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Posted May 29, 2013:

• Organic Polymers Show Sunny Potential: Groundwork Laid for Block Copolymer Solar Cells


• Gene That Helps Honey Bees Find Flowers (and Get Back Home) Discovered


• Gene Therapy Gives Mice Broad Protection to Pandemic Flu Strains, Including 1918 Flu


• Arctic Current Flowed Under Deep Freeze of Last Ice Age, Study Says


• Wit, Grit and a Supercomputer Yield Chemical Structure of HIV Capsid


• 'Low Sodium Diet' Key to Old Age for Stars: New Observations Challenge Current Stellar Theories


• Genetic Engineering Alters Mosquitoes' Sense of Smell


• Cosmic Glitch: Astronomers Discover New Phenomenon in Neutron Star


• Pigeons Peck for Computerized Treat


• 3-D Microelectrodes? Charred Micro-Bunny Sculpture Shows Promise of New Material for 3-D Shaping


• Re-Creating the Original Colors of Treasured Ivory Carvings from the Ancient Past


• Subfossil Forest Discovered at Building Site in Zurich

Posted May 28, 2013:

• Ancient Plants Reawaken: Plants Exposed by Retreating Glaciers Regrowing After Centuries Entombed Under Ice


• Changing Gut Bacteria Through Diet Affects Brain Function


• Picking Up a Second Language Is Predicted by Ability to Learn Patterns


• Scientists Develop CO ₂ Sequestration Technique


• Disappearance of Stromatolites, Earliest Visible Manifestation of Life: Ancient Enigma Solved?


• Shape-Shifting Nanoparticles Flip from Sphere to Net in Response to Tumor Signal


• Beer-Pouring Robot Programmed to Anticipate Human Actions


• Fast-Sinking Jellyfish Could Boost the Oceans' Uptake of Carbon Dioxide


• Children of Long-Lived Parents Less Likely to Get Cancer


• Soda and Illegal Drugs Cause Similar Damage to Teeth: Acids Erode Enamel


• How Do Plants Grow Toward the Light? Scientists Explain Mechanism Behind Phototropism


• Century-Old Ocean Data Provides Further Confirmation of Global Warming


• Researcher Builds Replica Human Colon to Improve Water Quality


• Decoding the Genome of the Camel

Posted May 27, 2013:

• Stem Cell Injections Improve Spinal Injuries in Rats


• Formula for Turning Cement Into 'Metal'


• Rats Have a Double View of the World