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After 200 years scientists finally crack the “dolomite problem”

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After 200 years scientists finally crack the “dolomite problem”

After two centuries of failed attempts, scientists have finally grown dolomite in the lab, cracking a long-standing geological puzzle.

MIT scientists just found a hidden problem slowing the ozone comeback

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All Top News -- ScienceDaily•Apr 16

MIT scientists just found a hidden problem slowing the ozone comeback

The ozone layer has been on track to recover thanks to the Montreal Protocol—but a loophole may be holding it back. Chemicals still permitted for industrial use are leaking into the atmosphere at higher rates than expected.

Science•All Top News -- ScienceDaily•Apr 9

Scientists discover spice synergy that boosts anti-inflammation 100x

Over time, however, it can contribute to serious health problems such as type 2 diabetes, heart disease, obesity, arthritis, and even cancer. Inside the body, this process is driven by immune cells that release chemical signals to respond to injury or infection. The researchers wanted to see whether pairing these compounds could reduce inflammatory signals more effectively than using them individually.

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Science•All Top News -- ScienceDaily•Apr 8

Scientists map the brain’s hidden wiring using RNA barcodes in major breakthrough

Researchers have developed a powerful new way to map how brain cells connect by tagging neurons with molecular "barcodes." We are approaching the brain the same way," said study leader Boxuan Zhao, a professor of cell and developmental biology at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. Potential To Transform Alzheimer's and Brain Disease Research Because it is both fast and scalable, Connectome-seq could significantly accelerate research into neurodegenerative diseases, psychiatric conditions and other brain disorders.

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Opinion•Opinion | The Guardian•Apr 4

It’s official: scientists aren’t funny. But it doesn’t have to be this way | Helen Pilcher

We found that, in both conditions, laughter levels failed to reach statistical significance. There was “cheapdate”, the gene that affects alcohol tolerance in fruit flies, or “indy” (short for “I’m not dead yet”), which affects life span. Nor did adults want to know that their “I’m not dead yet” gene was faulty.

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Science•NPR Topics: Science•Mar 30

For years, scientists could only prove that DOGS existed for 10,000 years — until now

For years, scientists could only prove that DOGS existed for 10,000 years — until now A new study genetically shows dogs existed almost 5,000 years earlier than scientists could prove. Science For years, scientists could only genetically prove that the first dogs existed about 10,000 years ago, but perhaps they were just barking up the wrong prehistoric tree. ANDERS BERGSTROM: We have confident genetic identification of dogs that lived at least 14,000 years ago in Europe.

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Science•All Top News -- ScienceDaily•Mar 28

Scientists say we’ve been looking in the wrong place for human origins

Researchers report that a newly uncovered fossil ape from northern Egypt is changing how scientists view early hominoid evolution. Scientists generally agree that the earliest apes (stem hominoids) first appeared in Afro-Arabia during the Oligocene Epoch more than 25 million years ago.

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Science•NPR Topics: Science•Mar 27

Scientists watch sperm whales work as a team to assist a birth

The researchers launched two aerial drones and started filming. "We captured laboring and the moment that the fluke emerged from the mom," Gero said (whales are born tail-first). They used underwater microphones to record the whales clicking to each other beneath the water — their communication is the focus of Gero's work as lead biologist for Project CETI, a nonprofit whale research group.

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After 200 years scientists finally crack the “dolomite problem”

MIT scientists just found a hidden problem slowing the ozone comeback

Scientists discover spice synergy that boosts anti-inflammation 100x

Scientists map the brain’s hidden wiring using RNA barcodes in major breakthrough

It’s official: scientists aren’t funny. But it doesn’t have to be this way | Helen Pilcher

For years, scientists could only prove that DOGS existed for 10,000 years — until now

Scientists say we’ve been looking in the wrong place for human origins

Scientists watch sperm whales work as a team to assist a birth

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Scientists map the brain’s hidden wiring using RNA barcodes in major breakthrough

It’s official: scientists aren’t funny. But it doesn’t have to be this way | Helen Pilcher

For years, scientists could only prove that DOGS existed for 10,000 years — until now

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Scientists just mapped the hidden structure holding the Universe together