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Cambridge gives Newton papers to the world
Isaac Newton’s own annotated copy of his Principia Mathematica is among his notebooks and manuscripts being made available online by Cambridge University Library. The Library holds the world’s...
Acid test points to coming fish troubles
Young fish can suffer severe damage from the ocean acidification expected within this century
Gene therapy helps counter hemophilia B
Enabling cells to make a clotting compound allows some patients to quit medication
Scientists elevate little-studied cellular mechanism to potential drug target
For years, science has generally considered the phosphorylation of proteins -- the insertion of a phosphorus group into a protein that turns it on or off -- as perhaps the...
Asian region yields species new to science
GLAND, Switzerland, Dec. 12 (UPI) -- More than 200 species newly discovered in Southeast Asia's Greater Mekong region have been described by science, a World Wide Fund for Nature...
Mystery disease strikes arctic seals
FAIRBANKS, Alaska, Dec. 12 (UPI) -- Veterinarians in Alaska say they don't know what has killed almost 200 arctic ringed seals since July, with similar deaths reported in Canada...
Rare genetic disorder provides clues to development of the pancreas
A rare genetic disorder has given researchers at the University of Exeter a surprising insight into how the pancreas develops. The finding provides a clue to how it may be...
Tapping the brain orchestra
Researchers at the Norwegian University of Life Sciences (UMB) and Forschungszentrum Jülich in Germany have developed a new method for detailed analyses of electrical activity in the brain. The...
Most China-based hacking done by select few
Bulk of cyberattacks originating from communist giant carried out by as few as 12 different groups, experts say
Control by the matrix: Researchers decipher the role of proteins in the cell environment
How astrocytes, certain cells of the nervous system, are generated was largely unknown up to now. Bochum's researchers have now investigated what influence the cell environment, known as the extracellular...
Moon cycles and petrels... migration and mating
Creatures on Earth have annual cycles consisting of life history stages of breeding, moult and migration. For some, moon cycles influence their periodic behavior, particularly in the case of birds....
Study shows how nutrient levels affect enzyme associated with aging process
(Medical Xpress) -- Restricting calorie intake extends life span in many species, and a new study at the School of Medicine helps illuminate how: Low-nutrient conditions activate an enzyme that...
Memory like a fish
(PhysOrg.com) -- Heard the one about the goldfish with the short memory? It is a commonly held belief that fish are the polar opposites to elephants. They always forget.
Neuroscientists visualize neural circuitry at once-unattainable depths
A recent breakthrough in biological sample preparation by scientists at the RIKEN Brain Science Institute in Wako may give Astro Boys x-ray vision a run for its money. By treating...
Fluorescent probes increase understanding of bacterium's electron transfer
(PhysOrg.com) -- When it comes to transporting a cell's valuable electrons, the metal-reducing microbe Shewanella oneidensis only trusts stable, mature proteins, according to scientists at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory. Immature...
BBC denies misleading Planet fans
The BBC denies misleading viewers with footage of newborn polar bear cubs filmed in an animal park, rather than in the wild.
Seniors in Sweden 'stayin' alive' with exercise
The disco beat of 'Stayin' Alive' pulses through the room as Lennart Zetterqvist heaves dumbbells out to his side, zipping through the paces of a workout class with a twist:...
Radical Ways To Trifluoromethylate
Medicinal Chemistry: Mild methods provide access to new pharmaceuticals and agrochemicals
NIH Expands Genome Program
Research: Federal sequencing effort shifts funds to clinical applications
Parrotfishes keeping reefs healthy
It is crucial not to overfish parrotfishes as they keep coral reefs clean, healthy and free of weed, researchers caution.
Swarms of bees could unlock secrets to human brains
Scientists at the University of Sheffield believe decision making mechanisms in the human brain could mirror how swarms of bees choose new nest sites. Striking similarities have been found in...
A lake fauna in a shot-glass
Danish research team leads the way for future biodiversity monitoring using DNA traces in the environment to keep track of threatened wildlife -- a lake water sample the...
Scientists Develop Method (that Works) To Create Proteins In Laboratory
Normal 0 false false false MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 The most abundant and important molecules in all living organisms are proteins; they manage, after all, to participate in every...
Lynn Margulis obituary
Evolutionary biologist whose innovative work has become mainstreamLynn Margulis, who has died following a stroke aged 73, was a world-renowned evolutionary biologist, professor of geoscience at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst, a...
Resequencing 50 accessions of rice cast new light on molecular breeding
BGI, the world's largest genomics organization, announced that a study on resequencing 50 accessions of cultivated and wild rice was published online today in Nature Biotechnology. The study provides one...
Mystery bird: Common crimson finch, Neochmia phaeton | @GrrlScientist
This gorgeous little Australian mystery bird is a grass-seed specialist (includes video) Common crimson finch, Neochmia phaeton (protonym, Fringilla phaeton), Hombron & Jacquinot, 1841, also known as the crimson finch or as the...
Deadly Tasmanian Devil cancer found in 'clean' area
A deadly cancer riddling Australia's Tasmanian Devil has been found in an area thought to be free of the disease, troubling officials struggling to keep the animal alive in the...
World vigilant after Dutch lab mutates killer virus
World health ministers said Friday they were being vigilant after a Dutch laboratory developed a mutant version of the deadly bird flu virus that is for the first time contagious...