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Physicists Finally Discover Why Grapes Ignite in the 2019-02-18 18:14:51Consider the humble grape. Small, spheroid, with pleasantly taut skin, leaving a burst of sweetness on the tongue. Hardly a fruit you'd need to

First Evidence of a Giant Exoplanet Collision 2019-02-18 16:45:09For the first time ever, astronomers think they've discovered an exoplanet that survived a catastrophic collision with another planet. And according

Why Do We Forget Things? It May Make 2019-02-18 15:15:14In the quest to fend off forgetfulness, some people build a palace of memory. It’s a method for memorizing invented in ancient times by (legend

Think You Love Your Partner? It's Complicated 2019-02-18 14:54:33Valentine cards are filled with expressions of unequivocal adoration and appreciation. That’s fitting for the holiday set aside to express love

Japan's Hayabusa 2 Mission Will Mine an Asteroid 2019-02-18 14:45:21The Japanese spacecraft Hayabusa 2 is ready to touch down on asteroid Ryugu and should do so later this week. On Monday morning, Japanese officials&nb

Researchers Trace the Origins of Thousands of Ancient 2019-02-18 14:23:39(Inside Science) – New research suggests that megaliths -- monuments such as Stonehenge created from large rocks during the Stone and Copper Age

A Philosopher Asked Physicists: 'What is a Black 2019-02-18 12:30:05Ask a dozen physicists what a black hole is, and you may get a dozen different answers – at least if those physicists are from different sub-fie

Pumped Milk Gives Infants Different Bacteria Than Breastfeeding, 2019-02-15 18:04:44Mother’s milk provides sustenance for babies. Now researchers find pumped breast milk exposes newborns to more disease-causing bacteria than mil

NASA Wants to Return to the Moon as 2019-02-15 16:13:53In November, NASA tapped nine private spaceflight companies who will be allowed to bid on upcoming projects. Yesterday, they elaborated on what those

Climate Change Hearings Signal Congress Is Willing to 2019-02-14 17:53:10Climate change is real. It’s happening now. And it presents significant problems for the U.S. across multiple facets of society, according to a

Researchers Create 'Rat Cyborgs' That People Control With 2019-02-14 16:43:05I’ll just come right out and say it: Scientists have created human-controlled rat cyborgs. Lest you think this is some media sensationalism at

Citizen Science Day 2019: Add Real Scientific Research 2019-02-14 15:18:40From the NIH/ National Network of Libraries of Medicine Libraries are hubs for discovery and community engagement; imagine your library joining a r

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Astrophysicists May Have Found Universe’s ‘Missing Mass’ 2019-02-18 10:45:05About a third of the normal matter — meaning hydrogen, helium and other elements — created shortly after the Big Bang is not seen in the p

New Species of Aloe Discovered in Somaliland 2019-02-18 09:01:00A species of aloe believed to be new to science has been found in Somaliland, a self-declared state, internationally considered to be an autonomous re

ALMA Detects Salts around Young Star 2019-02-18 06:24:07Astronomers using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) have detected the chemical fingerprints of sodium chloride (NaCl), potassium

Study: Sleep Improves Ability of Human Immune Cells 2019-02-18 03:25:53A new study published online in the Journal of Experimental Medicine describes how sleep can fight off an infection, whereas other conditions, such as

Astronomers Discover Large Stream of Stars in Solar 2019-02-15 14:01:31Astronomers using ESA’s Gaia satellite have discovered a large stellar stream that is currently traversing the immediate solar neighborhood at a

Nature Favors Production of Asymmetrical Pollen Grains 2019-02-15 11:15:51According to a new study published in the journal Cell, plants favor the production of uneven, asymmetrical patterns on the surface of pollen grains o

New Titanosaurian Dinosaur Unearthed in Tanzania 2019-02-15 08:23:39Paleontologists in Tanzania have found fossil fragments from a new species of giant dinosaur that walked the Earth approximately 100 million years ago

Researchers Identify Gene as Target for Alcoholism Prevention 2019-02-15 07:18:46A team of scientists from the Oregon National Primate Research Center at Oregon Health and Sciences University has found that a gene called the G-prot

Ultima Thule’s ‘Lobes’ Are Not Spherical, New Horizons 2019-02-14 13:45:26A series of images from NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft contains important scientific information about the true shape of the Kuiper Belt object

Researchers Discover New Species of Softshell Turtle 2019-02-14 12:18:27A team of scientists from Hungary, Germany and Vietnam has discovered a new, critically endangered species of softshell turtle in north-central Vietna

Chimpanzees’ Gestural Communication Follows Same Laws as Human 2019-02-14 10:43:28According to a new study, published in the Proceedings of the Royal Society B, gestures of chimpanzees follow the same mathematical patterns — k

Underground Volcanism on Mars May Have Been Active 2019-02-14 06:52:56Recent radar observations from ESA’s Mars Express spacecraft were interpreted as evidence for melting beneath the south polar ice cap of Mars. N

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Tidal floods driven by climate change may hurt 2019-02-19 06:00:05Parking data from Annapolis, Md.’s historic downtown shows how tidal flooding, driven by sea rise, can hurt local business.

Brain cells combine place and taste to make 2019-02-18 13:00:05A select group of brain cells responds to both flavor and location, a specialty that may help an animal find the next good meal.

Tooth plaque shows drinking milk goes back 3,000 2019-02-17 07:00:05The hardened plaque on teeth is helping scientists trace the history of dairying in Mongolia.

Why some Georgia O’Keeffe paintings have ‘art acne’ 2019-02-16 09:00:05Tiny protrusions are from chemical reactions in the paint, say scientists who developed an imaging method that could help curators track the knobs.

LIGO will be getting a quantum upgrade 2019-02-15 14:54:29Quantum squeezing of light will help scientists make better gravitational wave detectors.

STEM professors’ beliefs on intelligence may widen the 2019-02-15 14:00:05Seeing intelligence as fixed can result in lower grades, especially for certain minorities

Muons reveal the whopping voltages inside a thunderstorm 2019-02-15 07:00:05Particle physics sheds new light on the electric potential of thunderstorms.

A new insulation material is practically weightless yet 2019-02-14 14:00:05Extreme heat and temperature swings are no match for this lightweight insulator.

Climate change could increase foodborne illness by energizing 2019-02-14 09:00:04Warmer, more lively house flies could spread more Campylobacter bacteria by landing on more food.

50 years ago, DDT pushed peregrine falcons to 2019-02-14 07:00:05In 1969, peregrine falcons were at risk of extinction. But a ban on the pesticide DDT and new captive breeding programs allowed the raptors to recover

Slow sperm may fail at crashing ‘gates’ on 2019-02-13 14:49:00A new study describes how sperm navigate narrow straits in the reproductive tract’s obstacle course to reach an egg.

After 15 years on Mars, it’s the end 2019-02-13 14:16:25After 15 years of exploring Mars, a dust storm led to the demise of NASA’s longest-lived rover.

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How to block new antibiotic resistance gene 2019-02-19 17:01:18A new antimicrobial-resistance gene, VCC-1, a beta-lactamase gene, has been discovered in benign close relatives of virulent Vibrio cholerae, which ca

Fluorescing urine signals organ transplant rejection, could replace 2019-02-19 17:01:13Glowing urine may replace the biopsy needle: In detecting organ transplant rejection, a new nanoparticle has proven much faster and more thorough in t

Keep calm and don't carry on when parenting 2019-02-19 17:01:10In a new study, psychologists find that mothers and fathers who are less capable of dampening down their anger are more likely to resort to harsh disc

Antibiotic resistances spread faster than thought, aquaculture study 2019-02-19 17:01:08By studying fish raised in aquaculture, researchers have shed new light on the mechanisms by which antibiotic resistance genes are transferred between

American women have better control of high blood 2019-02-19 17:01:05A study of more than 30,000 Americans since 2001 has revealed significant differences in management of heart disease risk between women and men.

T-cell receptor diversity may be key to treatment 2019-02-19 17:01:03Healthy T-cells play a crucial role in how the body fights follicular lymphoma, according to a new study. T-cells are a key part of the immune system

Cervical microbiome may promote high-grade precancerous lesions 2019-02-19 17:01:01Infections with a Human Papillomavirus (HPV) cause 99 percent of cervical cancer cases, and the disease's first sign is often the appearance of preca

Solar tadpole-like jets seen with NASA'S IRIS add 2019-02-19 15:52:04Scientists have discovered tadpole-shaped jets coming out of the Sun that may help explain why the corona (the wispy upper atmosphere of our star) is

Carbon taxes could create new winners and losers 2019-02-19 15:52:01A global carbon tax would create new sets of economic winners and losers, with some countries holding a distinct competitive advantage over others, ac

Prenatal forest fire exposure stunts children's growth 2019-02-19 15:51:56Forest fires are more harmful than previously imagined, causing stunted growth in children who were exposed to smoke while in the womb, according to n

Engineers can detect ultra rare proteins in blood 2019-02-19 14:35:34Commercial approaches to ultrasensitive protein detection are starting to become available, but they are based on expensive optics and fluid handlers,

In the blink of an eye: Team uses 2019-02-19 14:35:20Imagine being stuck inside a maze and wanting to find your way out. How would you proceed? The answer is trial and error. This is how traditional comp

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'Rarest Penguin On Earth' Caught On Camera In 2019-02-19 03:14:14It may be the only one of its kind on the planet.

I Fight Anti-GMO Fears In Africa To Combat 2019-02-14 12:00:31The anti-GMO news and campaign across the globe make me wonder whether improved crop varieties would ever reach small stakeholder farmers like my moth

NASA's Opportunity Rover Is Dead After 15 Year 2019-02-13 19:28:12“Humanity’s greatest explorers aren’t always human,” NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory said of the trailblazing robot.

Science Marks Its Return To The House Science 2019-02-13 17:32:13The panel’s longtime chair, Rep. Lamar Smith, had repeatedly attacked scientists and pushed climate misinformation. Those days are over.

A Harvard Geneticist Wants To Sell A Magical 2019-02-13 14:34:43David Sinclair stirred up controversy before when he promoted — and got $8 million — off a “miraculous molecule.”

Pioneering Black Scientist Wins ‘Nobel Prize For The 2019-02-12 12:48:36Warren Washington wins the award for climate science. His freshman college advisor told him to avoid physics because it was “probably too hard&r

Tom Suozzi, Moderate Democrat On Powerful Economic Committee, 2019-02-11 11:20:59Nearly 70 House Democrats now back the resolution.

Insects Are Dying En Masse, Risking 'Catastrophic' Collapse 2019-02-11 09:22:28The insect apocalypse is indeed upon us, according to the first global scientific review of insect population decline.

House Climate Panel Democrats Got Nearly $200,000 In 2019-02-07 13:38:57House Speaker Nancy Pelosi named nine Democrats to the new committee on Thursday.

This Is Hands-Down The Most Horrifying Pizza Video 2019-02-07 05:15:04What happens to this pizza is terrible. You have been warned.

The Republican Assault On The Green New Deal 2019-02-06 16:59:50Polls show the Green New Deal appeals to voters from both parties. The GOP apparently hasn't heard.

2018 Fourth Hottest Year On Record, Says NASA 2019-02-06 11:36:19The latest annual global temperature analysis show climate change is getting worse.

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Climate-friendly labriculture depends on an energy revolution, says 2019-02-19 00:00:00In a first-of-its-kind study from the Oxford Martin School, the climate-change impact of several production methods for lab-grown and farmed beef was

Lupus strongly linked to imbalances in gut microbiome 2019-02-19 00:00:00The disease systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) -- marked by the attack on joints, skin, and kidneys by the body's immune system -- is linked to an ab

Study: Adolescent female blood donors at risk for 2019-02-19 00:00:00Female adolescent blood donors are more likely to have low iron stores and iron deficiency anemia than adult female blood donors and nondonors, which

Marijuana dispensaries associated with rise, then decline in 2019-02-19 00:00:00A new study found an association between marijuana dispensaries and increases in rates of crime and disorder in neighborhoods in Denver, Colo., shortl

Oral antifungal drug used to treat yeast infections 2019-02-19 00:00:00A commonly used medication, fluconazole, used to treat vaginal yeast infections, is linked to higher rates of miscarriage if used during pregnancy, fo

Spherical display brings virtual collaboration closer to reality 2019-02-19 00:00:00Virtual reality can often make a user feel isolated from the world, with only computer-generated characters for company. But researchers at the Univer

Indecision under pressure 2019-02-19 00:00:00When compressed, a material typically becomes a better conductor of heat. Not so for the unusual material cubic boron arsenide, which when under press

Physically active women have significantly decreased risk of 2019-02-19 00:00:00Women with lower sedentary time or who frequently interrupt their sitting have a significantly lower risk of heart disease.Younger women are having mo

More cancer survivors, fewer cancer specialists point to 2019-02-19 00:00:00An aging population, a growing number of cancer survivors, and a projected shortage of cancer care providers will result in a challenge in delivering

Scientists identify atomic structure of catalytically active copper-ceria 2019-02-19 00:00:00Recently, Dr. ZHOU Yan and Prof. SHEN Wenjie at the Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics (DICP) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and their collabora

Terror attacks by Muslims get 357 percent more 2019-02-19 00:00:00Terror attacks carried out by Muslims receive on average 357 percent more media coverage than those committed by other groups, according to research c

Scientists create new map of brain's immune system 2019-02-19 00:00:00A team of researchers under the direction of the Medical Center -- University of Freiburg has created an entirely new map of the brain's own immune s

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