Scientists show how a common RNA modifiation plays an important role in the process of learning and memory formation. …read more Source:: Science
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Where Martian dust comes from
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•The dust that coats much of the surface of Mars originates largely from a single thousand-kilometer-long geological formation near the Red Planet’s equator. …read more Source:: Science
Martian moons model indicates formation following large impact
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•Scientists posit a violent birth of the tiny Martian moons Phobos and Deimos, but on a much smaller scale than the giant impact thought to have resulted in the Earth-moon …read more Source:: Science
Alzheimer’s disease reversed in mouse model
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•Researchers have found that gradually depleting an enzyme called BACE1 completely reverses the formation of amyloid plaques in the brains of mice with Alzheimer’s disease, thereby improving the animals’ cognitive …read more Source:: Science
Supersonic gas streams left over from the Big Bang drive massive black hole formation
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•A super-computer simulation by an international team of researchers has shown the formation of a rapidly growing star from supersonic gas streams in the early universe left over from the …read more Source:: Science
Study pinpoints when the Galápagos Islands developed their unique ecology
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•A new study shows the geologic formation of one part of the Galapagos Islands archipelago — the one responsible for the biodiversity — formed roughly 1.6 million years ago. …read more Source:: Science
New evidence on the formation of the solar system
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•Scientists are using new computer models and evidence from meteorites to show that a low-mass supernova triggered the formation of our solar system. …read more Source:: Science
Do extremely reddened quasars extinguish star formation?
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•Galaxies formed and grew billions of years ago by accumulating gas from their surroundings, or colliding and merging with other young galaxies. These early stages of galaxy assembly are believed …read more Source:: Science
Amazon rainstorms transport atmospheric particles for cloud formation
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•Tracking atmospheric particles in a pristine environment will help scientists understand the impact of industrial aerosols on climate, say researchers at conclusion of a study on Amazonian rainstorms. …read more Source:: Science
Possible formation site of icy giant planet spotted
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•A number of extrasolar planets have been found in the past two decades and now researchers agree that planets can have a wide variety of characteristics. However, it is still …read more Source:: Science