Mount Sinai researchers identify 20 novel gene associations with bipolar disorder
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Cranberry oligosaccharides might help prevent UTIs
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Australian blue tongue lizard ancestor was round-in-the-tooth
Credit: Kailah Thorn, Flinders University Reconstruction of the most complete fossil lizard found in Australia, a 15 million year old ...
UC research supports state’s effort to raise age limit on tobacco purchases
University of Cincinnati expert applauds Ohio governor's bid to raise age to purchase cigarettes and e-cigarettesCredit: University of Cincinnati According ...
Flowering plants, new teeth and no dinosaurs: New study sheds light on the rise of mammals
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Risk of metastatic cancer increases in those who have diabetes
ITHACA, N.Y. - As if people living with diabetes didn't have enough health concerns, here's another: increased risk of metastatic ...
Diagnosing urban air pollution exposure with new precision
BROOKLYN, New York, Wednesday, May 1, 2019 - A new review of studies on levels of urban exposure to airborne ...
US $244 billion lost annually because people don’t have spectacles to correct myopia
East Asia, South Asia and South East Asia regions bear the greatest burdenCredit: Photo by Dean Saffron, courtesy of Brien ...
Palm oil’s potential to alleviate poverty depends on where it’s grown
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Story tips from the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory, May 2019
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Why do birds typically live longer than mammals?
Integrative and Comparative Biology publishes paper by Hamilton's Cynthia Downs and Colgate University's Ana Jimenez Clinton, N.Y. - Why do ...
Shrink films get a grip (video)
Credit: American Chemical Society Many people fondly remember playing with toys known as Shrinky Dinks® -- sheets of polystyrene plastic ...
The hunger gaps: How flowering times affect farmland bees
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SwRI using drones with machine learning to automate methane leak detection
DOE NETL funding research of gas leak detection using infrared cameras on dronesCredit: Southwest Research Institute SAN ANTONIO -- May ...
Researchers grow cells in ‘paper organs’
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Brain mapping: New technique reveals how information is processed
Optical fibers, ultra-high-field MRIs enable scientists to view brain connections Scientists have discovered a new method for quickly and efficiently ...
Poor, crowded cities lack access to opioid reversal drug, Rutgers study finds
New Jersey has naloxone 'deserts' in high-risk areas for opioid overdoses People living in the most populous, low-income areas in ...
Half a face enough for recognition technology
UK researchers achieve 100 percent recognition rates for half and three-quarter faces Facial recognition technology works even when only half ...
Changing climate may affect animal-to-human disease transfer
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Army research may be used to treat cancer, heal combat wounds
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