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A new study finds that gut bacteria play an important role in the development of white blood cells that help the body's immune system fight infection.

EINSTEIN IN SYNC: Albert Einstein was visiting friends in Santa Barbara when this playful photograph was taken on February 6, 1933, shortly after he had accepted the appointment at the Institute for Advanced Study that would bring him to Princeton for the rest of his life.

Imagine that you are in a meeting with coworkers or at a gathering of friends. You pull out your cell phone to show a presentation or a video on YouTube.

Dr. Ali Shakouri, Microsanj Co-founder and Chairman of the Advisory Board, has been selected to be the SEMI-THERM 2014 recipient of the THERMI award in recognition of his contributions to the field of semiconductor device and systems thermal issues.

Thirteen graduate students from institutes throughout North America have been chosen to receive the 2014 Harold M. Weintraub Graduate Student Award sponsored by the Basic Sciences Division of Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center .

NASA has decided to determine once and for all whether Planet X - the mythical planet that's been theorized for millennia - exists.

Troy, N.Y. - Two chemical and biological engineering experts at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute have been elected fellows of the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering .

For some space-age technology in your kitchen, try the VMatter 8" professional chef's knife from VMatter Cutlery.

UC Berkeley is fond of calling itself the best university in the world. And even though Caltech ranks #1 - again - on this year's World University Rankings released by Times Higher Education, UC Berkeley can still claim to be the best.

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If it seems strange to find the inventor of Bitcoin living in the San Gabriel Valley, it's actually not all that surprising given the area is home to one of the most prominent research universities in the United States, The California Institute of Technology ; NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory ; and the original Internet incubator, Idealab .

Princeton University was ranked sixth in the latest edition of the Times Higher Education World University Rankings, which was released Wednesday.

In August 1984 two physicists arrived at a formula that transformed our understanding of string theory, an achievement now recognised by a major award.

The co-inventors are . The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=31&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=20140225.PD.&s2=%28PA.ASST.%29&OS=ISD/02/25/2014+AND+AS/PA&RS=ISD/02/25/2014+AND+AS/PA Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by

Washington, March 2: As we rejoice the news of presence of water on Mars, researchers have now used a new technique to detect water in the atmosphere of an extra-solar planet of Jupiter-like mass orbiting a nearby star.

Depression is a serious illness with varying degrees. When it's mild, it makes some areas of a person's life challenging, according to Deborah Serani, PsyD, a clinical psychologist who specializes in treating mood disorders.

Imagine if somehow we could rig up a bubble detector: something to tell investors when stock prices had reached unsustainable levels.

Image Caption: This landscape scene photographed by NASA's Curiosity Mars rover shows rows of rocks in the foreground and Mount Sharp on the horizon.

You are not a beautiful and unique snowflake - but these are. Film-maker Vyacheslav Ivanov used a high-speed camera to record these individual snowflakes blooming into being like chilly flowers.

The huge telescope will be built on the summit the Mauna Kea, a dormant volcano in Hawaii.