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Micropositioning using shape memory materials
— 16 May 11:21 | TechnologyA research team from the Department of Electricity and Electronics at the University of the Basque Country's Faculty of Science and Technology in Leioa, led by Victor Etxebarria, is... — full story
Scientists show link between vitamin D status and breast cancer
— 16 May 11:10 | HealthUsing newly available data on worldwide cancer incidence, researchers at the Moores Cancer Centre at University of California, San Diego (UCSD) and the Department of Family and Preventive... — full story
Researchers present a new tool to understand evolution of multi-domain genes
— 16 May 11:06 | BiologyCarnegie Mellon scientists have discovered critical flaws in the standard method used to analyse gene evolution. Standard methods fail when applied to genes that encode multi-domain... — full story
Smaller primates expend no more energy climbing than they do walking
— 16 May 11:00 | BiologySmaller primates expend no more energy climbing than they do walking, Duke University researchers have found. This surprising discovery may explain the evolutionary edge that encouraged... — full story
New observations indicate interior of Mars is colder
— 15 May 18:45 | AstronomyNew observations from NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter indicate that the crust and upper mantle of Mars are stiffer and colder than previously thought. The findings suggest any liquid... — full story
New research examines the excessive reactive nitrogen entering the environment
— 15 May 18:00 | EnvironmentWhile human-caused global climate change has long been a concern for environmental scientists and is a well-known public policy issue, the problem of excessive reactive nitrogen in... — full story
How thin materials make the transition from wrinkles into folds
— 15 May 18:00 | PhysicsScientists at the University of Chicago and the University of Santiago in Chile have explained, for the first time, the physics that governs how thin materials at scales millions of... — full story
A third of the nitrogen entering the oceans is man-made
— 15 May 18:00 | EnvironmentAs much as a third of the nitrogen entering the world's oceans from the atmosphere is man-made, according to new findings by an international team of scientists. This has significant... — full story
Rho protein balances gene activity and silences foreign DNA in bacteria
— 15 May 18:00 | HealthRNA polymerase moves along the DNA molecule, copying its sequence of letters into ribonucleic acid. A protein called Rho binds to the newly-synthesised RNA a blocks the polymerase,... — full story
A surprising discovery about the creation of cells with adult stem cell characteristics
— 15 May 16:10 | HealthStudies of how cancer cells spread have led to a surprising discovery about the creation of cells with adult stem cell characteristics, offering potentially major implications for regenerative... — full story