A study of lead service lines in Flint’s damaged drinking water system reveals a Swiss cheese pattern in the pipes’ interior crust, with holes where the lead used to be. …read more Source:: Science
Month: July 2017
Lab-created mini-brains reveal how growing organ maintains neuronal balance
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•Scientists can now explore in a laboratory dish how the human brain develops by creating organoids — distinct, three-dimensional regions of the brain. Scientists coaxed early stage stem cells to …read more Source:: Science
Scientists block evolution’s molecular nerve pruning in rodents
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•Researchers investigating why some people suffer from motor disabilities report they may have dialed back evolution’s clock a few ticks by blocking molecular pruning of sophisticated brain-to-limb nerve connections in …read more Source:: Science
Longstanding biological mystery of DNA organization now solved
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•Stretched out, the DNA from all the cells in our body would reach Pluto. So how does each tiny cell pack a two-meter length of DNA into its nucleus, which …read more Source:: Science
Sticky when wet: Strong adhesive for wound healing
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•A super-strong ‘tough adhesive’ has been created that is non-toxic and binds to biological tissues with a strength comparable to the body’s own resilient cartilage, even when they’re wet. Inspired …read more Source:: Science
A new picture emerges on the origins of photosynthesis in a sun-loving bacteria
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•Biologists have gained important new insights by resolving with near-atomic clarity, the very first core membrane protein structure in the simplest known photosynthetic bacterium, called Heliobacterium modesticaldum (Helios was the …read more Source:: Science
Dawn of the cosmos: Seeing galaxies that appeared soon after the Big Bang
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•Astronomers have discovered 23 young galaxies, seen as they were 800 million years after the Big Bang. …read more Source:: Science
Isotopes in prehistoric cattle teeth suggest herding strategies used during the Neolithic
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•Analysis of strontium isotopes in teeth from Neolithic cattle suggest that early Europeans used different specialized herding strategies. …read more Source:: Science
Gamma-ray burst captured in unprecedented detail
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•Gamma-ray bursts are among the most energetic and explosive events in the universe. They are also short-lived, lasting from a few milliseconds to about a minute. This has made it …read more Source:: Science
Brain cells found to control aging
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•Scientists have found that stem cells in the brain’s hypothalamus govern how fast aging occurs in the body. The finding, made in mice, could lead to new strategies for warding …read more Source:: Science