago | User rating: not shown ( 2 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
Genetic evolution is strongly shaped by genes' efforts to prevent or tolerate errors in the production of proteins, scientists at The University of Texas at Austin and Harvard University have found. | |
Research says fat friends and poor education helps people think thin 23 hours ago | User rating: not shown ( 1 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
Research by economists at the University of Warwick, Dartmouth College, and the University of Leuven, finds that people are powerfully but subconsciously influenced by the weight of those around them. Without being aware ... | |
Consortium develops new method enabling routine targeted gene modification 23 hours ago | User rating: not shown ( 1 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
A multi-institutional team led by Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) investigators has developed a powerful new tool for genomic research and medicine – a robust method for generating synthetic enzymes that can target particular ... | |
Nursing homes a popular option in Taiwan 23 hours ago | User rating: not shown ( 1 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
Dr Szu-Yao (Zoe) Wang, who recently completed her PhD with UQ's School of Nursing, found that in Taiwan, where the culture dictates that children should care for their parents, aged-care facilities are becoming more popular. | |
Region hit hard by 1993 floods showed economic resiliency, study indicates 23 hours ago | User rating: not rated yet | No comments yet
With the first wave of clean-up efforts behind them, residents of communities affected by this year's Midwest floods may find hope in a University of Illinois study on the economic impact of the 1993 flood that devastated ... | |
Zoo will reopen exhibit where 16 stingrays died 7 hours ago | User rating: not rated yet | No comments yet
(AP) -- A zoo in suburban Chicago plans to reopen an exhibit where 16 stingrays died last week when a malfunction let the tank's water get too warm. | |
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