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Men hold secret to protect women from multiple sclerosis
Men are much less likely to get multiple sclerosis (MS) than women and one reason is that they are protected by high levels of...
Reach out and feed someone: Automated system finds rapid honey bee communication networks
"Only connect"--E. M. Forster's pithy quotation captures an essential feature of any society, human or animal: the patterns of interactions among individuals out of...
Americans are spending more time at home, and it’s saving a lot of energy
Researchers have identified a positive trade-off for the rise in online shopping, our consumption of streaming video, and employees working from home. Despite increasing...
New Egyptian dinosaur reveals ancient link between Africa and Europe
When it comes to the final days of the dinosaurs, Africa is something of a blank page. Fossils found in Africa from the Late...
Uncovering the early origins of Huntington’s disease
With new findings, scientists may be poised to break a long impasse in research on Huntington's disease, a fatal hereditary disorder for which there...
Parasite mimics human proteins to provide ‘ready meals’ from the gut
Giardia parasites - responsible for one of the world's most common gastric diseases - are able to mimic human cell functions to break apart...
Changing the color of 3-D printed objects
3-D printing has come a long way since the first "rapid prototyping" patent was rejected in 1980. We've evolved from basic designs to a...
Quantum race accelerates development of silicon quantum chip
The worldwide race to create more, better and reliable quantum processors is progressing fast, as a team of TU Delft scientists led by Professor...
X-ray experiments suggest high tunability of 2-D material
To see what is driving the exotic behavior in some atomically thin - or 2-D - materials, and find out what happens when they...
Method to precisely determine when cell has ‘cashed’ RNA ‘checks’ written by active genes
DNA has often been called "the book of life," but this popular phrase makes some biologists squirm a bit. True, DNA bears our genes,...
The eleventh Archaeopteryx
Researchers from Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitaet (LMU) in Munich report the first description of the geologically oldest fossil securely attributable to the genus Archaeopteryx, and provide a new...
