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Researchers have developed a low-cost, portable laboratory on a phone that works nearly as well as clinical laboratories to detect common viral and bacterial...
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Children not only have fatigue-resistant muscles, but recover very quickly from high-intensity exercise -- even faster than well-trained adult endurance...
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A new paper finds that the enormous trends toward population stabilization, poverty alleviation and urbanization are rewriting the future of biodiversity...
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Within two decades, “an entire new space economy” will sprout up, according to investment giant Goldman Sachs. “Space: The Next Investment Frontier” is a...
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With marijuana use during pregnancy on the rise, a new study shows that prenatal cannabis use was associated with a 50 percent increased likelihood of low...
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The reconstructive surgery team that performed the country’s first bilateral arm transplant in a wounded warrior has successfully performed the first total...
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When endangered killer whales swim through the sheltered waters of Puget Sound, they leave behind traces of “environmental DNA” that researchers can detect as...
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Ash dieback threatens 95 percent of all European ash trees and has already killed or severely damaged a quarter in southern Sweden and destroyed more than 80...
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A new international study has found that galaxies grow bigger and puffier as they age. To work out a galaxy's shape, the research team measured the movement of...
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A new study shines more light on the link between consumption of fish and better long-term neurological health. Parvalbumin, a protein found in great...
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Sugar substitutes were developed in the 20th century to offset the ill effects of sugar consumption in modern diets, such as diabetes and obesity. But a new...
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During the Cold War, Soviet scientists at a secret, high-security lab worked frantically to counter the latest U.S. chemical weapons. More than four decades...
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A team of scientists has found out that the venom of crab spider Heriaeus melloteei may be used as a basis for developing treatment against hypokalemic...
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A researcher is the first to document that two genetically distinct species of guenon monkeys inhabiting Gombe National Park in Tanzania, Africa, have been...
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It might seem surprising that a colony of ants would tolerate the type of guests that gobble both their grub and their babies. But new research shows there's...
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An international team of scientists has discovered a new complex carbohydrate in moss that could possibly be exploited for health or other uses.
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A high-sensitivity blood test can aid concussed hockey players trying to determine when it might be safe to return to play.
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A body of research that began around the Los Angeles Marathon in the 1980s and 1990s showed increased infections among runners who had trained hard and...
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According to new research, small microenvironments in the deep ocean may hold key clues to the global cycling of nitrogen in seawater.
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Researchers have found that specific small molecules in blood plasma may be useful in determining whether someone has sustained a mild traumatic brain injury (...
