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Scientists sequence asexual tiny worm whose lineage stretches back 18 million years
Pictured is Diploscapter pachys (D. pachys), a newly sequenced roundworm that is approximately one-third of a millimeter long and one of a very few...
NASA satellites see Sandy expand as storm intensifies
NOAA's GOES-13 satellite captured this visible image of the massive Hurricane Sandy on Oct. 28 at 1302 UTC (9:02 a.m. EDT). The line of...
Geological game changer: When continents connected
One of the cichlid fish from Guatemala, Thorichthys meeki, collected by LSU Curator of Ichthyology Prosanta Chakrabarty for the study that refuted the date...
Antarctic bryozoans give hints of environmental changes in oceans
Antarctic regions are natural laboratories to study biodiversity and the impact of climate change.
Credit: Blanca Figuerola, UB-IRBio
Antarctic regions are natural laboratories to study biodiversity...
Parents not confident schools can assist child with chronic disease, mental health
Parents feel schools can handle basic first aid, but are less sure about urgent health situations such as an asthma attack or mental health...
Paralympic track sprinters are slowed by curves
A new University of Colorado Boulder study shows how Paralympic sprinters are slowed by curves.
Credit: Photo courtesy Applied Biomechanics Lab, University of Colorado
A University...
Ultrafast snapshots of relaxing electrons in solids
Attosecond flashes of light and x-rays take snapshots of fleeting electrons in solids.
Credit: MPQ, Attoelectronics Group
A team of scientists at the Max Planck Institute...
Tiny lasers from a gallery of whispers
Scanning electron micrograph of a polymeric WGM split-disk cavity: Two opposing half-disks (R=25?m) with an intermediate air gap of several microns are structured onto...
Urgent emission reductions needed to achieve 1.5°C warming limit
Factory at sunset in Cleveland, Ohio.
Credit: © spiritofamerica / Fotolia
Significant emission reductions are required if we are to achieve one of the key goals...
Household environment, not genetics, shapes salivary microbes
Early environmental influences play a far larger role than human genetics in shaping the salivary microbiome--the group of organisms that play a crucial role...
Sleep deprivation is an effective anti-depressant for nearly half of depressed patients, study suggests
Total sleep deprivation or partial sleep deprivation can produce clinical improvement in depression symptoms within 24 hours.
Credit: © igorp17 / Fotolia
Sleep deprivation -- typically...
