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New method to boost supply of life saving stem cells

New method to boost supply of life-saving stem cells

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Researchers at the Center for Genomic Regulation (CRG) in Barcelona and Columbia University in New York City have identified a protein that is critical...
Ferrets cats and civets most susceptible to coronavirus infection after humans

Ferrets, cats and civets most susceptible to coronavirus infection after humans

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Humans, followed by ferrets and to a lesser extent cats, civets and dogs are the most susceptible animals to SARS-CoV-2 infection, according to an...
Electronic amoeba finds approximate solution to traveling salesman problem in linear time

‘Electronic amoeba’ finds approximate solution to traveling salesman problem in linear time

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Researchers at Hokkaido University and Amoeba Energy in Japan have, inspired by the efficient foraging behavior of a single-celled amoeba, developed an analog computer...
Cognitive performance of four months old ravens may parallel adult apes

Cognitive performance of four-months-old ravens may parallel adult apes

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By four months of age the cognitive performance of ravens in experimental tasks testing their understanding of the physical world and how they interact...
Artificial intelligence finds surprising patterns in Earths biological mass extinctions

Artificial intelligence finds surprising patterns in Earth’s biological mass extinctions

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Charles Darwin's landmark opus "On the Origin of the Species" ends with a beautiful summary of his theory of evolution: "There is a grandeur...
Shocking adaptations discovered in electric fish of Brazils Amazon

Shocking adaptations discovered in electric fish of Brazil’s Amazon

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A study of weakly electric fishes from a remote area of the Brazilian Amazon Basin has not only offered a unique window into how...
New study helps pinpoint when earths plate subduction began

New study helps pinpoint when earth’s plate subduction began

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A new study from scientists at Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego and the University of Chicago sheds light on a hotly...
The greening of the Earth is approaching its limit

The greening of the Earth is approaching its limit

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When plants absorb this gas to grow, they remove it from the atmosphere and it is sequestered in their branches, trunk or roots. An...
Hubble pins down weird exoplanet with far flung orbit that behaves like the long sought Planet Nine

Hubble pins down weird exoplanet with far-flung orbit that behaves like the long-sought ‘Planet...

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A planet in an unlikely orbit around a double star 336 light-years away may offer a clue to a mystery much closer to home:...
Single crystal technology holds promise for next generation lithium ion batteries

Single-crystal technology holds promise for next-generation lithium-ion batteriesSingle-crystal technology holds promise for next-generation lithium-ion...

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A promising technology under development by major battery makers has become even more attractive, thanks to researchers who have taken an unprecedented look at...
High precision measurements of the strong interaction between stable and unstable particles

High-precision measurements of the strong interaction between stable and unstable particles

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The positively charged protons in atomic nuclei should actually repel each other, and yet even heavy nuclei with many protons and neutrons stick together....