Great apes think ahead June 18, 2008 | User rating: 4.8 / 5 after 13 vote(s)
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Apes can plan for their future needs just as we humans can – by using self-control and imagining future events. Mathias and Helena Osvath's research, from Lunds University Cognitive Science in Sweden, is the first to provide ... | |
Researchers unravel bacteria communication pathways June 12, 2008 | User rating: 4.8 / 5 after 8 vote(s)
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MIT researchers have figured out how bacteria ensure that they respond correctly to hundreds of incoming signals from their environment. | |
Nasal spray using body's immune system provides hope of cure for common cold June 23, 2008 | User rating: 4.8 / 5 after 12 vote(s)
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Hopes of cure for common cold on the horizon
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Ancient Mexican maize varieties June 26, 2008 | User rating: 4.8 / 5 after 8 vote(s)
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Maize was first domesticated in the highlands of Mexico about 10,000 years ago and is now one of the most important crop plants in the world. It is a member of the grass family, which also hosts the world's other major ... | |
Huge genome-scale phylogenetic study of birds rewrites evolutionary tree-of-life June 26, 2008 | User rating: 4.8 / 5 after 8 vote(s)
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The largest ever study of bird genetics has not only shaken up but completely redrawn the avian evolutionary tree. The study challenges current classifications, alters our understanding of avian evolution, and provides a ... | |
 Worms do calculus to find meals or avoid unpleasantness July 02, 2008 | User rating: 4.8 / 5 after 8 vote(s)
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Thanks to salt and hot chili peppers, researchers have found a calculus-computing center that tells a roundworm to go forward toward dinner or turn to broaden the search. It's a computational mechanism, they ... | |
Bacterial resistance is futile against wound-cleaning laser July 01, 2008 | User rating: 4.7 / 5 after 14 vote(s)
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A laser-activated antimicrobial offers hope for new treatments of bacterial infections, even those that are resistant to current drugs. Research published today in the open access journal BMC Microbiology describes ... | |
 'Mind's eye' influences visual perception July 01, 2008 | User rating: 4.7 / 5 after 31 vote(s)
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Letting your imagination run away with you may actually influence how you see the world. New research from Vanderbilt University has found that mental imagery—what we see with the "mind's eye"—directly impacts ... | |
 Researchers find an Australian dinosaur with South American heritage June 11, 2008 | User rating: 4.7 / 5 after 10 vote(s)
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Australia's links to South America have just gotten a bit closer, but not due to economic forces, rather fossil forces. | |
 Supercomputer explores biochemical landscape to find memory switches June 20, 2008 | User rating: 4.7 / 5 after 10 vote(s)
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Switches are a part of daily life, from snoozing your alarm, turning on the coffee maker, firing up your car engine, and so on until we turn off the lights at night. Researchers have now cataloged even more ... | |
New technique produces genetically identical stem cells July 01, 2008 | User rating: 4.7 / 5 after 10 vote(s)
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Adult cells of mice created from genetically reprogrammed cells—so-called induced pluripotent stem (IPS) stem cells—can be triggered via drug to enter an embryonic-stem-cell-like state, without the need for further genetic ... | |
 Microscopic 'clutch' puts flagellum in neutral June 19, 2008 | User rating: 4.7 / 5 after 13 vote(s)
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A tiny but powerful engine that propels the bacterium Bacillus subtilis through liquids is disengaged from the corkscrew-like flagellum by a protein clutch, Indiana University Bloomington and Harvard ... | |
 Super atoms turn the periodic table upside down July 01, 2008 | User rating: 4.7 / 5 after 67 vote(s)
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Researchers at Delft University of Technology in The Netherlands have developed a technique for generating atom clusters made from silver and other metals. Surprisingly enough, these so-called super atoms ... | |
Researchers identify biofilms that cause infections June 11, 2008 | User rating: 4.7 / 5 after 6 vote(s)
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Understanding the way bacterial cells "talk" to each other could lead to more effective methods for fighting the often persistent and serious infections caused by the biofilms they form, says a Texas A&M University professor ... | |
Seeing Straight June 27, 2008 | User rating: 4.7 / 5 after 6 vote(s)
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Evidence from laboratory studies and a pilot clinical trial confirms the promise of a simple treatment for amblyopia, or “lazy eye,” according to researchers from the United States and China.
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