Boron nitride foam soaks up carbon dioxide
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Mars 2020 mission to use smart methods to seek signs of past life
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Scientists give star treatment to lesser-known cells crucial for brain development
Credit: Image courtesy of Sergiu Pasca, M.D., Stanford University. After decades of relative neglect, star-shaped brain cells called astrocytes are ...
Now and Zen: Lower prenatal stress reduces risk of behavioral issues in kids
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Study: Playing smartphone app aids concussion recovery in teens
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Understanding how fish grow their hearts could help humans, professor finds
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Could olfactory loss point to Alzheimer’s disease?
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Multicolor MRIs could aid disease detection
Researchers at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine have developed a method that could make magnetic resonance imaging--MRI--multicolor. Current ...
New federal grant to fund JAX studies of microbiome’s role in multiple sclerosis
A five-year federal research grant totaling $1,887,049 to Jackson Laboratory (JAX) Research Scientist Yanjiao Zhou, M.D., Ph.D., will fund studies ...
Saint Louis University chemist asks ‘could life begin in oil?’
Credit: Ellen Hutti, Saint Louis University ST. LOUIS - Paul Bracher, Ph.D., assistant professor in the department of chemistry at ...
A new critically endangered tree species depends on unique habitat found only on Kaua’i
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Harvard researchers develop tough, self-healing rubber
Imagine a tire that could heal after being punctured or a rubber band that never snapped. Researchers from the Harvard ...
The nerve-guiding ‘labels’ that may one day help re-establish broken nervous connections
Credit: Professor Juan Pablo Labrador, Trinity College Dublin. Scientists have identified a large group of biological 'labels' that guide nerves ...
Mosses used to evaluate atmospheric conditions in urban areas
Credit: Oishi Y. and Hiura T Researchers have developed a method to evaluate atmospheric conditions using mosses (bryophytes) in urban ...
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