Browse Science News Stories Posted October 10

Posted October 10, 2013:

• New Antiviral Response Discovered in Mammals


• Newly Discovered Gene Regulator Could Precisely Target Sickle Cell Disease


• Iron in Earth's Core Weakens Before Melting


• Water Discovered in Remnants of Extrasolar Rocky World Orbiting White Dwarf


• Hunter-Gatherers and Immigrant Farmers Lived Together for 2,000 Years in Central Europe


• Ancient DNA Unravels Europe's Genetic Diversity


• Sticks and Stones: Brain Releases Natural Painkillers During Social Rejection


• How Red Crabs on Christmas Island Speak for the Tropics


• Elephants Know What It Means to Point to Something, No Training Required


• Eat More, Weigh Less: Worm Study Provides Clues to Better Fat-Loss Therapies for Humans


• Genes Predispose Some People to Focus on the Negative


• 'Stadium Waves' Could Explain Lull in Global Warming


• 'Peanut Butter' Test Can Help Diagnose Alzheimer's Disease, Researchers Find


• Soft Shells and Strange Star Clusters

Posted October 9, 2013:

• Want Ripples on Your Icicles? Scientists Suggest Adding Salt


• Enigmatic Neurons Help Flies Get Oriented


• Carbon's New Champion: Carbyne, a Simple Chain of Carbon Atoms, Strongest Material of All?


• A Strange Lonely Planet Found Without a Star


• Urgent New Time Frame for Climate Change Revealed by Massive Analysis


• Chemistry: Evidence for a New Nuclear 'Magic Number'


• Longer Life for Humans Linked to Further Loss of Endangered Species


• Water and Lava, but Curiously, No Explosion


• Chimpanzees of a Feather Sit Together: Friendships Are Based on Similar Personalities


• A Close Look at the Toby Jug Nebula


• New Type of Impact Crater Discovered on Mars


• 2013 Nobel Prize in Chemistry: Multiscale Models for Complex Chemical Systems