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  Two simple building blocks produce complex 3-D material

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  Northwestern University scientists have built a structurally complex material from two simple building blocks that is the lowest-density metal-organic framework ever made.

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  After 9 months in space, mouse sperm yield healthy mice

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  After nine months in space, mouse sperm has yielded healthy mice, Japanese scientists reported Monday.

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  Rethinking role of viruses in coral reef ecosystems

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  Conventional wisdom has it that within virus-bacteria population dynamics, viruses frequently kill their host bacterial cells—a process called lysis—especially when there's a large concentration of bacteria. A different ...

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  Study shows how radioactive decay could support extraterrestrial life

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  In the icy bodies around our solar system, radiation emitted from rocky cores could break up water molecules and support hydrogen-eating microbes. To address this cosmic possibility, a University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA) ...

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  Biofilm discovery suggests new way to prevent dangerous infections

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  Microbial biofilms—dense, sticky mats of bacteria that are hard to treat and can lead to dangerous infections—often form in medical equipment, such as flexible plastic tubing used in catheters or in tubes used to help ...

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  3.3 million-year-old fossil reveals origins of the human spine

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  Analysis of a 3.3 million-year-old fossil skeleton reveals the most complete spinal column of any early human relative, including vertebrae, neck and rib cage. The findings, published this week in the Proceedings of the National ...

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  Taking a closer look at genetic switches in cancer

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  Many things go wrong in cells during the development of cancer. At the heart of the chaos are often genetic switches that control the production of new cells. In a particularly aggressive form of leukemia, called acute myeloid ...

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  The right thing to do: Why do we follow unspoken group rules?

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  How you dress, talk, eat and even what you allow yourself to feel - these often unspoken rules of a group are social norms, and many are internalized to such a degree that you probably don't even notice them. Following norms, ...

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  Research in Russia challenges widely held understanding of past climate history

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  Things are heating up in Russia. UNLV Geoscience Ph.D. student Jonathan Baker has found evidence that shows nearly continuous warming from the end of the last Ice Age to the present in the Ural Mountains in central Russia.

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  Micro delivery service for fertilizers

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  Plants can absorb nutrients through their leaves as well as their roots. However, foliar fertilization over an extended period is difficult. In the journal Angewandte Chemie, German researchers have now introduced an efficient ...