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Scientists from Queen Mary, University of London, have improved their understanding of the inner workings of our computers and mp3 players, thanks to an exciting new field of research called “organic spintronics.”

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A study published in the November issue of the Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease suggests the reliability of the Alzheimer’s Disease Assessment Scale — Cognitive may vary and possess the ability to affect clinical trial outcomes.

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A single hit on the head by the termite Termes panamensis (Snyder), which possesses the fastest mandible strike ever recorded, is sufficient to kill a would-be nest invader

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Biochemists at North Carolina State University have answered a fundamental question of how important bacterial proteins make life-and-death decisions that allow them to function, a finding that could provide a new target for drugs to disrupt bacterial decision-making processes and related diseases.

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Researchers at The Scripps Research Institute have figured out how a macromolecular machine is able to unwind the long and twisted tangles of DNA within a cell’s nucleus so that genetic information can be “read” and used to direct the synthesis of proteins, which have many specific functions in the body.

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New data on a prehistoric warm period allow for more accurate predictions of future climate and improved understanding of today’s warming. Past warm periods provide real data on climate change and are natural laboratories for understanding the global climate system. Scientists examined fossils from 3.3 to 3.0 million years ago, known as the mid-Pliocene warm period. Research was conducted by the Pliocene Research, Interpretation and Synoptic Mapping group, led by the US Geological Survey.

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University of Chicago scientists have documented that the ocean is growing more acidic faster than previously thought. In addition, they have found that the increasing acidity correlates with increasing levels of atmospheric carbon dioxide.The increasingly acidic water harms certain sea animals and could reduce the ocean’s ability to absorb carbon dioxide.

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Female flies can turn back the biological clock and extend their lifespan at the same time, USC biologists report. Study casts doubt on the old notion of a trade off between reproduction and longevity.

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Internet network performance problems are not only annoying to users — they are costly to businesses and network operators. But since the Internet has no built-in monitoring system, network problems often go unnoticed. To help fix this problem, Northwestern University researchers have developed a new way to detect and report such problems in real time. Network Early Warning System focuses only on problems that affect end-users and does so without requiring any extra network-measurement traffic.

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A new species of bacterium that causes leprosy has been identified through intensive genetic analysis of a pair of lethal infections, a research team reports in the December issue of the American Journal of Clinical Pathology.

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