Engineers work on car engine redesign

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U.S. engineers have created the first computational model to track engine performance from one combustion cycle to the next for a new type of engine.


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Forsyth scientists trigger cancer-like response from embryonic stem cells

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Scientists from The Forsyth Institute, working with collaborators at Tufts and Tuebingen Universities, have discovered a new control over embryonic stem cells' behavior. The researchers disrupted a natural bioelectrical mechanism ...

Discovering a new life form in the hot springs of Yellowstone

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Geysers, mud pots, steam vents and hot springs in the region now known as Yellowstone National Park awed American Indians and early European explorers. Now, two million tourists visit the park in northwestern ...

Freeing protein-based drugs from bacteria's natural traps

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In a finding that could speed the development of new protein-based drugs for fighting diabetes, hepatitis, and other diseases, researchers are reporting progress toward preventing or destroying an unusual structure that reduces ...

Despite 'peacenik' reputation, bonobos hunt and eat other primates too

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Unlike the male-dominated societies of their chimpanzee relatives, bonobo society—in which females enjoy a higher social status than males—has a "make-love-not-war" kind of image. While chimpanzee males frequently band together ...

Migratory moths may hitch their rides, but they're anything but drifters

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Night-traveling migratory moths may hitch a ride on the wind, but a new study in the October 14th issue of Current Biology, a Cell Press publication, confirms that they are anything but drifters.
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