Researchers have, for the first time, visualized the origins of cancer from the first affected cell and watched its spread in a live animal. Their work could change the way …read more Source:: Science
Day: February 4, 2016
Southwest sliding into a new normal: Drier conditions
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•The weather patterns that typically bring moisture to the Southwest are becoming more rare, an indication that the region is sliding into the drier climate state predicted by global models, …read more Source:: Science
Italian consortium set to win giant Chile telescope contract
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•SANTIAGO (Reuters) – An Italian consortium, including construction company Astaldi Spa, is close to securing a contract to build the world’s largest telescope in the Chilean desert, project owner the …read more Source:: UKScienceNews
Inadequate testing thwarts efforts to measure Zika’s impact
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•RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) – One major hurdle is thwarting efforts to measure the extent of the Zika epidemic and its suspected links to thousands of birth defects in Brazil: …read more Source:: UKScienceNews
Can slow creep along thrust faults help forecast megaquakes?
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•In Japan and areas like the Pacific Northwest where megathrust earthquakes are common, scientists may be able to better forecast large quakes based on periodic increases and decreases in the …read more Source:: Science
Short-legged Oregon arachnid gets ‘behemoth’ name
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•PORTLAND, Ore. (Reuters) – Researchers have bestowed a grandiose scientific name on a tiny, spider-like cousin of the daddy longlegs, officially dubbing the newly discovered denizen of remote Oregon forests …read more Source:: UKScienceNews