Occurrence of back-to-back heat waves likely to accelerate with climate change
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Campus energy advances can be optimized and replicated
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Novel and rapid device opens new doors for Parkinson’s disease diagnostics
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Study identifies better, cheaper ways to stem arsenic poisoning in Bangladesh
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Tracing the history of aggrecan gene mutations
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Otago ethicist shines light on lack of discussion about body donation after euthanasia
Credit: University of Otago As New Zealand considers a bill looking to legalise euthanasia, an Otago University ethicist considers it's ...
Diabetes complications soar in the US, but not Canada, as teenagers become young adults
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Broccoli sprout compound may restore brain chemistry imbalance linked to schizophrenia
Credit: Thomas Sedlak In a series of recently published studies using animals and people, Johns Hopkins Medicine researchers say they ...
Mini-centrifuge for simpler study of blood cells opens new organ-on-chip possibilities
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Endocrine Society congratulates 2019 Early Investigators Award winners
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Learning language
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The smell of dark chocolate, demystified
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As climate changes, small increases in rainfall may cause widespread road outages
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UTSA study shows cell’s cytoskeleton does more than hold up a cell, it transfers energy
Credit: Photo courtesy of UTSA (May 8, 2018) - Dysfunctions and malformations in the scaffold of a cell are thought ...
CMU researchers make transformational ai seem ‘unremarkable’
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Could sleep molecules lead to a blood test for Alzheimer’s disease?
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Survey: New moms often overlook critical postpartum care during ‘fourth trimester’
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Could this rare supernova resolve a longstanding origin debate?
Although hydrogen is the most-abundant element in the universe, it is almost never seen in Type Ia supernova explosions, except ...
No developmental differences in children conceived via assisted reproductive technology
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New fuel-related technologies to advance through private, public partnership
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