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A study has investigated the relationship between the availability of nature near city dwellers’ homes and their brain health. Its findings are relevant for...
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We’ve all heard Darwin’s theory described as favoring the fittest, but new research from Michigan State University shows that, at least in small populations,...
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Melanoma, a cancer of skin pigment cells called melanocytes, will strike an estimated 87,110 people in the U.S. in 2017. A fraction of those melanomas come...
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A new study shows that bilingual speakers' ability to speak a second language is improved after they have consumed a low dose of alcohol.
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Scars may fade, but the skin remembers. New research reveals that inflammation-provoking experiences impart long-lasting memories to stem cells residing in the...
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Recent research has found that several common flower species have nanoscale ridges on the surface of their petals that meddle with light when viewed from...
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Some 2 million people in the U.S. get their drinking water from wells that may be infused with naturally-occurring arsenic, according to a new study. The...
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Workers are expected to begin mining operations at the U.S. nuclear waste dump in New Mexico for the first time in three years following a radiation release...
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Around 245 BCE Ptolemy III, ruler of the Ptolemaic Kingdom in Egypt, made a decision that still puzzles many historians: After pursuing a successful military...
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Research by planetary scientists finds that periodic melting of ice sheets on a cold early Mars would have created enough water to carve the ancient valleys...
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In findings that open the door to a completely different approach to curing HIV infections, scientists have for the first time shown that a novel compound...
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A research team has discovered how scalding heat and tissue injury activate an ancient “pain” receptor in simple animals. The findings could lead to new...
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A large-scale genetic study of Streptococcus pneumoniae provides new insight into how recently-introduced vaccines have eliminated many strains from the...
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Picture this: you're battling heart failure and meeting with your doctor to discuss treatment. Before prescribing anything, the doctor pulls up a virtual model...
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Methane gas, a vast natural resource, is often disposed of through burning, but new research by scientists at MIT could make it easier to capture this gas for...
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University of Guelph researchers have published what is believed to be the first scientific paper in North America on improving medicinal cannabis plant...
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New research shows how a protein called p75 is critical for pain signaling, which could one day have implications for treating neurological disorders as well...
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Conservationists can be "cautiously optimistic" about the prospect of sustainable subsistence hunting by Amazonian communities, according to new research.
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Researchers have identified four genetic links that may help explain why people with obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) feel triggered to repeat rituals and...
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Cancer, HIV and tuberculosis are among the many serious diseases that are frequently treated with combinations of three or more drugs, over months or even...
