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Researchers Discover Why E. coli Move Faster in Syrup-like Fluids Than in Water

December 1st, 201500 Swimming in a pool of syrup would be difficult for most people, but for bacteria like E. coli, it’s easier than swimming in water. Scientists have known for decades that these cells move faster and farther in viscoelastic fluids, such as the saliva, mucus, and other bodily fluids they are likely to call home, but didn’t...

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Release the beams! Linac 4 hits the 50 MeV mark

December 1st, 201500 The Linac 4 tunnel where DTL tubes guide the 50MeV beam, taken on the Photowalk (Image: Andrew Hara/CERN) This week the Linac 4 accelerator has reached a milestone energy of 50 MeV – meaning it is now able to replace the ageing Linac 2 and eventually become the head of the accelerator chain . Linac 4 was built to boost...

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Babies have logical reasoning before age one, study finds

December 1st, 201500 Human infants are capable of deductive problem solving as early as 10 months of age, a new study finds. The journal Developmental Science is publishing the research, showing that babies can make transitive inferences about a social hierarchy of dominance. “We found that within the first year of life, children can engage in this...

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Dark matter dominates in nearby dwarf galaxy

December 1st, 201500 Dark matter is called “dark” for a good reason. Although they outweigh particles of regular matter by more than a factor of 5, particles of dark matter are elusive. Their existence is inferred by their gravitational influence in galaxies, but no one has ever directly observed signals from dark matter. Now, by measuring the...

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The Ins and Outs of NASA’s First Launch of SLS and Orion

December 1st, 201500 During Exploration Mission-1, Orion will venture thousands of miles beyond the moon during an approximately three week mission.Credits: NASA NASA is hard at work building the Orion spacecraft, Space Launch System (SLS) rocket and the ground systems needed to send astronauts into deep space. The agency is developing the core...

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Scientists offer sweet solution to marathon fatigue

December 1st, 201500 It turns out a spoonful of sugar might not just help the medicine go down, but could also help stave off tiredness faced by weary marathon runners – or other long-distance athletes – when they hit the wall. According to researchers based within our Department for Health, stirring in table sugar from the baking cupboard into a...

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Synapse discovery could lead to new treatments for Alzheimer’s disease

December 1st, 201500 A team of researchers led by UNSW Australia scientists has discovered how connections between brain cells are destroyed in the early stages of Alzheimer’s disease – work that opens up a new avenue for research on possible treatments for the degenerative brain condition. One of the first signs of Alzheimer’s disease is the...

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Scientists explain how a specific diet may help epilepsy patients

December 1st, 201500 Living with uncontrolled epilepsy is unimaginable for healthy people. It certainly makes life of the patient as well as of those around him very difficult. However, now scientists from UCL and Royal Holloway University of London revealed that there is a specific diet which helps treating patients with uncontrolled...

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Study shows that Earth’s climate may be more sensitive to CO2 than previously thought

December 1st, 201500 CO2 affecting Earth‘s climate in a very negative way is a well-known fact. However, it seems we have been underestimating how much CO2 may be affecting our climate. Now new research from Binghamton University is demonstrating that climates on ancient Earth might have been more sensitive to carbon dioxide than it was previously...

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