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Christopher Meyer and Julia Kirby
Mar 06, 2012 04:33 PM EST

Capitalism Is Evolving, But Into What?

This is an excerpt from Standing on the Sun: How the Explosion of Capitalism Abroad Will Change Business Everywhere, published this month by Harvard Business Review Press.

Basque roots revealed through DNA analysis
Mar 06, 2012 04:24 PM EST

Basque Roots Revealed through DNA Analysis

The Genographic Project announced today the most comprehensive analysis to date of Basque genetic patterns, showing that Basque genetic uniqueness predates the arrival of agriculture in the Iberian Peninsula some 7,000 years ago. Through detailed DNA analysis of samples from the French and Spanish B...

Human Mammary Gland Structure
Mar 06, 2012 04:09 PM EST

Spectroscopic Imaging Reveals Early Changes Leading to Breast Tumors

Purdue University researchers have created a new imaging technology that reveals subtle changes in breast tissue, representing a potential tool to determine a woman's risk of developing breast cancer and to study ways of preventing the disease.

Space
Mar 06, 2012 03:14 PM EST

Texas A&M Astronomers Help Find Distant Galaxy Cluster to Shed Light On Early Universe

A decade ago, Houston businessman and philanthropist George P. Mitchell was so certain there were big discoveries to be made in physics and astronomy and that they should come out of Texas A&M University, he put money on it, endowing the George P. and Cynthia Woods Mitchell Institute for Fundamental...

Titanic
Mar 06, 2012 03:05 PM EST

What Sank the Titanic? Scientists Point to the Moon

A century after the Titanic disaster, scientists have found an unexpected culprit of the crash: the moon.

Earthquake
Mar 06, 2012 02:57 PM EST

Listening to the 9.0-magnitude Japanese Earthquake

Last year's 9.0-magnitude Tohoku-Oki, Japan, earthquake was the fourth largest since 1900. However, because of thousands of seismometers in the region and Japan's willingness to share their measurements with the rest of the world, the Tohoku-Oki quake is the best-recorded earthquake of all-time.

Galaxy cluster hidden in plain view
Mar 06, 2012 01:48 PM EST

Galaxy Cluster Hidden in Plain View

A team of astronomers has discovered the most distant cluster of red galaxies ever observed using FourStar, a new and powerful near-infrared camera on the 6.5m Magellan Baade Telescope. The galaxy cluster is located 10.5 billion light years away in the direction of the constellation Leo. It is made ...

Graffito from Beth She'arim
Mar 06, 2012 01:33 PM EST

Ancient 'Graffiti' Unlock the Life of the Common Man

History is often shaped by the stories of kings and religious and military leaders, and much of what we know about the past derives from official sources like military records and governmental decrees. Now an international project is gaining invaluable insights into the history of ancient Israel thr...

Brest cancer
Mar 06, 2012 01:24 PM EST

Researchers Discover Possible Approach to the Treatment of Aggressive Breast Cancer

In particularly aggressive forms of breast cancer, cancer cells can settle in other organs and form metastases there. Once such metastases form, complete recovery is rare. Consequently, it is enormously important to prevent the metastasisation of the breast cancer cells. The success, however, achiev...

Lone wolf
Mar 06, 2012 12:08 PM EST

Closely Watched Lone Wolf Quits California for Oregon

The lone gray wolf by that name has returned home to Oregon, after captivating biologists and wildlife lovers by becoming the first of his species found in California in over 80 years, officials said on Friday.

Ovarian cancer
Mar 06, 2012 11:52 AM EST

Researchers Find Possible Genetic Keys to Surviving Epithelial Ovarian Cancer

Researchers at Moffitt Cancer Center and colleagues from 11 other institutions in the United States and the United Kingdom have used two genome-wide association studies (GWAS) – one from the U.S. and one from the U.K. – to detect a novel set of genes found to be associated with epithel...

HIV
Mar 06, 2012 11:42 AM EST

1 in 4 US HIV Patients don't Stay in Care, Penn Study Shows

Only about 75 percent of HIV/AIDS patients in the United States remain in care consistently, according to new research from the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania published online this week in AIDS. The study of patients across the United States is the first to provide a c...

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