Cavefish May Help Humans Evolve to Require Very Little Sleep
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Feb 23, 2017, 9:44 am By ENNFor the first time a “tipping point” molecular link between the blood sugar glucose and…What, You Can't Tell Two Lemurs Apart? Computers Can
Feb 23, 2017, 9:39 am By ENNThe Centre Valbio research station, a modern building of stone and glass set in the jungled hills…Oil and Gas Wastewater Spills, including Fracking Wastewater, Alter Microbes in West Virginia Waters
Feb 23, 2017, 8:46 am By ENNWastewater from oil and gas operations – including fracking for shale gas – at a West Virginia…Fishing for bacteria in New Zealand
Feb 23, 2017, 8:25 am By ENNIf you asked Richard Sparling, what he did during his sabbatical early last year, he’d probably…Serendipity Uncovers Borophene's Potential
3:35pm By ENNAlmost one year ago, borophene didn’t even exist. Now, just months after a Northwestern…From rocks in Colorado, evidence of a chaotic solar system
3:11pm By ENNPlumbing a 90 million-year-old layer cake of sedimentary rock in Colorado, a team of scientists from…NASA Telescope Reveals Largest Batch of Earth-Size, Habitable-Zone Planets Around Single Star
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12:44pm By ENNHebrew University researchers describe how infectious bacteria sense they’re attached to…Researchers Gain Insight Into a Physical Phenomenon That Leads to Earthquakes
12:39pm By ENNScientists have gotten better at predicting where earthquakes will occur, but they’re still in the…Inside the Race to Build the Battery of Tomorrow
12:30pm By ENNThe battery might be the least sexy piece of technology ever invented. The lack of glamour is…Science vs. the sea lamprey
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10:55am By ENNDiscovery could lower cost and expand possibilities for building-integrated solar energy…OFFSHORE WIND PUSH
10:29am By ENNResearchers show US grid can handle more offshore wind power, cutting pollution and power…Transforming restaurant waste into fuel
8:16am By ENNWhen most people look at discarded vegetable oil—browned and gritty from frying food—they likely…The invisible clean-up crew: Engineering microbial cultures to destroy pollutants
7:59am By ENNUniversity of Toronto engineering professor Elizabeth Edwards is internationally recognized for…Fifth of food lost to over-eating and waste
7:00am By ENNAlmost 20 per cent of the food made available to consumers is lost through over-eating or waste, a…NASA's Fermi Finds Possible Dark Matter Ties in Andromeda Galaxy
Tue 4:46pm By ENNNASA’s Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope has found a signal at the center of the neighboring…
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