When plants are infested with parasites a sort of arms race is triggered. The plant…
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Engineers: Non-compete agreements have high cost for employees
A new study of more than 1,000 engineers shows that non-compete agreements come with a…
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Social and economic cost of hunger and food insecurity in US in 2010 was $167.5 billion
A new study finds the social and economic cost of hunger and food insecurity in…
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Collectivism and bribery: The more collective feeling in a society, the more its members are likely to offer bribes
Why are some places more prone to bribery and corruption than others? Part of the…
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Antisense therapy delivers long-term correction of severe spinal muscular atrophy in mice
Scientists have discovered that the devastating neuromuscular disease, spinal muscular atrophy (SMA), might not exclusively…
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Monkeys ‘move and feel’ virtual objects using only their brains
In a first ever demonstration of a two-way interaction between a primate brain and a…
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Lack of compensation for human egg donors could stall recent breakthroughs in stem cell research
In the October 7th issue of Cell Stem Cell, researchers at the Harvard Stem Cell…
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Immune mechanism blocks inflammation generated by oxidative stress
Researchers have identified a key protein that binds to a molecule generated by oxidative stress,…
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First comet found with ocean-like water
New evidence supports the theory that comets delivered a significant portion of Earth’s oceans, which…
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Laser light used to cool object to quantum ground state
For the first time, researchers have managed to cool a miniature mechanical object to its…