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Why do seabirds eat plastic?
If it smells like food, and looks like food, it must be food, right? Not…
Thawing ice makes the Alps grow
The Alps are steadily “growing” by about one to two millimeters per year. Likewise, the…
Hazardous chemicals discovered in flavored e-cigarette vapor
Building on more than 30 years of air quality research in some of the most…
Sudoku strategy democratizes powerful tool for genetics research
Researchers have developed a way to produce the tools for figuring out gene function faster…
Antibody supresses HIV in infected individuals
The antibody VRC01 proves safe for individuals infected with HIV-1, but only modestly controls the…
Major artery more rigid in African-Americans, which may explain high rates of hypertension, heart disease
African-Americans have more rigidity of the aorta, the major artery supplying oxygen-rich blood to the…
Scientists, interns bring structural biology’s ‘magic bullet’ technique to x-ray lasers
To understand the three-dimensional shape of a protein, scientists often rely on information from similar…
Solar cells get boost with integration of water-splitting catalyst onto semiconductor
Scientists have found a way to engineer the atomic-scale chemical properties of a water-splitting catalyst…
What does it take to make a memory? Study says new proteins
For the first time, scientists have identified a sub-region in the brain that works to…