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Researchers Identify Gene That Determines UV Iridescence in Butterfly Wings
Researchers have identified a gene that determines whether ultraviolet iridescence shows up in the wings of butterflies.
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Sizing Up the Nutritional Properties of Insect Powder Proteins
Proteins from crickets, locusts and silkworms have been analyzed for nutritional properties, potentially offering an alternative protein source to traditional animal farming.
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Household Cleaning Agent Could Help Future Power Generation
Adding a common household cleaning agent, boron, can vastly improve the ability of some fusion energy devices to contain the heat required to produce fusion reactions on Earth.
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Protein Linked to Circadian Rhythm May Play a Role in Alcohol Consumption
Why do we drink the way that we do? A group of researchers found that it may be to do with a particular protein in the part of the forebrain that regulates, among other things, decision-making and reward perception.
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Many Californians Still Have Unsafe Drinking Water
The levels of three major chemical contaminants in Californian water systems have been quantified.
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New Genetic Mechanism Can Cause Severe Forms of Male Infertility
Scientists have found that mutations occurring during the reproduction process, when the DNA of both parents is replicated, can result in infertility in men later in life.
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Curbing Methane Emissions With Dirt?
A clay treated with copper has been shown to be effective at absorbing methane from the atmosphere.
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How a Common Toothpaste Ingredient Is Triggered To Harm the Gut
A new study conducted in mice demonstrates precisely how triclosan, an antimicrobial found in toothpaste, toys and thousands of other products, can trigger gut inflammation.
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Pulses of Intense Light Could Clean Organic Pollutants From Wastewater
Carbon-based organic micropollutants in water can be removed by treatment with high-intensity pulses of light in a new procedure.
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DNA Antenna Could Help To Discover Protein Drug Targets
A DNA-based nanoantenna has been created to monitor and characterize structural changes in proteins.
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