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Closer look at brain circuits reveals important role of genetics
A serial electron microscopy reconstruction of a single synaptic connection.
Credit: Image courtesy of The Scripps Research Institute
Scientists at The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) in...
Water is streaming across Antarctica
Scientists have discovered that seasonally flowing streams fringe much of Antarctica's ice. Each red 'X' represents a separate drainage. Up to now, such features...
Why animals have evolved to favor one side of the brain
Why do people and animals naturally favor one side over the other, and what does it teach us about the brain's inner workings?
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Identical twins, not-so-identical stem cells
A new twin study sheds light on epigenetic patterns in stem cells.
Credit: © pololia / Fotolia
Salk scientists and collaborators have shed light on a...
Tracking down water pollution through DNA of algae
Diatoms between 0.01 and 0.02 mm, consisting of a single cell surrounded by an artificially colored silica skeleton. The alga in green is present...
Research unlocks molecular key to animal evolution and disease
The comb jelly, or ctenophore, is an ancient marine invertebrate that may be the key to understanding the transition from single-celled to multicellular animals...
Bacteriophages, natural drugs to combat superbugs
Bacteriophages can potentially be used to combat antibiotic-resistant bacterial infections.
Credit: Sabrina Green/Baylor College of Medicine
Viruses that specifically kill bacteria, called bacteriophages, might one day...
Harnessing heat to power computers
Sidy Ndao and Mahmoud Elzouka, University of Nebraska-Lincoln College of Engineering, developed this thermal diode that may allow computers to use heat as an...
Arctic river ice deposits rapidly disappearing
Jay Zarnetske explores river icings in Alaska in 2004. A new study by Zarnetske shows river icings are melting out, on average, 26 days...
Milky Way: Hydrogen halo lifts the veil of our galactic home
What our Milky Way might look like to alien astronomers: This image of NGC 2683, a spiral galaxy also known as the "UFO Galaxy"...
Megafaunal extinctions driven by too much moisture
Calving of a glacier.
Credit: © hakat / Fotolia
Studies of bones from Ice Age megafaunal animals across Eurasia and the Americas have revealed that major...
