Agricultural fires in Brazil harm infant health, a warning for the developing world
Credit: Global Fire Emissions Database Pollution from the controlled fires that burn across Brazil's São Paulo state during the sugarcane-harvesting ...
Automation speeds clinical safety surveillance
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100 percent renewable energy sources require overcapacity
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MDI Biological Laboratory providing incubator space to Coagulation Sciences LLC
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Study suggests best order of treatment for brain metastases in EGFR lung cancer
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SF State research could improve conservation in regional marine sanctuaries
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Universal CAR T cell therapy helps beat a hard-to-treat pediatric cancer
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Researchers find new way to target blood stem cell cancers
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‘Navigators’ help indigenous cancer patients overcome barriers to diagnosis, treatment
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Invasive beetle species in Hawaii can now be identified faster with new genetic test
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Top high-energy prize awarded to LSU physicist and LIGO scientist Gabriela González
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Americans split on whether US will be viewed as leader in science under President Trump
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Genetic makeup of ‘roommate’ impacts health
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‘Knitted muscles’ provide power
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Huntsman scientists identify bone degradation process within metastatic breast cancer
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New class of materials could revolutionize biomedical, alternative energy industries
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Nonresident seabirds forage along the continental shelf break in Central California
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Study reveals that climate change could dramatically alter fragile mountain habitats
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When it comes to predators, size matters
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Exceptionally preserved Jurassic sea life found in new fossil site
Credit: Rowan Martindale/The University of Texas at Austin Jackson School of Geosciences. A trove of exceptionally preserved Jurassic marine fossils ...
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