Excavations of architecture and associated deposits left by hunter-gatherers in the Black Desert in eastern Jordan have revealed bones from wild sheep - a species previously not identified in this area in the Late Pleistocene. ...
Archaeology
Aug 22, 2017
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Facebook use in the US will slow as teens and young adults opt for smartphone image-sharing services Instagram and Snapchat, according to an eMarketer forecast released on Tuesday.
Internet
Aug 22, 2017
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13
A new medical-diagnostic device made out of paper detects biomarkers and identifies diseases by performing electrochemical analyses - powered only by the user's touch - and reads out the color-coded test results, making it ...
Materials Science
Aug 22, 2017
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235
Engineers at a lab in Florida have been working quietly for the last two and a half years on building one of the most powerful magnets in the world.
General Physics
Aug 22, 2017
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Mechanical loading, or forces that stimulate cellular growth for development, is required for creating cartilage that is then turned to bone; however, little is known about cartilage development in the absence of gravity ...
Cell & Microbiology
Aug 22, 2017
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2
A sophisticated mechanism that allows plant roots to quickly respond to changes in soil conditions has been identified by an international research team.
Biotechnology
Aug 22, 2017
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To determine how efficient new solar cells convert sunlight into electricity, small sample cells are tested under ideal conditions. However, the reported efficiency is not very representative of the actual annual yield when ...
Energy & Green Tech
Aug 22, 2017
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Magnesium—the lightest of all structural metals—has a lot going for it in the quest to make ever lighter cars and trucks that go farther on a tank of fuel or battery charge.
Materials Science
Aug 22, 2017
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The microbiome seems ubiquitous: humans and many other species rely on billions of tiny organisms in their guts to aid in digestion, metabolism and other functions. Now, scientists at the University of Colorado Boulder are ...
Cell & Microbiology
Aug 22, 2017
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Take a fish out of water and its stress hormones will go up. Adrenaline and noradrenaline, the "fight or flight" hormones, peak first, followed more gradually by cortisol. A new study finds that largemouth bass whose cortisol ...
Ecology
Aug 22, 2017
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