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• Important step in artificial intelligence: Stylized letters classified by their images
• Bioprinting in 3-D: Looks like candy, could regenerate nerve cells
• Personal microbiomes shown to contain unique 'fingerprints'
• DNA with self-interest: Transposable element conquers new strain of fly
• Watch invisible gravity waves rumble through the atmosphere
• Losing streak: Competitive high-school sports linked to gambling
• Scientists show 'breaking waves' perturb Earth's magnetic field
• Velociraptor, move over: New dinosaur's keen nose made it a formidable predator
• Robot pets to rise in an overpopulated world
• Research paper with 2,863 authors expands knowledge of bacteriophages
• Graphene holds key to unlocking creation of wearable electronic devices
• First beef with the goodness of fish

Important step in artificial intelligence: Stylized letters classified by their images Posted: 11 May 2015 02:28 PM PDT A circuit implementing the rudimentary artificial neural network successfully classified three letters by their images.

Bioprinting in 3-D: Looks like candy, could regenerate nerve cells Posted: 11 May 2015 02:25 PM PDT Researchers are working on 3-D bioprinting synthetic tissue that could help regenerate nerve cells in patients with spinal cord injuries.

Personal microbiomes shown to contain unique 'fingerprints' Posted: 11 May 2015 01:29 PM PDT A new study shows that the microbial communities we carry in and on our bodies known as the human microbiome have the potential to uniquely identify individuals, much like a fingerprint. Scientists demonstrated that personal microbiomes contain enough distinguishing features to identify an individual over time from among a research study population of hundreds of people. The study is the first to show that identifying people from microbiome data is feasible.

DNA with self-interest: Transposable element conquers new strain of fly Posted: 11 May 2015 01:28 PM PDT Transposable elements are DNA sequences that are capable of changing their genome position by cut and paste or copy and paste through the enzyme transposase. This ability can be harmful for hosts if transposable elements destroy functioning genes, but it can also bring advantages. From an evolutionary point of view, transposable elements diversify the genome and open up chances for adaptation.

Watch invisible gravity waves rumble through the atmosphere Posted: 11 May 2015 10:19 AM PDT Just as waves ripple across a pond when a tossed stone disturbs the water's surface, gravity waves ripple toward space from disturbances in the lower atmosphere.

Losing streak: Competitive high-school sports linked to gambling Posted: 11 May 2015 09:53 AM PDT High-schoolers involved in competitive sports are at an elevated risk of addictive gambling, a new study concludes. According to the research, the participation of male high-school students in competitive sports is associated with problem gambling and gambling frequency, and female students who participate in competitive sports are at a higher risk of gambling frequency.

Scientists show 'breaking waves' perturb Earth's magnetic field Posted: 11 May 2015 09:53 AM PDT The underlying physical process that creates striking 'breaking wave' cloud patterns in our atmosphere also frequently opens the gates to high-energy solar wind plasma that perturbs Earth's magnetic field, or magnetosphere, which protects us from cosmic radiation. The discovery was made by space physicists.

Velociraptor, move over: New dinosaur's keen nose made it a formidable predator Posted: 11 May 2015 09:53 AM PDT Scientists have identified a species of dinosaur closely related to Velociraptor, the group of creatures made infamous by the movie 'Jurassic Park.' The newly named species likely possessed a keen sense of smell that would have made it a formidable predator.

Robot pets to rise in an overpopulated world Posted: 11 May 2015 09:52 AM PDT Robotic dogs are likely to replace the real thing in households worldwide in as little as a decade, as our infatuation with technology grows and more people migrate to high-density city living.

Research paper with 2,863 authors expands knowledge of bacteriophages Posted: 11 May 2015 08:44 AM PDT An American undergraduate science program delves deeply into the bacteriophage genome, and publishes a paper with the second-highest number of authors in history, most of them students.

Graphene holds key to unlocking creation of wearable electronic devices Posted: 11 May 2015 08:44 AM PDT Groundbreaking research has successfully created the world's first truly electronic textile, using the wonder material, graphene.

First beef with the goodness of fish Posted: 11 May 2015 06:14 AM PDT Chinese scientists have reared beef rich in the beneficial fatty acids associated with fish oils. The study highlights the scientific challenges that remain following the successful introduction of a gene into fetal cells from Luxi Yellow cattle, a Chinese breed with a high beef yield. The fat1 gene, isolated from a nematode worm, codes for desaturase enzymes that are involved in the conversion of n-6 to n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids.

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