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Sunday, August 17, 2014

Science This Week (Aug 11-17, 2014)

New analysis links tree height to climate change.

Dust clouds from the 9/11 attacks in New York affected birth outcomes, especially for boys.

Antibiotic exposure in early life linked to lifelong metabolic changes in the intestines of mice.


For the first time ever, a woman has won the Fields medal - math's most prestigious award!

Scientists are developing a dissolvable tampon made with a high-tech fabric that can deliver HIV drugs!

Study provides insight into the life and death of Earth's earliest animals.

Birth control pills shrink the size of women's ovaries, but it's safe and reversible.

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The iron in whale poo helps feed the oceans.

Neurons in a silk scaffold mimic behaviour of a real brain.

Researchers have developed an enzyme therapy that prevents bone loss in people with neurofibromatosis type-1.

Geckos use their toe hairs to turn foot "stickiness" on an off.

Our ancestors' leaky cell membranes answer two of life's biggest questions. (Open Access)


Can we treat mental illness by rewiring memories?

New tomato developed with light tolerance gene, allowing them to grow 24/7.


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