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Years or decades later, flu exposure still prompts immunity

Science News - Fri, 2013-08-16 12:50
New forms of influenza viruses can spur production of antibodies to past pandemics in people who lived through them
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News in Brief: To make biofuel, cut the lignin

Science News - Fri, 2013-08-16 11:12
Researchers disable key protein, make plant sugars easier to access
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Toylike blocks make lightweight, strong structures

Science News - Fri, 2013-08-16 09:45
Instead of reducing parts, engineers suggest building planes from thousands of identical pieces
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News in Brief: Climate change carved canyons in Andes

Science News - Thu, 2013-08-15 14:10
Erosion came thanks to cooling and more rain, not tectonic activity
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News in Brief: NASA gives up on fixing Kepler

Science News - Thu, 2013-08-15 13:31
Space telescope’s days as a premier planet hunter are over
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News in Brief: Highlights from the American Sociological Association annual meeting

Science News - Thu, 2013-08-15 12:27
Research on social media's reluctant users, marital ideals and single parenthood and intimate victims of cybernastiness presented August 10-13 in New York City
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Clues emerge to explain allergic asthma

Science News - Thu, 2013-08-15 11:43
Allergens that chop up a clotting protein contribute to reactions
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Gut-brain communication failure may spur overeating

Science News - Thu, 2013-08-15 11:00
Restoring a depleted molecule in obese mice repaired their abnormal response to food
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Lab-grown heart has rhythm

Science News - Thu, 2013-08-15 09:13
Researchers transform stem cells into contracting cardiac cells
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News in Brief: New carnivore species found

Science News - Thu, 2013-08-15 08:30
Tiny olingo species dubbed 'olinguito'
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Antarctic waters may shelter wrecks from shipworms

Science News - Thu, 2013-08-15 07:56
Ocean currents and polar front form 'moat' that keeps destructive mollusks at bay
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Quantum teleportation approaches the computer chip

Science News - Wed, 2013-08-14 10:35
Researchers transmit information from one tiny circuit to another
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News in Brief: Magnetic field of black hole measured

Science News - Wed, 2013-08-14 09:59
Pulsar near Milky Way’s center makes first assessment of this type possible
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Mental disorder seen as 'badness, not sickness'

Science News - Wed, 2013-08-14 09:45
Many clinicians regard borderline personality disorder as untreatable trouble
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FOR KIDS: Feasting black hole

Science News - Wed, 2013-08-14 06:27
A huge gas cloud is being stretched, shredded and destroyed by the black hole at the center of the Milky Way
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FOR KIDS:Fake memories

Science News - Wed, 2013-08-14 06:19
A flash of light in the brain plants false memories
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FOR KIDS: Teen fighting may harm IQ

Science News - Wed, 2013-08-14 06:09
Blows to the head may explain these effects on the brain
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FOR KIDS: How Earth’s surface morphs

Science News - Wed, 2013-08-14 06:03
Partly melted rock acts like great to help huge masses of the planet’s surface slip up, around and down
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Racial homogeneity in early childhood may affect brain

Science News - Tue, 2013-08-13 12:22
Kids who lived in orphanages have difficulty interpreting emotions on faces with foreign features
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News in Brief: Mediterranean diet may offset genetic risk for stroke

Science News - Mon, 2013-08-12 14:43
Compared to a low-fat diet, eating fish and olive oil improved health
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