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19 Jun
A project to pool data and tools to calculate earthquake hazards is an important milestone, but it will be down to individuals to decide how to interpret and respond to those risks.
19 Jun
DIY attempts at electrical brain stimulation to improve cognition are to get easier.
19 Jun
The US government gives up its fight to keep age restrictions on the morning-after pill.
18 Jun
The US Supreme Court ruling on gene patents is a welcome boost to efforts to increase the free exchange of scientific information, says Colin Macilwain.
19 Jun
Diving mammals ranging from water shrews, beavers and seals to ancient whales (pictured clockwise from top left) share adaptations in the protein that stores oxygen in muscles.A team led by Michael Berenbrink at the University of Liverpool, UK, analysed the myoglobin proteins of extant
19 Jun
Saltwater incursions into coastal wetlands can increase the release of ammonium into the ocean, complicating coastal management in the face of human development, climate change and rising sea levels.Marcelo Ardón at East Carolina University in Greenville, North Carolina, and his colleagues analysed the impact
19 Jun
Light from five super-luminous supernovae has revealed an unusual power source behind these cosmic explosions, which were 5 to 100 times brighter than regular supernovae.Cosimo Inserra at Queen's University Belfast, UK, and his team monitored five nearby supernovae for up to a year each.
19 Jun
Even corals that have spent generations in acidic waters have failed to adapt completely to these harsh conditions.As atmospheric levels of carbon dioxide increase, the world's oceans are becoming more acidic, with potentially serious consequences for animals that have carbonate skeletons and shells. Adina
19 Jun
Muscle fibres of the Japanese freshwater eel (Anguilla japonica) produce a fluorescent protein, the first to be identified in a vertebrate.Atsushi Miyawaki and his colleagues at the RIKEN Institute in Wako, Japan, identified the gene that encodes the protein and named it
19 Jun
Cold-blooded turtles move towards the most comfortable climes, even while they are still embryos.Wei-Guo Du at the Chinese Academy of Sciences in Beijing and his colleagues heated the ends or sides of recently laid eggs of the Chinese pond turtle (Chinemys reevesii,
19 Jun
Humans are dumping far more litter in the ocean than was once thought.Kyra Schlining at the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute in Moss Landing, California, and her team used a database of characterized observations from 22 years of research-submersible missions in Monterey Bay to
19 Jun
Some mutations that boost the risk of Alzheimer's may also increase production of a form of amyloid-β, a peptide that is thought to contribute to the disease.People who inherit specific mutations of the genes PSEN1 or PSEN2 nearly always develop a rare
19 Jun
Fossilized trails left in 560-million-year-old Canadian rocks may be some of the earliest evidence of squirming animals. Latha Menon at the University of Oxford, UK, and her team studied the disk-shaped impressions left by an organism called Aspidella in what was once shallow water
19 Jun
Highly read on pubs.acs.org in MayA metal catalyst makes sure that molecules join at the correct region of a carbon ring, disrupting the same bond every time.Chemists have made strides in identifying reactions that disrupt notoriously unreactive carbon–hydrogen bonds, which is a
19 Jun
The week in science: Opposition to Japanese ‘NIH’, funding for ExoMars, and endangered status for captive chimps.
19 Jun
IRIS mission aims to scrutinize the layer between the star’s surface and its flickering corona.
18 Jun
First particle containing four quarks is confirmed.
18 Jun
Change to gene patents leaves US biotech in a lather.
18 Jun
Researchers disagree over canine domestication.
18 Jun
Researcher stands by results despite demand for retraction.
19 Jun
Revised data show Soviet Union’s 1970s lunar vehicle outdistanced NASA’s Opportunity — for now.
19 Jun
D-Wave is pioneering a novel way of making quantum computers — but it is also courting controversy.
19 Jun
With Earthquake death tolls rising, Ross Stein is building a global risk model to mitigate future disasters.
19 Jun
To change attitudes towards energy scarcity and climate change, focus on transitions and solutions, not danger and loss, says Chris Nelder.
19 Jun
Mark Winston revels in a deep exploration of the honeybee colony and its organization.