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New framework could help online addicts reduce their usage
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Brain cell powerhouses appear good treatment target for stroke, TBI recovery
Credit: Phil Jones AUGUSTA, Ga. (Jan. 9, 2017) - Cell powerhouses are typically long and lean, but with brain injury ...
What teeth reveal about the lives of modern humans
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Model sheds light on inhibitory neurons’ computational role
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New Midwestern University research suggests appendix may have important function
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The strange double life of Dab2
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El Niño, Pacific Decadal Oscillation implicated in domoic acid shellfish toxicity
(Oregon State University) Researchers today reported in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences a strong correlation between toxic levels ...
Warmer West Coast ocean conditions linked to increased risk of toxic shellfish
Credit: NOAA Hazardous levels of domoic acid, a natural toxin that accumulates in shellfish, have been linked to warmer ocean ...
Speeding up 19th century oil paintings
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Lars Bildsten wins 2017 Dannie Heineman Prize for Astrophysics
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President Obama believes US clean energy trend ‘irreversible’
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Brain impairments in premature infants may begin in the womb
Even before they are born, premature babies may display alterations in the circuitry of their developing brains, according to a ...
Massive genetic study of humpback whales to inform conservation assessments
Credit: Darryl MacDonald New York (January 9, 2017) - Scientists have published one of the largest genetic studies ever conducted ...
New findings detail structure of immature Zika virus
Credit: (Purdue University image courtesy of Kuhn and Rossmann research groups) WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. -- Researchers at Purdue University have ...
Fear of diagnostic low-dose radiation exposure is overstated, experts assert
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NASA spots short-lived Tropical Depression 01W
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Reducing drug dosage, and hearing loss in TB patients without reducing efficacy
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Experiments in mice may help boost newly FDA-approved therapy for spinal muscular atrophy
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