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- A mind for math: A part of the brain associated with making memories may also predict success in learning math
- Teens take home science gold: A low-cost, self-driving vehicle; battery alternatives and analyses of galaxy clusters claim top prizes at a global high school science competition
- Flagging loose bolts: “Smart alert washer” automatically flags when a nut is coming loose, warning of potential danger
Chemistry
- Controversy arises over whether bacteria have completely gobbled oil up.
- New variety of photosynthetic pigment is the first to be discovered in 60 years
- Oxygen atoms arrange themselves in a self-similar pattern to help conduct electricity without resistance.
- The moon’s interior contains far less water than Earth’s, new studies of rocks collected by Apollo astronauts suggest.
- A host of small studies raises a big alarm about exposure to a hormone-mimicking chemical.
- Differences in vodka brands reflect structural variations in cages of water molecules encasing ethanol, new research suggests.
- In mice, BPA can cause pregnancy complications that can also trigger later metabolic effects in both moms and grown male offspring.
- Bisphenol A’s ‘twin’ may be more potent at perturbing estrogen signals.
- A new decontaminant could be a more benign alternative for cleaning up after chemical and biological accidents.
- A new method picks out promising drug compounds by computer, in much the same way Netflix recommends DVDs to its customers.
- Read Science News reporters' complete coverage of the recent chemistry conference.
- Comparative study finds that screw tops can perform just as well in regulating the aging process.
- Using perovskite instead of platinum in catalytic converters could shave many hundreds of dollars off the cost of a diesel car.
- New fingerprinting method can pinpoint where, when or how a chemical warfare agent came to be.
- A compound generated in the roasting process appears to reduce acid production in the stomach.
- Antarctica’s ice sheets could hide vast quantities of the greenhouse gas, churned out by a buried ecosystem.
- Scientists have figured out two of the final key steps in the chain of chemical reactions that the opium poppy uses to synthesize morphine, suggesting possible signaling strategies for new ways of making the drug and its cousin painkillers.
- Common material’s ‘memory’ could be exploited for smart fabrics or other gadgets.
- ‘Chemicals of concern’ may be made safer in new materials.
- More than a decade after its debut in a German lab, element 112 is officially named copernicium.
- A deep-sea gastropod’s natural shield may offer ideas for human protection.
- Scientists have made batteries and supercapacitors with little more than ordinary office paper and some carbon and silver nanomaterials.
- Researchers studying manganese oxides unexpectedly discover a new way to achieve blue hue.
- A NASA model incorporates how atmospheric aerosols and greenhouse gases interact, yielding better estimates of the gases' warming and cooling effects.
- Trees near high-traffic areas accumulate tiny particles.
- One researcher is awarded for discovering the protein that helps jellyfish glow and two for making the protein into a crucial tool for biologists.
- Ada Yonath, Thomas Steitz and Venkatraman Ramakrishnan will share the prize for unmasking the structure of the ribosome.
- A new analysis suggests that ancient seed plants made a version of the fossilized resin credited to more modern relatives
- A new study suggests these organisms could have kept oxygen levels low and waters toxic, stalling the evolution of complex life.
- A new model suggests cells may be more sensitive to their environment than previously thought.
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