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2011 Science News of the Year: Life
Multicellular life from a test tube In less than two months, yeast in a test tube evolved from single-celled life to bristly multicellular structures. The new, snowflakelike forms act like multicellular organisms, reproducing by splitting when they reach large sizes and evolving further in response to harsh conditions, William Ratcliff of the University of Minnesota, […]
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- Life
A tryst, then the power to resist
House mice in Europe got some of their tolerance for rodenticides from hybridizing with a completely different species
- Health & Medicine
Body & Brain
Chilled newborns, statin drugs for stroke, effects of mom’s stress and more in this week’s news.
- Life
Baby’s first bacteria depend on birth route
C-section newborns may harbor fewer helpful microbes than infants born vaginally.
- Life
Molecular Evolution
Investigating the genetic books of life reveals new details of 'descent with modification' and the forces driving it.
- Life
New cellular ‘bones’ revealed
Proteins that make filaments may offer hints to how cellular scaffolding evolved.
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- Physics
2011 American Physical Society meeting
Powerful X-rays illuminate hidden messages from the past, plus Lyme disease sensors and graphene transistors in meeting news.
- Physics
2011 American Physical Society meeting
Powerful X-rays illuminate hidden messages from the past, plus Lyme disease sensors and graphene transistors in meeting news.
