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Wednesday, December 10, 2014
Cell vs. Virus: A Battle for Health by Shannon Stiles - Video
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How 'Bugs' in Our Bellies Impact Our Health
Gut
bacteria can turn a nutrient in red meat into a chemical that increases
the risk of hardened arteries. The new finding helps explain why eating
lots of red meat might foster heart disease.
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New Frog Discovered in New York City
An Atlantic Coast leopard frog (Rana kauffeldi). This newly identified species lives in wetlands from Connecticut to North Carolina.
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Can Soft Drinks Speed Aging?
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Drinking too many sugary soft drinks can accelerate how quickly our cells age, a new study suggests.
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Magnets May Make Helmets Safer
A new study tests the idea of adding magnets to football helmets to reduce the force of head-to-head collisions.
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ADHD Linked to Air Pollutants
Air
pollution from cars and industries can spew pollutants known as PAHs. A
new study shows children have a greater risk of ADHD if their mothers
inhaled a lot of PAHs while pregnant.
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Early Asteroid Impacts May Have Aided Life's Origin
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Asteroids and comets that smashed into the planet billions of years
ago, as in this illustration, could have provided the necessary energy
to hot-wire life, new experiments suggest.
NASA
Wednesday, November 19, 2014
Philae Landed 3 Times on Comet, but Scientists Not Sure Where It Is
The European Space Agency says harpoons designed to anchor the Philae
probe failed to deploy during its landing on the comet
67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko on Wednesday
Deborah Netburn
'Diamond Rain' Falls on Saturn and Jupiter
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Diamond rain could be "the most common precipitation in the Solar System" the authors say
http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-24477667
Germs Help Each Other Fend Off Antibiotics
Swapping of essential compounds by these Staphylococcus aureus bacteria helps them thrive in the presence of antibiotics.
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Possibly The Biggest Technological Revolution Since The Silicon Chip
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The University of Manchester, Cambridge IP, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, The Graphene Flagship, Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research, The University of Texas at Austin, Stanford University, The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences
What Causes Antibiotic Resistance? TED Ed Video
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Comet Probe May Shed Light on Earth's Past
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Philae
initially came down precisely where it was supposed to (see red
indicator) — but couldn’t stick its landing. After two hops, it landed
somewhere else, still to be determined and partially in shadow.
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Loom Band Charms Taken Off Toy Store Shelves Over Cancer Chemical Fears
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Friday, November 7, 2014
The Distracted Teenage Brain
Teens
often opt for doing something they once found rewarding, even if it no
longer is. One implication: They may opt for texting or social
networking, even when they know should be focused on other things.
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Explainer: What is C. difficile?
These bacteria, called Clostridium difficile,
can be deadly. Scientists have developed a new and effective treatment
that uses beneficial bacteria found in the feces of healthy people.
CDC/Janice Carr
A Cane that Can See
Raghav
Ganesh, who lives in San Jose, Calif., invented a sensor package (white
box attached to cane) that alerts blind people when knee-high obstacles
are in their path.
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Cleaning with Greens
Toxic
waste contaminates sites such as this one in Edgewater, N.J. Scientists
have now tinkered with the genes in some plants. This allows those
greens to help clean up the pollution.
EPA
Coping In A Drier World: California's Drought Survival Strategy
Water sits in the the Delta-Mendota Canal in February 2014 in Los Banos,
Calif. As the California drought continues and farmers struggle to
water their crops, officials at the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation have
announced that they will not be providing Central Valley farmers with
any water from the federally run system of reservoirs and canals.
Justin Sullivan/Getty Images
Cause of California Drought Linked to Climate Change
Credit: NOAA
The drought crippling California is by some measures the worst in the state's history.
Why Travel Bans Will Only Make the Ebola Epidemic Worse
A man dressed in protective hazmat
clothing leaves after treating the front porch and sidewalk of an
apartment where a Texas nurse diagnosed with the Ebola virus lives.
Mike Stone/Getty Images
Thursday, September 4, 2014
Wily Bacteria Create 'Zombie' Plants
Not all zombies look like the walking dead, at least when it comes to plants. Normally, this Arabidopsis
plant would sport a wealth of white flowers. But after being infected
with bacteria, it makes only leaves and lives to do nothing but help its
bacterial master.
JIC Photography
Talking Plants
Tomato plants talk to their neighbors to warn of diseases or infestations.
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Scientists Study Biomechanics Behind Amazing Ant Strength
http://www.biomimicrynews.com/research/Scientists_study_biomechanics_behind_amazing_ant_strength.asp
Researchers at The Ohio State University created
on Ohio Supercomputer Center systems a 3-D model of an ant to study the
biomechanical properties of the neck joint.
Castro/OSU
The Science Behind Baking Your Ideal Chocolate Chip Cookie
Turns out cookie customization is easier than it seems.
Tessa Arias/Handle the Heat
New Nano-Cages Snag and Hold Gases
http://www.nature.com/nchem/journal/v2/n6/fig_tab/nchem.618_F3.html
Assembly of a metal-organic framework by sextuple intercatenation of discrete adamantine-like cages
Xiaofei Kuang, Xiaoyuan Wu, Rongmin Yu, James P. Donahue, Jinshun Huang, Can-Zhong Lu
Explainer: What is Ebola?
The Ebola virus, seen here in a colorized transmission electron micrograph, has a distinct shape.
Frederick A. Murphy/CDC
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