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Biology
Engineers create custom tuning knobs to turn off any gene
February 8, 20163D Model of TALE protein (green) wrapped around target DNA sequence Factory managers can improve productivity...
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Biology
Study shows that songbirds recognize sound patterns using the overall spectral shape
February 8, 2016Eastern Yellow Robin. Credit: Wikipedia. (Phys.org)—New research on how songbirds recognize a sound sequence calls into...
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Technology
A football helmet design that listens to physics
February 8, 2016Layering on the left represents the padding in current football helmets, while the layering on the...
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Earth
Underground formations reveal wet past of Australia’s Nullarbor Plain
February 8, 2016Scientists examined fossilised pollen inside stalagmites to shed new light on the Nullarbor’s climate history (Phys.org)—A...
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Biology
Monkey skull study suggests brain evolved in spurts
February 8, 2016Credit: Leandro Aristide, doi: 10.1073/pnas.1514473113 (Phys.org)—A small team of researchers from Brazil and Argentina has found...
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Technology
Smart energy management systems can improve plug-in hybrid efficiency by 12 percent
February 8, 2016Researchers at the University of California, Riverside have shown how to improve the efficiency of current...
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Earth
New insights from the stalled El Nino of 2014
February 8, 2016It may be even trickier to predict the strength of El Niño weather patterns than previously...
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Technology
Riddle of cement’s structure is finally solved
February 8, 2016This image of a simulated concrete sample shows the ”packing fraction” which describes the fraction of...
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Technology
Renewable energy employed 8.1 million in 2015: IRENA
May 24, 2016China, Brazil, the United States, India, Japan and Germany were the top countries in providing jobs...
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Other
Women in southern Germany Corded Ware culture may have been highly mobile
May 24, 2016Location of sampled sites and other CW sites mentioned in the text. Credit: Map by K-G...
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Biology
US fishing generated more than $200 billion in sales in 2015; two stocks rebuilt in 2016
May 8, 2017Total sales generated by US commercial and recreational fishing industries, 2015. Credit: NOAA U.S. commercial and...
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Biology
This is what happened to you after death, a video shows, Hail Science
December 6, 2015We can thank the majority of human history for giving science the ability to examine the...
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Technology
Ransomware, the weapon wielded in cyber attacks
June 26, 2017Ransomware, which is a type of virus that locks computer files until the user pays a...
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Biology
How Lyme disease bacteria spread through the body
August 24, 2016Individual bacteria, shown in unique colors, interacting with the surface of human endothelial cells under flow....
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Technology
Finding solitude in an era of perpetual contact
May 26, 2016Don’t neglect to unplug and be actually alone. Credit: shutterstock.com Being alone has many benefits. It...
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Physics
Twelve from MIT honored by the American Physical Society
October 30, 2017Twelve members of the MIT community are among those recently honored with prizes and fellowships by...
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Astronomy and Space
NASA: Massive Cloud on Collision Course with the Milky Way
December 7, 2016In 1963, an astronomy student named Gail Smith working at an observatory in the Netherlands discovered...