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Space: The Solar System
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Mercury's contraction much greater than thought, new imaging shows - Mercury's Contraction: A Surprising Discovery      (via sciencedaily.com) 

New global imaging and topographic data from MESSENGER show that the innermost planet has contracted ...

Chemistry: General Chemistry: Thermodynamics Physics: Optics
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3D printing of light-activated hydrogel actuators      (via sciencedaily.com)     Original source 

An international team of researchers has embedded gold nanorods in hydrogels that can be processed t...

Offbeat: General
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Heart over head? Stages of the heart's cycle affect neural responses      (via sciencedaily.com)     Original source 

Optimal windows exist for action and perception during the 0.8 seconds of a heartbeat, according to...

Chemistry: Biochemistry Physics: Optics
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Scientists learn how to control muscles with light      (via sciencedaily.com)     Original source 

Researchers developed a way to help people with amputation or paralysis regain limb control. Their o...

Ecology: General Ecology: Research
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Effects of highly pathogenic avian influenza on canids investigated - Effects of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza on Canids Investigated      (via sciencedaily.com) 

Researchers have revealed the effects of high pathogenicity avian influenza virus infection on an Ez...

Biology: Developmental
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New study decodes one of the living world's fastest cell movements - New Study Decodes One of the Living World's Fastest Cell Movements      (via sciencedaily.com)     Original source 

Heliozoan axopodia are important for their motility. However, the underlying mechanism of their axop...

Biology: Microbiology
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Gene mutation may explain why some don't get sick from COVID-19      (via sciencedaily.com) 

People who contract COVID-19 but never develop symptoms -- the so-called super dodgers -- may have a ...

Chemistry: Biochemistry Chemistry: General Chemistry: Inorganic Chemistry Physics: Optics
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Chemists, engineers craft adjustable arrays of microscopic lenses      (via sciencedaily.com)     Original source 

A team has created minuscule lenses that it can expand or contract in mere seconds -- modifying thei ...

Biology: Microbiology
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Foodborne-pathogen Listeria may hide from sanitizers in biofilms      (via sciencedaily.com)     Original source 

An estimated 1,600 people in the U.S. contract a serious infection from Listeria bacteria in food ea ...

Biology: Biochemistry Biology: Cell Biology Biology: General
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Blood flow makes waves across the surface of the mouse brain      (via sciencedaily.com)     Original source 

Researchers have, for the first time, visualized the full network of blood vessels across the cortex...

Anthropology: General Archaeology: General Paleontology: Fossils
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Marriage in Minoan Crete - Marriage in Minoan Crete: A Look into Ancient Greek Culture      (via sciencedaily.com) 

An international team of researchers achieves completely new insights into Bronze Age marriage rules...

Biology: Microbiology
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Division of labor affects the risk of infection      (via sciencedaily.com)     Original source 

An international research team reports that, given the same genetic makeup, individual behavior alon...

Chemistry: Biochemistry Chemistry: Organic Chemistry
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Breakthrough discovery sheds light on heart and muscle health      (via sciencedaily.com)     Original source 

The human heart, often described as the body's engine, is a remarkable organ that tirelessly beats t...

Biology: Biochemistry Mathematics: Modeling
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Deep machine-learning speeds assessment of fruit fly heart aging and disease, a model for human disease      (via sciencedaily.com)     Original source 

Drosophila -- known as fruit flies -- are a valuable model for human heart pathophysiology, includin...