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- Peering back in time to just after the Big Bang: Farthest galaxy ever detected
- The science of stereotyping: Challenging the validity of 'gaydar'
- Drug-resistant bacteria in the gut overcome with fecal transplant
- Taking apart termite mounds
- Waste coffee used as fuel storage
| Peering back in time to just after the Big Bang: Farthest galaxy ever detected Posted: 04 Sep 2015 11:45 AM PDT Researchers have reported the detection of the farthest object yet, galaxy EGS8p7. At more than 13.2 billion years old, it provides a fascinating glimpse of the very early universe, just 600,000 years after the Big Bang. |
| The science of stereotyping: Challenging the validity of 'gaydar' Posted: 03 Sep 2015 01:05 PM PDT 'Gaydar' -- the purported ability to infer whether people are gay or straight based on their appearance -- seemed to get a scientific boost from a 2008 study that concluded people could accurately guess someone's sexual orientation based on photographs of their faces. In a new paper, researchers challenge what they call 'the gaydar myth.' |
| Drug-resistant bacteria in the gut overcome with fecal transplant Posted: 03 Sep 2015 11:44 AM PDT The gut is an important reservoir for drug-resistant bacteria responsible for life-threatening hospital-acquired infections. A study in mice reports that two of the most common antibiotic-resistant bacterial species circulating in hospitals occupy and effectively share the same location in the gut, and that they can be eliminated by fecal transplantation of a healthy gut microbiome. |
| Posted: 02 Sep 2015 12:56 PM PDT Researchers have for the first time has described in detail how termite mounds are ventilated. The study reveals that the structures act akin to a lung, inhaling and exhaling once a day as they are heated and cooled. |
| Waste coffee used as fuel storage Posted: 01 Sep 2015 09:08 AM PDT Scientists have developed a simple process to treat waste coffee grounds to allow them to store methane. The simple soak and heating process develops a carbon capture material with the additional environmental benefits of recycling a waste product. |
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