News
- Materials Science
Microbe holds fast
A common aquatic microbe makes a sticky substance that produces the strongest biological adhesion ever discovered.
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Mutation blocks fat absorption
A newly discovered gene in zebrafish seems to prevent the animals from absorbing fat molecules from their diets.
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Stimulant use eases in U.S. children
The sharp increase in youngsters taking prescribed stimulants that was noted a decade ago largely leveled off between 1997 and 2002.
- Archaeology
Ancient text gives Judas heroic glow
Researchers have announced the restoration and translation of a 1,700-year-old papyrus document containing the Gospel of Judas, an account that portrays Judas Iscariot as a hero, not as Jesus' betrayer.
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Babies Prune Their Focus: Perception narrows toward infancy’s end
Between the ages of 6 months and 8 months, infants lose the ability to match the vocalizations and facial movements of monkeys shown in video clips, signaling a temporary perceptual narrowing as babies focus on the human social realm.
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Picking Pathways: Small molecule boosts morphine effect
Some small molecules affect specific pathways in one of the body's most common cell-regulating systems.
- Health & Medicine
Dementia off the Menu: Mediterranean diet tied to low Alzheimer’s risk
People 65 years of age and older who eat a Mediterranean-style diet that's rich in plant matter and fish and low in saturated fat are less likely than their peers to develop Alzheimer's disease.
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Me and My Metabolism: Personalized medicine takes new direction
Researchers may be better able to predict drug toxicity in individual patients by examining their metabolisms than by focusing on their genes.
- Health & Medicine
Decent Interval; Well-spaced babies may have advantage
Babies conceived between 18 months and 5 years after their mothers' previous birth are healthier than are babies conceived before or after these two points in time.
- Tech
Switch-a-Vision: Electric spectacles could aid aging eyes
A new type of eyeglasses that change their focus in response to electric signals may one day replace bifocals and other types of reading glasses.
- Astronomy
Crash: Ripples of space-time debut in black hole simulations
Two teams have for the first time successfully simulated the merger of two black holes and the event's production of gravitational waves.
- Tech
A better test for lung cancer?
A genetic test of cells lining the windpipe can detect lung cancer in smokers.
