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Game theory study: Cooperative behavior meshes with evolutionary theory

Game theory study: Cooperative behavior meshes with evolutionary theory

Biology / Evolution

created Apr 06, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (4) | comments 8

(PhysOrg.com) -- One of the perplexing questions raised by evolutionary theory is how cooperative behavior, which benefits other members of a species at a cost to the individual, came to exist.


Scientists form alliance to develop nanotoxicology protocols

Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine

created Sep 09, 2008 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (5) | comments 0

A team of materials scientists and toxicologists announced the formation of a new international research alliance to establish protocols for reproducible toxicological testing of nanomaterials in both cultured cells and animals. ...





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How flu succeeds: Investigators identify host factors that help multiple influenza strains thrive

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created 8 hours ago | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Investigators at Burnham Institute for Medical Research (Burnham), Mount Sinai School of Medicine (Mount Sinai), the Salk Institute for Biological Studies (Salk) and the Genomics Institute of the Novartis Research Foundation ...


Physicists propose quantum entanglement for motion of microscopic objects

Physics / Quantum Physics

created Dec 21, 2009 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (13) | comments 12

Researchers at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) have proposed a new paradigm that should allow scientists to observe quantum behavior in small mechanical systems.


Switchable Nanostructures Made with DNA

Switchable Nanostructures Made with DNA

Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine

created Dec 21, 2009 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (7) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Brookhaven National Laboratory have found a new way to use a synthetic form of DNA to control the assembly of nanoparticles — this time resulting ...


Researchers design a tool to induce controlled suicide in human cells

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Dec 17, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

When cells accumulate excessive errors in the proteins they produce, apoptosis is activated, that is to say, a cell suicide programme; however, beforehand the cells attempt to rectify the problem through a number of rescue ...


Water droplets shape graphene nanostructures

Nanotechnology / Nanophysics

created Dec 17, 2009 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (7) | comments 0

A single-atom-thick sheet of carbon, like those seen in pencil marks -- offers great potential for new types of nanoscale devices, if a good way can be found to mold the material into desired shapes.


Leprosy susceptibility genes reported

Medicine & Health / Genetics

created Dec 16, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

In the first genome-wide association study (GWAS) of leprosy and the largest GWAS on an infectious disease, scientists at the Genome Institute of Singapore (GIS) and 26 institutes in China identified seven genes that increase ...


Looking for the heartbeat of cellular networks

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Dec 16, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Our cells' molecules form an intricate network of interactions. Today's techniques, however, can only be used to measure individual molecular reactions outside the cells. Since molecular concentrations are much higher in ...


Watching Proteins Direct Crystal Growth One Step at a Time (w/ Video)

Watching Proteins Direct Crystal Growth One Step at a Time (w/ Video)

Nanotechnology / Nanophysics

created Dec 16, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists at Berkeley Lab's Molecular Foundry imaged the growth of protein-studded mineral surfaces with unprecedented resolution and provided a glimpse into how living systems engineer key ...


Muscling in on a mystery protein: Study of brawny pigs reveals key player in the genome

Muscling in on a mystery protein: Study of brawny pigs reveals key player in the genome

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Dec 15, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- For thousands of years, humans have bred pigs for desirable traits, such as more muscle and less fat in the meat. Domestication makes animals ideal models for studying how genes control physical ...


Physics rules network dynamics

Physics rules network dynamics

Physics / General Physics

created Dec 11, 2009 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (21) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- When it comes to the workings of the Web, the brain, or a social network, physics finds universal truths.



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