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In the first study ever to genetically link the immune system to normal behavior, scientists at Rockefeller and Columbia Universities show that mast cells, known as the pharmacologic bombshells of the immune system, directly influence how mice respond to stressful situations.
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NASA hosted a meeting of space agencies from nine countries last week to discuss the next steps in the ongoing scientific exploration of the moon.
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A new analysis of the setting for last month’s devastating earthquake in China by a team of geoscientists at MIT shows that the quake resulted from faults with little seismic activity, and that similar events in that area occur only once in every 2,000 to 10,000 years, on average.
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The International Institute for Species Exploration at Arizona State University and an international committee of taxonomists.
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The Linguists is the true story of Harrison and Greg Anderson, scientists who - spurred by the knowledge that half of the world's languages are on the verge of extinction - go on a world pursuit to record as many of them as possible.
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IBM (NYSE:IBM) today introduced a new supercomputer powered by one of the world's fastest microprocessors and cooled by an innovative water system.
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DuPont, through its Pioneer Hi-Bred business, today announced that it is making publicly available genomic sequences of a major fungal pathogen of corn plants.
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IBM will establish the first Cloud Computing Center for software companies in China, in Wuxi. The center will let emerging Chinese software companies tap into a virtual computing environment to support their development activities.
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A scientist has uncovered one of the "missing links" in understanding visual signals that determine where and why we move our eyes to focus on details in our environment.
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MIT scientists have found a new way that DNA can carry out its work that is about as surprising as discovering that a mold used to cast a metal tool can also serve as a tool itself, with two complementary shapes each showing distinct functional roles.
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The Georgia Cancer Coalition has named its 2008 GCC Distinguished Cancer Clinicians and Scientists and seven of the 29 scientists named are from the Emory University School of Medicine.
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Perhaps the first stars in the newborn universe did not shine, but instead were invisible "dark stars" 400 to 200,000 times wider than the sun and powered by the annihilation of mysterious dark matter.
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A team of Johns Hopkins scientists have shown that in mice at least, vitamin C - and potentially other antioxidants - can indeed inhibit the growth of some tumors - just not in the manner suggested by years of investigation.
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A father-son research team working from separate laboratory benches across the country has discovered a new use for lasers - zapping viruses out of blood.
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NASA scientists have detected the first signs that tropical rainfall is on the rise, using the longest and most complete data record available.
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Johns Hopkins scientists have found yet another reason why you should listen to your mother when she tells you to eat your vegetables.
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If you think that the idea of a morning person or an evening person is nonsense, then postgraduate student Martin Sale and his colleagues from the University of Adelaide have news for you.
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The scientists say the discovery, published online in Nature Medicine on July 1, could revolutionize human cosmetic and reconstructive plastic surgery and treatment of diseases associated with human obesity.
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Argonne reached another milestone in the design and construction of the Linac Coherent Light Source (LCLS) undulator system.
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