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Biology: Microbiology
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Newly discovered infectious prion structure shines light on mad cow disease - Newly Discovered Infectious Prion Structure Shines Light on Mad Cow Disease      (via sciencedaily.com) 

Groundbreaking research has identified the structure of the infectious prion protein, the cause of '...

Biology: Microbiology Environmental: Ecosystems Geoscience: Environmental Issues
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Soil microbiome, Earth's 'living skin' under threat from climate change      (via sciencedaily.com)     Original source 

Using a novel method to detect microbial activity in biological soil crusts, or biocrusts, after the...

Biology: Marine Ecology: Sea Life Environmental: Ecosystems Environmental: Water Offbeat: Earth and Climate Offbeat: Plants and Animals
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The secret sex life of coral revealed      (via sciencedaily.com)     Original source 

Corals play an essential role in ocean ecosystems, and like many organisms, they are under threat fr...

Offbeat: General Offbeat: Space Space: Astronomy Space: Astrophysics Space: General Space: Structures and Features
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Modified gravity theory: A million light years and still going      (via sciencedaily.com)     Original source 

In a breakthrough discovery that challenges the conventional understanding of cosmology, scientists ...

Space: The Solar System
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Mercury passes in front of the sun, as seen from Mars - Mercury Passes in Front of the Sun, as Seen from Mars      (via sciencedaily.com) 

NASA's Curiosity Mars rover has imaged the planet Mercury passing in front of the sun, visible as a...

Space: The Solar System
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Dawn maps Ceres craters where ice can accumulate - Dawn Maps Ceres Craters Where Ice Can Accumulate      (via sciencedaily.com) 

Scientists with NASA's Dawn mission have identified permanently shadowed regions on the dwarf planet...

Space: The Solar System
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'Hot Jupiters' provoke their own host suns to wobble - Hot Jupiters Provoke Their Own Host Suns to Wobble      (via sciencedaily.com) 

Blame the 'hot Jupiters.' These large, gaseous exoplanets can make their suns wobble when they wend...

Space: The Solar System
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Icy giant planets in the laboratory - Icy Giant Planets in the Laboratory: A New Frontier in Planetary Science      (via sciencedaily.com) 

Giant planets like Neptune may contain much less free hydrogen than previously assumed. Researchers...

Space: The Solar System
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Astronomers see 'warm' glow of Uranus's rings - Astronomers See 'Warm' Glow of Uranus's Rings      (via sciencedaily.com) 

Two telescopes have measured the faint heat from the main, or epsilon ring, of Uranus, enabling astr...

Space: The Solar System
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Astronomers solve temperature mystery of planetary atmospheres - Astronomers Solve Temperature Mystery of Planetary Atmospheres      (via sciencedaily.com) 

An atmospheric peculiarity the Earth shares with Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune is likely commo...

Space: The Solar System
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Scientists discover volcanoes on Venus are still active - Scientists Discover Volcanoes on Venus Are Still Active      (via sciencedaily.com) 

A new study identified 37 recently active volcanic structures on Venus. The study provides some of t...

Space: The Solar System
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Unexplained warm layer discovered in Venus' atmosphere - Unexplained Warm Layer Discovered in Venus' Atmosphere      (via sciencedaily.com) 

Scientists have found a warm layer in Venus' atmosphere, the nature of which is still unknown. The r...

Space: The Solar System
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Solar events blocking Martian satellite signal pinpointed - Solar Events Blocking Martian Satellite Signal Pinpointed      (via sciencedaily.com) 

In August of 2005, the Mars Express spacecraft was dutifully sending back data on the stratigraphy o...