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Biology: Developmental
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Actin affects the spread of cancer in several ways      (via sciencedaily.com) 

The transport of molecules along the cell's skeleton plays a role in cancer metastasis, researchers show.

Energy: Batteries Energy: Technology Engineering: Graphene
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Recyclable mobile phone batteries a step closer with rust-busting invention      (via sciencedaily.com) 

Mobile phone batteries with a lifetime up to three times longer than today's technology could be a reality thanks to a recent innovation.

Biology: Microbiology
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Study suggests a way to re-energize tired T cells when treating cancer, viral infections      (via sciencedaily.com) 

A new study suggests a way to re-energize critical killer immune cells that have become exhausted when fighting cancer or chronic viral infections.

Engineering: Biometric
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New DNA biosensor could unlock powerful, low-cost clinical diagnostics      (via sciencedaily.com) 

By flagging disease-associated DNA biomarkers, medical professionals can make early diagnoses and provide personalized treatments, but the typical screening methods can be laborious, expensive or limited in scope. Now, a new biosensor could pave the way to accessible and expansive diagnostics.

Computer Science: General Energy: Nuclear
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Color images from the shadow of a sample      (via sciencedaily.com) 

A research team has developed a new method to produce X-ray images in color. In the past, the only way to determine the chemical composition of a sample and the position of its components using X-ray fluorescence analysis was to focus the X-rays and scan the whole sample. This is time-consuming and expensive. Scientists have now developed an approach that allows an image of a large area to be produced from a single exposure, without the need for focusing and scanning.

Biology: Microbiology
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'Friend or foe' bacteria kill their algal hosts when coexisting is no longer beneficial      (via sciencedaily.com) 

Scientists have detailed a lifestyle switch that occurs in marine bacteria, where they change from coexisting with algae hosts in a mutually beneficial interaction to suddenly killing them.

Mathematics: Modeling Offbeat: Computers and Math
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A butterfly flaps its wings and scientists make jewelry      (via sciencedaily.com) 

In the 'butterfly effect,' an insect can flap its wings and create a microscopic change in initial conditions that leads to a hurricane halfway around the world. This chaos is seen everywhere, from weather to labor markets to brain dynamics. And now researchers explored how to turn the twisting, fractal structures behind the science into jewelry with 3D printing. The jewelry shapes are based on the Chua circuit, a simple electronic system that was the first physical, mathematical, and experimental proof of chaos.

Ecology: Endangered Species Ecology: Extinction Ecology: General Ecology: Research
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Economics trump environment to save big cats, say ecologists      (via sciencedaily.com) 

Rapid economic growth has pushed rare species of big carnivores to the brink of extinction, but ecologists have suggested our appetite to once again live alongside big cats is increasing.

Geoscience: Environmental Issues
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Traffic pollution impairs brain function      (via sciencedaily.com) 

A new study has shown that common levels of traffic pollution can impair human brain function in only a matter of hours. The study was the first to show in a controlled experiment using functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) that exposure to diesel exhaust disrupts the ability of different areas of the human brain to interact and communicate with each other.

Computer Science: Artificial Intelligence (AI)
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Altered speech may be the first sign of Parkinson's disease      (via sciencedaily.com) 

Researchers attempted to identify early symptoms of Parkinson's disease using voice data. In their study, the researchers used artificial intelligence (AI) to analyze and assess speech signals, where calculations are done and diagnoses made in seconds rather than hours.

Biology: Developmental
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How cells prevent harmful extra DNA copies      (via sciencedaily.com) 

A protein that prepares DNA for replication also prevents the replication process from running out of control, according to a new study. The work solves a mystery that has long puzzled biologists.

Energy: Alternative Fuels Energy: Batteries Energy: Fossil Fuels Geoscience: Environmental Issues
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How plants are inspiring new ways to extract value from wastewater      (via sciencedaily.com) 

Scientists are drawing inspiration from plants to develop new techniques to separate and extract valuable minerals, metals and nutrients from resource-rich wastewater.

Computer Science: General Energy: Technology Engineering: Nanotechnology
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Spin transport measured through molecular films now long enough to develop spintronic devices      (via sciencedaily.com)     Original source 

A research group has succeeded in measuring spin transport in a thin film of specific molecules -- a material well-known in organic light emitting diodes -- at room temperature. They found that this thin molecular film has a spin diffusion length of approximately 62 nm, a length that could have practical applications in developing spintronics technology. In addition, while electricity has been used to control spin transport in the past, the thin molecular film used in this study is photoconductive, allowing spin transport control using visible light.

Chemistry: Thermodynamics Computer Science: Quantum Computers Physics: Quantum Computing
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No 'second law of entanglement' after all      (via sciencedaily.com) 

When two microscopic systems are entangled, their properties are linked to each other irrespective of the physical distance between the two. Manipulating this uniquely quantum phenomenon is what allows for quantum cryptography, communication, and computation. While parallels have been drawn between quantum entanglement and the classical physics of heat, new research demonstrates the limits of this comparison. Entanglement is even richer than we have given it credit for.

Biology: Developmental Ecology: Endangered Species
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Botany: Chloroplast from the father      (via sciencedaily.com) 

Under cold conditions, not only the mother plant but also the father plant can pass on its chloroplasts to the offspring.

Biology: Developmental
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Genome editing procedures optimized      (via sciencedaily.com) 

Scientists succeed in boosting the efficiency of CRISPR/Cas9 and related methods and modifying initially inaccessible DNA sequences. They fine-tuned these tools to enable effective genetic screening for modelling specific gene mutations.

Geoscience: Environmental Issues
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Scientists unveil least costly carbon capture system to date      (via sciencedaily.com) 

Scientists carve a path to profit from carbon capture by creating a system that efficiently captures CO2 and converts it into one of the world's most widely used chemicals: methanol.

Biology: Microbiology Ecology: General Ecology: Research Geoscience: Geology Geoscience: Volcanoes
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Immense diversity and interdependence in high temp deep-sea microorganism communities      (via sciencedaily.com) 

A new study finds that microorganisms live in richly diverse and interdependent communities in high-temperature geothermal environments in the deep sea. By constructing genomes of 3,635 Bacteria and Archaea from 40 different rock communities, researchers discovered at least 500 new genera and have evidence for two new phyla. Samples from the deep-sea Brothers volcano were especially enriched with different kinds of microorganisms, many endemic to the volcano. The genomic data from this study also showed that many of these organisms depend on one another for survival. Some microorganisms cannot metabolize all of the nutrients they need to survive so they rely on nutrients created by other species in a process known as a 'metabolic handoff.'

Offbeat: Space Space: Astronomy Space: Astrophysics Space: Exploration Space: The Solar System
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How a 3 cm glass sphere could help scientists understand space weather      (via sciencedaily.com) 

Space weather can interfere with spaceflight and the operation of satellites, but the phenomenon is very difficult to study on Earth because of the difference in gravity. Researchers effectively reproduced the type of gravity that exists on or near stars and other planets inside of a glass sphere measuring 3 centimeters in diameter, or about 1.2 inches. The achievement could help scientists overcome the limiting role of gravity in experiments that are intended to model conditions in stars and other planets.

Ecology: Endangered Species Ecology: Extinction Ecology: Invasive Species
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Environment law fails to protect threatened species in Australia      (via sciencedaily.com) 

Federal environmental laws are failing to mitigate against Australia's extinction crisis, according to new research.