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Here’s the poop on getting your gut microbiome analyzed
One Science News writer donated her used toilet paper for science and learned that microbiome research is as uncharted as the Wild West.
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EARTH IN ACTION Alexandra Witze ponders Earth’s odds in “When an asteroid heads for Earth, it’s time to reconsider those doomsday plans.” Alessandro Cumbo and Martin Oeggerli MOLECULES Nanoparticles (below, blue) detect viruses (pink) in “Synthetic nanomaterial can recognize viruses.” HEALTH & ILLNESSAllergic people became able to tolerate up to a full glass of milk. […]
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A turkey’s wattle inspires a biosensor’s design
A group of scientists from the University of California, Berkeley have developed a color-changing biosensor inspired by a turkey’s wattle.
- Life
A little acid or a tight squeeze can turn a cell stemlike
Stresses send mouse cells into primordial state capable of making any tissue.
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Ebola may go airborne
Infected pigs can transmit virus to primates without contact, a new study finds.
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Killer cells trained on leukemia may protect some people
Immune system seems to remember cancer in people who've never had it, a new study suggests.
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GENES & CELLS See a roundup of some of the latest discoveries about China’s H7N9 virus in “ New bird flu claims more victims .” ENVIRONMENT Lake Erie is loaded with tiny pieces of plastic containing toxic pollutants. Read “Puny plastic particles mar Lake Erie’s waters.” HUMANS Male attractiveness relies on a combination of body […]
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- Science & Society
Top 25 stories of 2013, from microbes to meteorites
This year, careful readers may have noticed a steady accumulation of revelations about the bacterial communities that call the human body home.
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Unusual virus may tie snakes in knots
Captive snakes with a fatal disease harbor viruses never before seen in reptiles.
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New swine flu virus could infect people
Strains found in Korean pigs contain gene mutations that make them potentially transmissible to humans.
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