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Flower faithful native bee makes a reliable pollinator
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Study shows low carb diet may prevent, reverse age-related effects within the brain
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High energy Li-Ion battery is safer for electric vehicles
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Our eye movements help us retrieve memories, suggests a new Baycrest study
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How a magnet could help boost understanding of superconductivity
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UArizona study identifies hormone that causes women to experience more pain than men
Credit: TUCSON, Ariz. - Imagine taking a pill to control your pain and, instead, the medication actually increases the pain...
Almost alien: Antarctic subglacial lakes are cold, dark and full of secrets
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NASA tracks ex-Tropical Cyclone Esther over Northern Territory
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Using molecules to draw on quantum materials
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Reducing problem behaviors for children with autism
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Research brief: Energy researchers invent error-free catalysts
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New material could turn clothing into a health monitor
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Coronavirus treatment and risk to breastfeeding women
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Collapsible basket technology aims to improve drug discovery, personalized medicine
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Arnold Ventures awards $6M to study replication of Penn nursing’s transitional care model
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Book on plants in the Murmansk region (Russia) scores 4/19 correct insect identifications
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Oncotarget; Inducible knock-out of BCL6 in lymphoma cells results in tumor stasis
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A model proposed for predicting photodamage and development of plant protection mechanisms
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