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Rising water temperatures and acidification affect important plankton organism
Ocean acidification, rising temperatures, eutrophication and loss of oxygen: Life in the oceans has to cope with a variety of factors. How will plants...
1400 km of optical fiber connect optical clocks in France and Germany
Metrological optical fiber link between LNE-SYRTE in Paris, France and PTB in Braunschweig, Germany, connected in Strasbourg. The overall link length is 1400 km....
Evidence from China shows how plants colonized the land
Early Devonian riverine landscape with plant community dominated by Drepanophycus, an early vascular plant. Credit: Zhenzhen Deng
New fossil finds from China push back...
Maternal high-fat diet during pregnancy can affect baby’s gut microbes
A mother's high-fat diet during pregnancy could have a lasting impact on the bacteria living in her baby's gut, according to a study published...
For the first time in history, high blood pressure is more common in lower-income...
For the first time in history, people living in low- and middle-income countries have a higher prevalence of hypertension -- or high blood pressure...
Scientists pinpoint Ebola’s weak spots
The Scripps Research team succeeded in showing how experimental therapy ZMapp targets the Ebola virus, here targeting the virus's GP protein.Credit: Image courtesy of...
Researchers propose new treatment to prevent kidney stones
Engineer Jeffrey Rimer and collaborators have discovered a new molecule that has the potential to be a more effective inhibitor of kidney stone formation.Credit:...
Lake Tanganyika fisheries declining from global warming
(Photo: © David Berger/Flickr)
The new finding shows that overfishing is not the sole reason for the decline in the lake’s fisheries, says study leader...
Towards a better screen: New molecules promise cheaper, more efficient OLED displays
Harvard University researchers have designed more than 1,000 new blue-light emitting molecules for organic light-emitting diodes (OLEDs) that could dramatically improve displays for televisions,...
Dormant copies of HIV mostly defective, new study shows
HIV infecting a human cell. Credit: NIH
After fully sequencing the latent HIV "provirus" genomes from 19 people being treated for HIV, scientists at Johns...
Study finds brain connections key to reading
Pathways that exist before kids learn to read may determine development of brain’s word recognition area.
Neuroscientists have long wondered why the brain has a...
