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Credit: Photo by Geza Teleki. DURHAM, N.C. -- Power. Ambition. Jealousy. According to a new study, the same things that...
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New targeted therapy schedule could keep melanoma at bay
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Frequent, public drug users may be good candidates for overdose-treatment training
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Extending traceable measurements inside the human body
Credit: NIST The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is now providing a new measurement service that can improve...
Portable device detects severe stroke in seconds with 92 percent accuracy
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Infection prevention and control programs are essential to antibiotic stewardship efforts
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Carbohydrate biomarker improves screening for breast cancer patients
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Britain’s emissions dropped by 6 percent in 2016 by switching from coal to natural gas
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Sewage Sludge Leads to Biofuels Breakthrough
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