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The Hunger Gaps: How Flowering Times Affect Farmland Bees

For the very first time, researchers from the University of Bristol have measured farmland nectar supplies throughout the whole year and revealed hungry gaps when food supply is not meeting pollinator demand.

Brain Mapping: New Technique Reveals How Information Is Processed

Scientists have discovered a new method for quickly and efficiently mapping the vast network of connections among neurons in the brain.

Storage Beyond the Cloud

Books can burn. Computers get hacked. DVDs degrade. Technologies to store information—ink on paper, computers, CDs and DVDs, and even DNA—continue to improve.

Changing Climate May Affect Animal-To-Human Disease Transfer

Climate change could affect occurrences of diseases like bird-flu and Ebola, with environmental factors playing a larger role than previously understood in animal-to-human disease transfer.

Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients Affected by Disabilities Well in Advance of Diagnosis

Patients diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis often are affected by functional disability a year or two before the disease is diagnosed, according to new Mayo Clinic research.