In a discovery with implications for future drug design, scientists from the Florida campus of The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) have shown an unprecedented mechanism for how a natural antibiotic with antitumor properties ...
Biochemistry
Aug 10, 2015
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An international team of astronomers studying more than 200 000 galaxies has measured the energy generated within a large portion of space more precisely than ever before. This represents the most comprehensive assessment ...
Astronomy
Aug 10, 2015
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A consumer group and hotel industry association are raising objections to the planned merger of online travel bookers Expedia and Orbitz, claiming the deal would lead to a powerful duopoly.
Business
Aug 10, 2015
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The use of software that blocks online ads is expected to cost websites some $21.8 billion globally in 2015, a study showed Monday.
Internet
Aug 10, 2015
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Researchers who have revealed a highly efficient way that bacteria use toxins to interrupt the immune response say that until now, the trickery of these toxins has been underappreciated in science.
Cell & Microbiology
Aug 10, 2015
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Remarriages often combine two families into one stepfamily unit. When that stepfamily unit dissolves after a divorce, little is known about the relationships between former stepparents and stepchildren. Now, researchers in ...
Social Sciences
Aug 10, 2015
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Scientists at Rice University have created a solid-state memory technology that allows for high-density storage with a minimum incidence of computer errors.
Nanophysics
Aug 10, 2015
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A new study led by bioengineers at the University of California, San Diego defines the core set of genes and functions that a bacterial cell needs to sustain life. The research, which answers the fundamental question of what ...
Biotechnology
Aug 10, 2015
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No historical record may capture the nation's changing political consciousness better than the president's State of the Union address, delivered each year except one since 1790.
Social Sciences
Aug 10, 2015
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Scientists have found that a newly identified and highly infectious tadpole disease is found in a diverse range of frog populations across the world. The discovery sheds new light on some of the threats facing fragile frog ...
Ecology
Aug 10, 2015
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