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On the Occasion of Norway's National Day
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Washington, DC - Secretary of State John Kerry: "On behalf of President Obama and the American people, I extend my heartfelt congratulations to all Norwegians as you observe Constitution Day on May 17.
Study pinpoints timing of oxygen’s first appearance in Earth’s atmosphere
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- Written by Jennifer Chu
Cambridge, Massachusetts - Today, 21 percent of the air we breathe is made up of molecular oxygen. But this gas was not always in such ample, life-sustaining supply, and in fact was largely absent from the atmosphere for the first 2 billion years of Earth’s history. When, then, did oxygen first accumulate in the atmosphere?
Ingestible origami robot
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Cambridge, Massachusetts - In experiments involving a simulation of the human esophagus and stomach, researchers at MIT, the University of Sheffield, and the Tokyo Institute of Technology have demonstrated a tiny origami robot that can unfold itself from a swallowed capsule and, steered by external magnetic fields, crawl across the stomach wall to remove a swallowed button battery or patch a wound.
New approach to genetic analysis yields markers linked to complex diseases
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- Written by Anne Trafton
Cambridge, Massachusetts - Many diseases, such as cancer, diabetes, and schizophrenia, tend to be passed down through families. After researchers sequenced the human genome about 15 years ago, they had high hopes that this trove of information would reveal the genes that underlie these strongly heritable diseases.
Researchers find unexpected magnetic effect
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- Written by David L. Chandler
Cambridge, Massachusetts - A new and unexpected magnetic effect has taken researchers by surprise, and could open up a new pathway to advanced electronic devices and even robust quantum computer architecture.
Hijacked Cell Division Helped Fuel Rise of Fungi
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- Written by Robin A. Smith
Durham, North Carolina - A new study finds that the more than 90,000 species of mushrooms, molds, yeasts and other fungi found everywhere in the soil, water and air may owe their abilities to grow, spread, and even cause disease to an opportunistic virus they caught more than a billion years ago.
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