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Transplanted neural stem cells hold promise for reducing the destruction of dopaminergic cells that occurs in Parkinson's disease and for replacing cells lost to the disease, scientists ... > full story
Aging cats can develop a feline form of Alzheimer's disease, a new study reveals. Scientists at the Universities of Edinburgh, St Andrews, Bristol and California have identified a key protein which can build up in the nerve cells of a cat's brain and cause mental ... > full story
Max Planck researchers in Halle observe self-organization of atoms in circular atomic ... > full story
NASA photographs have revealed bright new deposits seen in two gullies on Mars that suggest water carried sediment through them sometime during the past seven years. "These observations give the strongest evidence to date that water still flows occasionally on the surface of Mars," said Dr. ... > full story
Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine are closer to understanding how the sense of taste develops. They have pinpointed a molecular pathway that regulates the development of taste buds. Using genetically engineered mice, they discovered that a signaling pathway activated ... > full story
An international team reports an explanation for life in the deep biosphere. Using the latest technologies from biogeochemistry, molecular biology and microbiology, the scientists collected a wide range of samples from the bottom of the sea, and have now published a model with which they explain ... > full story
Scientists at the Max Planck Institute for Medical Research in Heidelberg have been investigating how memories might be consolidated. Their new study offers the hitherto strongest proof that new information is transferred between the hippocampus, the short term memory area, and the cerebral cortex ... > full story
A giant black hole has been caught red-handed dipping into a cosmic cookie jar of stars by NASA's Galaxy Evolution Explorer. This is the first time astronomers have seen the whole process of a black hole eating a star, from its first to nearly final ... > full story
A new climate model predicts that the Southern Hemisphere westerly winds' shift poleward will store carbon dioxide and heat in the deep ocean. Although atmospheric warming will slow, sea level will rise ... > full story
When a newt loses a limb, the limb regrows. What is more, a newt can also completely repair damage to its heart. Scientists at the Max Planck Institute for Heart and Lung Research in Bad Nauheim have now started to decode the cellular mechanisms in this impressive ability to regenerate and have ... > full story
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Scientists at the Consortium for Conservation Medicine, the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds and the Smithsonian Institution's National Zoo predict that bird flu will most likely be ... > full story It may look like mistletoe wrapped around a flexible candy cane. But a new molecular model shows how some proteins form loops in DNA when they chemically attach, or bind, at separate sites to the ... > full storyThe first and largest clinical trial of its kind confirms that a protein called p27 may be a valuable tool for predicting survival after a diagnosis of breast ... > full storyScientists at the Virginia Bioinformatics Institute and Duke University Medical Center have pinpointed a fungal gene that appears to play an important role in the development and virulence of ... > full storyThe largest, most comprehensive survey of public perceptions of nanotechnology products finds US consumers are willing to use specific nano-containing products -- even if there are health and safety ... > full storyEarlier Headlines
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NASA on Monday unveiled the initial elements of the Global Exploration Strategy and a proposed US... > watch video
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