Posted On: 03/27/2013 7:49:59 AM
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Violent Video Games Are a Risk Factor for Criminal Behavior and Aggression, New Evidence Shows
March 26, 2013 — New evidence demonstrates a link between video games and youth violence and delinquency. The research shows a strong connection even when controlling for a history of violence and psychopathic traits ... > full story
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Discovery May Allow Scientists to Make Fuel from Carbon Dioxide in the Atmosphere
March 26, 2013 — Excess carbon dioxide in the Earth's atmosphere created by the widespread burning of fossil fuels is the major driving force of global climate change, and researchers the world over are looking for ... > full story
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Novel Way Plants Pass Traits to Next Generation: Inheritance Behavior in Corn Breaks Accepted Rules of Genetics
March 26, 2013 — New research explains how certain traits can pass down from one generation to the next – at least in plants – without following the accepted rules of ... > full story
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Trees Used to Create Recyclable, Efficient Solar Cell
March 26, 2013 — Researchers have developed efficient solar cells using natural substrates derived from plants such as trees. Just as importantly, by fabricating them on cellulose nanocrystal (CNC) substrates, the ... > full story
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Gene Therapy May Aid Failing Hearts
March 26, 2013 — In an animal study, researchers show that it was possible to use gene therapy to boost heart muscle function. The finding suggests that it might be possible to use this approach to treat patients ... > full story
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You Don't 'Own' Your Own Genes: Researchers Raise Alarm About Loss of Individual 'Genomic Liberty' Due to Gene Patents
March 26, 2013 — Humans don't "own" their own genes, the cellular chemicals that define who they are and what diseases they might be at risk for. Through more than 40,000 patents on DNA molecules, companies have ... > full story
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Uncovering Africa's Oldest Known Penguins
March 26, 2013 — Africa isn't the kind of place you might expect to find penguins. But one species lives in Africa today, and new fossils confirm that as many as four penguin species coexisted on the continent in the ... > full story
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Lemur Lookalikes Are Two New Species, DNA Says
March 26, 2013 — Scientists have identified two new species of mouse lemur, the saucer-eyed, teacup-sized primates native to the African island of ... > full story
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Human Emotion: We Report Our Feelings in 3-D
March 26, 2013 — Like it or not and despite the surrounding debate of its merits, 3-D is the technology du jour for movie-making in Hollywood. It now turns out that even our brains use three dimensions to communicate ... > full story
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Scientists Form New Nerve Cells -- Directly in the Brain
March 26, 2013 — The field of cell therapy, which aims to form new cells in the body in order to cure disease, has taken another important step in the development towards new treatments. A new report shows that it is ... > full story
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