Researchers show that right whales, already an endangered species, may face a dim future. …read more Source:: Science
Day: October 30, 2017
Greenhouse gas concentrations surge to new record
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•Concentrations of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere surged at a record-breaking speed in 2016 to the highest level in 800,000 years, according to a new report. The abrupt changes in …read more Source:: Science
Virtual reality reduces phantom pain in paraplegics
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•Virtual reality reduces phantom body pain in paraplegics and creates the illusion that they can feel their paralyzed legs being touched again. The results could one day translate into therapies …read more Source:: Science
How flu shot manufacturing forces influenza to mutate
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•The common practice of growing influenza vaccine components in chicken eggs disrupts the major antibody target site on the virus surface, rendering the flu vaccine less effective in humans. …read more Source:: Science
Mystery of raging black hole beams penetrated
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•They are nature’s very own Death Star beams – ultra-powerful jets of energy that shoot out from the vicinity of black holes like deadly rays from the Star Wars super-weapon. …read more Source:: Science