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• It's the pits: Ancient peach stones offer clues to fruit's origins
• Breast cancer specialist reports advance in treatment of triple-negative breast cancer
• Like weeds of the sea, 'brown tide' algae exploit nutrient-rich coastlines

It's the pits: Ancient peach stones offer clues to fruit's origins Posted: 06 Sep 2014 06:31 AM PDT Anyone who enjoys biting into a sweet, fleshy peach can now give thanks to the people who first began domesticating this fruit: Chinese farmers who lived 7,500 years ago. Archeologists have a good understanding of domestication -- conscious breeding for traits preferred by people -- of annual plants such as grains (rice, wheat, etc.), but the role of trees in early farming and how trees were domesticated has not been well documented to date.

Breast cancer specialist reports advance in treatment of triple-negative breast cancer Posted: 05 Sep 2014 12:30 PM PDT A major American study could lead to improvements in outcomes for women with triple-negative breast cancer, an aggressive form of the disease that disproportionately affects younger women.

Like weeds of the sea, 'brown tide' algae exploit nutrient-rich coastlines Posted: 05 Sep 2014 12:30 PM PDT A new study highlights up close the survival skills that have made Aureococcus anophagefferens the bane of fishermen, boaters and real-estate agents. Building on previous mapping of Aureococcus' genome, the study confirms that the genes previously hypothesized to help Aureococcus survive in murky nutrient-rich waters, switch on in conditions typical of estuaries degraded by human activity.

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