Symmetry is essential for power network synchronization
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May 08, 2018
Scientists have clarified the fundamental principles for achieving the synchronization of power generator groups in power networks, which is...
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Tuesday, 8 May 2018
Migratory animals carry more parasites
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May 08, 2018
Every year, billions of animals migrate across the globe, carrying parasites with them and encountering parasites through their travels. Now...
Transitional methods for determining causes of death
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May 08, 2018
Improved tools are now underway for determining the causes of death in settings where medical examinations or post-mortem autopsies are not ...
Amplification of key cellular organizer may initiate cancer
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May 08, 2018
Cells begin to accumulate centrosomes -- organelles that play a vital role during cell division -- before they transform into cancer cells, ...
Troubling stats for kids with intellectual disabilities
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May 08, 2018
By federal law passed in 1975, children with intellectual disabilities are supposed to spend as much time as possible in general education c...
Tracing the footprints of a tumor: Genomic 'scars' allow cancer profiling
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May 08, 2018
Mutations driving cancer development leave behind specific 'scars,' so-called mutational signatures, in the genome. In principle, th...
Symptoms of osteoarthritis may be lessened with simple changes to the diet
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May 08, 2018
One gram of fish oil a day could help reduce the pain of patients with osteoarthritis, a new study finds. Researchers also found that a redu...
Scientists dive into museum collections to reveal the invasion route of a small crustacean
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May 08, 2018
While studies on biological invasions tend to focus on new records, two researchers went on to clarify a biological invasion at the Atlantic...
Unexpected behavior of atom clouds challenges existing theories
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May 08, 2018
Clouds of ultra-cold atoms are a perfect model system to study fundamental questions of many-particle quantum physics. Now researchers have ...
Age, marital status, BMI and sleep associated with risk for dementia
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May 08, 2018
Could your age, marital status, BMI (body mass index) and amount of sleep impact your risk for dementia? Researchers analyzed data from the ...
'League of Legends' to gain insights into mental models
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May 08, 2018
Psychology researchers have used the game League of Legends to advance our understanding of how people build 'mental models' -- the ...
Why does the Sun's Corona sizzle at one million °F?
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May 08, 2018
The Sun's corona, invisible to the human eye except when it appears briefly as a fiery halo of plasma during a solar eclipse, remains a ...
Theory for one type of superconductor solves puzzle in another
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May 08, 2018
A 2017 theory proposed by physicists to explain the contradictory behavior of an iron-based high-temperature superconductor is helping solve...
Scientists can measure population change through chemicals found in feces
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May 08, 2018
Fecal stanols -- organic molecules -- located in sediment can give archaeologists new information about population numbers and changes. fr...
How a T cell passes HIV sexually to a new host
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May 08, 2018
While it's well known that HIV is transmitted sexually, how the virus crosses genital mucus membranes to reach its targets in the immune...
The secret of a long life
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May 08, 2018
Why termite queens live exceptionally long and, at the same time, are extraordinary fertile. from Latest Science News -- ScienceDaily http...
Prolonged exposure to air pollution leads to genetic changes in rat brains, study finds
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May 08, 2018
Prolonged exposure to particulate matter in air pollution in the Los Angeles Basin triggered inflammation and the appearance of cancer-relat...
Tech bends light more efficiently, offers wider angles for light input
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May 08, 2018
Engineering and physics researchers have developed a new technology for steering light that allows for more light input and greater efficien...
Switching off insatiable hunger
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May 08, 2018
Researchers have successfully treated patients whose obesity is caused by a genetic defect. Aside from its beneficial effects on the patient...
Despite mutations in makona Ebola virus, disease consistent in mice, monkeys
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May 08, 2018
Early during the West African Ebola epidemic, scientists speculated that the genetic diversity of the Makona strain of virus (EBOV-Makona) w...