Its unusual sugars are one of the keys to DNA's double-helix structure

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DNA's simple and elegant structure — the "twisted ladder," with sugar-phosphate chains making up the "rails" and oxygen- and nitrogen-containing chemical "rungs" tenuously uniting the two halves — seems to be the work of an accomplished sculptor.


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American Workers Overwhelmingly Support Paid Sick Days, Labor Day Survey Finds

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(PhysOrg.com) -- More than three-quarters of workers polled in a national survey released today view paid sick days as a basic right of employment that should be guaranteed by the government. The survey was conducted by the ...

How Temporary Help Agencies Impact the Labor Market

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(PhysOrg.com) -- Temporary help agencies place nearly 3 million Americans in jobs each day -- but the temp industry's very success may embolden some managers to view all workers as impermanent, jobs scholar Vicki Smith argues ...

Reckless Spending, Not Illness or Job Loss, Causes Most Bankruptcy

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(PhysOrg.com) -- Simple overspending has driven most personal bankruptcies in recent years, a change from previous decades when illness and unemployment were major factors, concludes a new study from the University of California, ...

Chemist Discovers the Elusive Chemical Middleman That Removes Acid Rain

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(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers have discovered the middleman in the complex chemical reaction that is essential to the atmosphere's ability to break down pollutants, especially the compounds that cause acid rain. The study ...

Breakthrough could help combat superbugs

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(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists have worked out a key mechanism that protects bacteria against stress in a major discovery that could lead to new ways of killing superbugs like C. difficile and MRSA.
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