Humans might not be walking the face of the Earth were it not for the ancient fusing of two prokaryotes â€" tiny life forms that do not have a cellular nucleus. UCLA molecular biologist James A. Lake reports important new insights about prokaryotes and the evolution of life in the Aug. 20 advance online edition of the journal Nature.
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Engineers at Ohio State University have found a way to double the production of the biofuel butanol, which might someday replace gasoline in automobiles.
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We've struggled for 150 years to devise a theory of evolution for technology â€" now complexity theorist W. Brian Arthur believes he's cracked it
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Astronomers are celebrating 10 years of discovery by NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory. Today's story highlights some of Chandra's most surprising, violent and beautiful images of the high-energy Universe.
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In the first study to look at what happens over the years to the billions of pounds of plastic waste floating in the world's oceans, scientists are reporting that plastics -- reputed to be virtually indestructible -- decompose with surprising speed and release potentially toxic substances into the water.
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New UBC research has literally and figuratively poked holes in single-band Hubbard physics--a model that has been used to predict and calculate the behavior of high-temperature superconductors for 20 years.
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Reuters - NASA managers cleared the space shuttle Discovery for launch on Tuesday after a prolonged debate about whether its fuel tank was safe enough for flight, officials said Wednesday.
