Recent science news on Science Island. Read more details here: https://scienceisland.org/ 1 - Cassini Spacecraft Reveals 101 Geysers and more on Icy Saturn Moon Scientists using mission data from NASA’s Cassini spacecraft have identified 101 distinct geysers erupting on Saturn’s icy moon Enceladus. Their analysis suggests it is possible for liquid water to reach from the moon’s underground sea all the way to its surface. 2 - Learning the Smell of Fear: Mothers Teach Babies Their Own Fears Via Odor Babies can learn what to fear in the first days of life just by smelling the odor of their distressed mothers’, new research suggests. And not just “natural” fears: If a mother experienced something before pregnancy that made her fear something specific, her baby will quickly learn to fear it too — through her odor when she feels fear. 3 - New Protein Structure Could Help Treat Alzheimer’s Bioengineers have a designed a peptide structure that can stop the harmful changes of the body’s normal proteins into a state that’s linked to widespread diseases such as Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s, heart disease, Type 2 diabetes and Lou Gehrig’s disease.
Posted on: Mon, 28 Jul 2014 23:32:44 +0000
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