A British enthusiasm for feeding birds may have caused UK great tits to have evolved longer beaks than their European counterparts, according to new research. The findings identify for the …read more Source:: Science
Month: October 2017
H7N9 influenza is both lethal and transmissible in animal model for flu
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•In 2013, an influenza virus began circulating among poultry in China. It caused several waves of human infection and as of late July 2017, nearly 1,600 people had tested positive …read more Source:: Science
Liquid metal discovery ushers in new wave of chemistry and electronics
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•Researchers use liquid metal to create atom-thick 2-D never before seen in nature. The research could transform how we do chemistry and could also be applied to enhance data storage …read more Source:: Science
Scientists dig into the origin of organics on dwarf planet Ceres
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•Since NASA’s Dawn spacecraft detected localized organic-rich material on Ceres, scientists have been digging into the data to explore different scenarios for its origin. After considering the viability of comet …read more Source:: Science
Understanding the coevolving web of life as a network
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•Coevolution, which occurs when species interact and adapt to each other, is often studied in the context of pair-wise interactions between mutually beneficial symbiotic partners. But many species have mutualistic …read more Source:: Science
Nature or nurture? Innate social behaviors in the mouse brain
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•The brain circuitry that controls innate, or instinctive, behaviors such as mating and fighting was thought to be genetically hardwired. Not so, neuroscientists now say. …read more Source:: Science
Inflammation trains the skin to heal faster
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•Stem cells in the skin remember an injury, helping them close recurring wounds faster, researchers have found. The discovery could advance research and treatment of psoriasis and other inflammatory diseases. …read more Source:: Science
Petals produce a ‘blue halo’ that helps bees find flowers
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•Latest research has found that several common flower species have nanoscale ridges on the surface of their petals that meddle with light when viewed from certain angles. …read more Source:: Science
Flexible ‘skin’ can help robots, prosthetics perform everyday tasks by sensing shear force
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•Engineers have developed a flexible sensor ‘skin’ that can be stretched over any part of a robot’s body or prosthetic to accurately convey information about shear forces and vibration, which …read more Source:: Science
Study reshapes understanding of climate change’s impact on early societies
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•A new study linking paleoclimatology — the reconstruction of past global climates — with historical analysis shows a link between environmental stress and its impact on the economy, political stability, …read more Source:: Science