A chance discovery has opened up a new method of finding unknown viruses. Researchers have revealed that Next-Generation Sequencing and its associated online DNA databases could be used in the …read more Source:: Science
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Health benefits of the Mediterranean diet are confirmed, but just for the upper class
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•The Mediterranean diet reduces the risk of cardiovascular disease but only if you are rich or highly educated. This is the surprising finding by researchers who performed a study on …read more Source:: Science
Large, distant comets more common than previously thought
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•There are about seven times more long-period comets measuring at least 1 kilometer across than previously predicted, suggests new research. The researchers also found that long-period comets are, on average, …read more Source:: Science
Moon has a water-rich interior
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•Using satellite data, researchers have for the first time detected widespread water within ancient explosive volcanic deposits on the moon, suggesting that its interior contains substantial amounts of indigenous water. …read more Source:: Science
Evidence for the Majorana fermion, a particle that’s its own antiparticle
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•In a discovery that concludes an 80-year quest, researchers found evidence of particles that are their own antiparticles. These ‘Majorana fermions’ could one day help make quantum computers more robust. …read more Source:: Science
Hormone replacement therapies help breast cancer grow, spread
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•Women who take hormone replacement therapies have a higher incidence of breast cancer, research shows. Now, researchers have linked natural and synthetic progestins to the body’s production of specialized cancer …read more Source:: Science
Brain training has no effect on decision-making or cognitive function, researchers report
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•A recent study found that, not only did commercial brain training with Lumosity™ have no effect on decision-making, it also had no effect on cognitive function beyond practice effects on …read more Source:: Science
In fathering, peace-loving bonobos don’t spread the love
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•Bonobos have a reputation for being the peaceful, free-loving hippies of the primate world. But, researchers have discovered that despite friendly relations between the sexes, particular males have a surprisingly …read more Source:: Science
Sea spiders move oxygen with pumping guts (not hearts)
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•To keep blood and oxygen flowing throughout their bodies, most animals depend on a beating heart. But researchers have discovered that sea spiders use a strange alternative: they move blood …read more Source:: Science
Developing fetuses react to face-like shapes from the womb
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•It’s well known that young babies are more interested in faces than other objects. Now, researchers have the first evidence that this preference for faces develops in the womb. By …read more Source:: Science