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- Bacteria take 'RNA mug shots' of threatening viruses
- How brain oscillations might respond to teleportation
- Tetraquarks: New four-flavor particle discovered
- Good enough to photograph, then eat
| Bacteria take 'RNA mug shots' of threatening viruses Posted: 25 Feb 2016 12:34 PM PST Scientists have discovered that bacteria have a system that can recognize and disrupt dangerous viruses using a newly identified mechanism involving RNA. It is similar to the CRISPR/Cas system that captures foreign DNA. The discovery might lead to better ways to thwart viruses that kill agricultural crops and interfere with the production of dairy products such as cheese and yogurt. |
| How brain oscillations might respond to teleportation Posted: 25 Feb 2016 10:57 AM PST Technology may not have caught up to the teleportation devices of science fiction, but now we have some idea of how the brain handles 'beaming up' from one location to another, thanks to research by neuroscientists involving some specially wired volunteers. |
| Tetraquarks: New four-flavor particle discovered Posted: 25 Feb 2016 06:01 AM PST Scientists have discovered a new particle -- the latest member to be added to the exotic species of particle known as tetraquarks. Quarks are point-like particles that typically come in packages of two or three, the most familiar of which are the proton and neutron (each is made of three quarks). There are six types, or "flavors," of quark to choose from: up, down, strange, charm, bottom and top. Each of these also has an antimatter counterpart. |
| Good enough to photograph, then eat Posted: 23 Feb 2016 02:57 PM PST Food-related hashtags on social media have millions of posts: but what happens after we snap a food selfie? Intrigued by this new social norm and its impact, researchers studied the impact of consumer-generated images of food on satisfaction. |
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