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Resting easy: Oxygen promotes deep, restorative sleep
Exposure to high levels of oxygen encourages the brain to remain in deep, restorative sleep, according…
Scientists identify new minerals for carbon capture
Research confirms new minerals are capturing and storing carbon. The minerals, members of the hydrotalcite group,…
Clearest view ever of cell membrane yields unexpected structure, research possibilities
Scientists have gained the clearest view yet of a patch of cell membrane and its components,…
Earth’s cobalt deposits formed much later than previously believed
Cobalt deposits in the Democratic Republic of Congo, one of Earth's largest cobalt-mining regions, are 150…
Record levels of mercury released by thawing permafrost in Canadian Arctic
Permafrost thaw slumps in the western Canadian Arctic are releasing record amounts of mercury into waterways,…
Professor models system using baking soda filled capsules to capture CO2 emissions
Coal and natural gas represent the majority of the US energy supply. Even with pollution controls,…
Clue to epidemics in ‘bursty’ social behavior
Researchers have developed a mathematical model that could cure the potential to underestimate how quickly diseases…
Biologists shed new light on an old question
For nearly 100 years biologists have argued about how exactly natural selection can possibly work. If…
Flows that help bacteria feed and organize biofilms
Figuring out how bacteria bring in nutrients could point to ways of killing them without poison.…