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Top Stories - Apr 19, 2011 8:54 - 1 Comment
Sonic booms give birth to stars
CARDIFF U. (UK) — Interstellar sonic booms traveling through the galaxy leave filaments of gas and dust in their wake that stretch for tens of light years and contain newly-born stars in their densest regions. (more…)
Top Stories - Apr 18, 2011 10:32 - 2 Comments
Mollusks keep a look out with rock eyes
DUKE (US) — A simple mollusk appears to use hundreds of eye-like structures made of a calcium carbonate crystal to scope out potential predators and to protect itself against being eaten. (more…)
Top Stories - Apr 15, 2011 11:04 - 0 Comments
Sea squirts flip immunity switch
UC SANTA BARBARA (US) — Preventing rejection of transplanted organs and bone marrow may lie with the tiny sea squirt, a small organism with an incredible sense of self. (more…)
Top Stories - Apr 14, 2011 11:39 - 0 Comments
Fossils show early love of sun and sex
U. SHEFFIELD (UK) — Fossils found on remote lochs on the west coast of Scotland are illuminating the key moment in evolutionary time when life made the leap to land. (more…)
Top Stories - Apr 13, 2011 11:16 - 9 Comments
Is alcoholism a learning disorder?
U. TEXAS-AUSTIN (US) — While having a few drinks may not help you remember your colleague’s name, alcohol can prime your subconscious brain to learn. (more…)
Top Stories - Apr 12, 2011 10:02 - 0 Comments
Black hole smash-ups eject ‘doughnuts’
CALTECH / CORNELL (US) — Physicists now have a way to visualize how space and time warp when black holes slam into each other. (more…)
Top Stories - Apr 11, 2011 9:51 - 5 Comments
Gene pumps up protein in soybeans
IOWA STATE (US) — Placing a newly discovered gene into soybean plants increases the amount of protein in the soybean seeds by 30 to 60 percent. (more…)
Top Stories - Apr 8, 2011 9:27 - 0 Comments
Snails don’t need slime to get ahead
STANFORD (US) — To move from here to there, a snail crawls using one muscular foot on a layer of self-secreted mucus-like slime. Now it appears the sticky stuff isn’t so essential after all. (more…)
Top Stories - Apr 7, 2011 12:25 - 1 Comment
Top 4 reasons people get phished
U. BUFFALO (US) — A particular set of online behaviors can make some people more susceptible to email phishing expeditions, new research shows. (more…)
Top Stories - Apr 6, 2011 11:17 - 1 Comment
Why comets aren’t just ‘dirty snowballs’
U. ARIZONA (US) — Evidence of liquid water in a comet blows apart current thinking that comets never get warm enough to melt the ice that makes up the bulk of their material. (more…)
Top Stories - Apr 5, 2011 11:21 - 2 Comments
Odd couple: Algae in salamander cells
INDIANA U. (US) — The discovery green algae lives inside the cells of salamander embryos suggests other symbioses between animals and algae may exist. (more…)
Top Stories - Apr 4, 2011 10:56 - 0 Comments
Athletic frogs: Go bold or go home
U. TEXAS-AUSTIN (US) — The most toxic, brightly colored members of the poison frog family also may be the best athletes. (more…)
Top Stories - Apr 1, 2011 11:12 - 1 Comment
Finding a ‘new normal’ in Japan
UNC-CHAPEL HILL (US) — Many survivors of Japan’s triple disaster are facing a hard emotional reality: The “old normal” is gone. Now the search for a new normal begins, says a mental trauma expert. (more…)
Top Stories - Mar 31, 2011 11:53 - 3 Comments
New phase of matter hiding in the ‘gap’
STANFORD (US) — Scientists have found the strongest evidence for a new phase of matter by studying a puzzling gap in the electronic structures of some high-temperature superconductors. (more…)
Top Stories - Mar 30, 2011 11:16 - 2 Comments
Chemical war: How plants starve bugs
MICHIGAN STATE (US) — In the ongoing battle between plants and the pests that love to eat them, a few plants respond with lethal force, producing an enzyme that starves attackers. (more…)
Top Stories - Mar 29, 2011 10:17 - 1 Comment
What matters in universe’s asymmetry
SYRACUSE U. (US) — A study of the decay of a rare particle present right after the Big Bang could help solve the mystery of why the universe evolved to have more matter than antimatter. (more…)
Top Stories - Mar 28, 2011 9:29 - 0 Comments
How neurons hear above the din
CARNEGIE MELLON (US) — Much like a person trying to be heard across a crowded room, billions of neurons in the brain need to figure out how to get their message heard over all the chatter. (more…)
Top Stories - Mar 24, 2011 17:31 - 0 Comments
Your smart phone making you aloof?
U. MICHIGAN (US) — Using a smart phone doesn’t necessarily mean you’ll shun strangers. A new study suggests a mobile device can spark conversations. It just depends on how you use it. (more…)
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