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Sleep boosts brain's self-cleaning system
from New Scientist - Online news
(2013-10-18 4:37)
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The "glymphatic system", a network of pipes that removes pathogens and harmful molecules from the brain, is most active during sleep
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Reprogrammed bacterium speaks new language of life
from New Scientist - Online news
(2013-10-18 3:00)
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E. coli has had its cell machinery redesigned so that one of its genetic "words"? or codons ? can now say whatever we want
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Complete skull of 1.8-million-year-old hominin found
from New Scientist - Online news
(2013-10-18 3:00)
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A full skull of a Homo erectus has been unearthed in Georgia, and it suggests a radical rethink of our evolutionary history
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Virus-sabotaging protein may help people defy HIV
from New Scientist - Online news
(2013-10-18 2:39)
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Extra 'saboteur' protein in the cytoplasm of blood cells may stop HIV from copying itself without the need for drugs
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Universal law of urination found in mammals
from New Scientist - Online news
(2013-10-18 2:17)
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Elephants, dogs and goats all take 21 seconds to empty full bladders. A law of urination explains the physics of what happens when you just gotta go
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Matterhorn mapped by fleet of drones in just 6 hours
from New Scientist - Online news
(2013-10-18 1:50)
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The imposing mountain in the Swiss Alps has been mapped by a fleet of autonomous, fixed-wing drones, launched from its peak
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Today on New Scientist
from New Scientist - Online news
(2013-10-18 1:45)
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All the latest on newscientist.com: brain science drowning in uncertaintly, UK's first nuclear reactor in 25 years, coming back from the the dead and more
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Massive remnant of meteor surfaces from Russian lake
from New Scientist - Online news
(2013-10-18 1:26)
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A 570-kilogram hunk of the meteor that lit up the skies over Chelyabinsk, Russia, in February has been dredged up from a lake
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Hidden depths: Brain science is drowning in uncertainty
from New Scientist - Online news
(2013-10-18 0:00)
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The edifice of research being built with brain scans is flawed. It's time to rethink the approach to build a more complete understanding of the mind (full text available to subscribers)
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Massachusetts工科大学ら、バイオ燃料はガソリンの値段に大きな影響を及ぼさないと発表
from 日経バイオテクONLINE
(2013-10-18 0:00)
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米Massachusetts工科大学（MIT）は2013年10月9日、Sloan School of ManagementのChristopher Knittel教授と米California大学Davis校のAaron Smith准教授が共同執筆した、ガソリン価格はエタノールの含有量によって本質に影響を受けないとする論文がIAEE（International Association for Energy Economics）発行のEnergy誌に掲載されると発表した。この研究は過去数年間にわたって広く流布していた、エタノールを広範囲に使用するとガソリンの卸売コストを1ガロン当たり0.89ドルから1.09ドル引き下げるという見解に対して反証を示した（関連記事）。
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