Oceans cover 71 percent of the Earth's surface, yet our knowledge of the impact of climate change on marine habitats is a mere drop in the proverbial ocean compared to terrestrial systems. An international team of scientists ...
Environment
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A team of researchers from Philadelphia and Norway has determined the structure of an enzyme complex that modifies one end of most human proteins and is made at elevated levels in numerous forms of cancer. A study in Nature ...
Cell & Microbiology
Aug 4, 2013
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Microscopic tears in a new kind of man-made material may actually help the substance bulk up like a bodybuilder at the gym.
Materials Science
Aug 4, 2013
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This is a veritable mechanics of aggression on the nanoscale. Certain bacteria, including Staphylococcus aureus, have the ability to deploy tiny darts. This biological weapon kills the host cell by piercing the membrane. ...
Biochemistry
Aug 4, 2013
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Scientists have spent decades trying to build flexible plastic solar cells efficient enough to compete with conventional cells made of silicon. To boost performance, research groups have tried creating new plastic materials ...
Materials Science
Aug 4, 2013
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(Phys.org) —At the Laboratory of Intelligent Systems we are developing a novel flying platform which has the ability to move on the ground by using its wings only. Using the wings as whegs to move on rough terrains instead ...
Robotics
Aug 4, 2013
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Twitter is handing down new rules to control abusive language, the company said Saturday, a move which follows a barrage of nasty, harassing, and threatening messages directed at high-profile female users of the microblogging ...
Internet
Aug 4, 2013
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The once-influential US publication Newsweek is being sold to the all-digital news publisher IBT Media, the company said.
Business
Aug 4, 2013
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The waters of the mighty Mekong have sustained generations of families but nowadays its fishermen often find their nets empty and fear hydropower mega-dams will destroy their livelihoods.
Environment
Aug 4, 2013
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On a warm spring evening, hundreds of investment bankers, venture capitalists and geeky tech entrepreneurs gathered near the pool of the Phoenician, a luxury resort outside Phoenix. The occasion? A high-profile gathering ...
Social Sciences
Aug 4, 2013
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