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How do big-game animals know where to migrate across hundreds of miles of vast Wyoming landscapes year after year?

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Scientists created organic-inorganic materials for transferring ultrasmall features into silicon with a high aspect ratio.

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In new research outlined in a recent issue of Science, scientists tethered smaller particles in colloidal crystals to larger ones using DNA, allowing them to determine how the smaller particles filled in the regions surrounding the larger ones.

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Computational Approach Speeds Up Advanced Microscopy Imaging

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Research shows that risk-taking behaviors, such as binge drinking, may increase throughout adolescence.

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A study of Philadelphia’s residential landscape found that Muslims are experiencing greater residential disadvantages than non-Muslims. The study was conducted by two University at Albany professors who chose Philly as their study site because it reflects national trends.

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PNNL vapor detection technology quickly and accurately identifies explosives, deadly chemicals, and illicit drugs

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Scientists are using nanoparticle screening on personal care products and finding previously thought toxic chemicals may not be harmful. In Biomicrofluidics, researchers discuss their work successfully using microchips to demonstrate titanium dioxide, a chemical found in most sunscreens, not only is nontoxic but also offers protection against ultraviolet damage to skin cells.

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A specific gene associated with autism appears to undergo changes in the sperm of men who use marijuana, according to new research from Duke Health. The gene change occurs through a process called DNA methylation, and it could potentially be passed along to offspring.

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Les huiles de cannabidiol (CBD) et leurs produits dérivés sont devenus de plus en plus populaires auprès des consommateurs, qui peuvent ainsi soulager leurs douleurs, l'anxiété, les troubles du sommeil et d'autres problèmes chroniques. Mais ces produits sont-ils sans danger et sont-ils utiles ?

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Women who experience intimate partner violence, including physical, emotional, and controlling abuse, are more likely to suffer material hardship – the inability to purchase food, housing, utilities, medical care or other needs for a healthy life, according to a Rutgers-led study.

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Os óleos de canabidiol (CBD) e produtos derivados estão ficando cada vez mais populares entre os consumidores como forma de encontrar alívio para dores, ansiedade, distúrbios do sono e outros problemas crônicos. Porém, esses produtos são seguros? São úteis?

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In a bid to further explore how a mother-to-be’s diet might affect her offspring’s brain health, Johns Hopkins Medicine researchers have found that pregnant and nursing rats fed high fat diets have offspring that grow up to be slower than expected learners and that have persistently abnormal levels of the components needed for healthy brain development and metabolism.

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Children who grow up in disadvantaged neighborhoods are nearly one-third more likely to experience obesity as adults, according to new research from Cornell University.

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Patients with non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) now have more improved treatment options compared to standard of care with the addition of several new agents called immune-checkpoint inhibitors (ICI). Despite these changes, many patients still develop progressive disease after ICI treatment. In a new study published in Clinical Cancer Research, Moffitt Cancer Center researchers describe promising results from an early clinical trial that may offer patients who progress after ICI an additional treatment option.

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Diet matters when it comes to depression. Teens who have a high-sodium, low-potassium diet are at a higher risk of depression.

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A review of more than 100 studies suggests that balancing hormone levels may reverse factors that increase heart disease risk in some female athletes. The review is published ahead of print in the American Journal of Physiology—Heart and Circulatory Physiology.

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There’s a reason why Jupiter’s stripes are only skin deep. It turns out that the planet’s zonal winds -- the alternating east-west jet streams seen in photographs as colorful stripes -- only descend to 3,000 kilometers in the atmosphere.

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Anyone who has gone through the stress and discomfort of raw, irritated skin knows the relief that comes with slathering on a creamy lotion. Topical creams generally contain a few standard ingredients

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Made infamous by outbreaks on cruise ships, norovirus can really ruin a vacation, causing severe vomiting, diarrhea and stomach pain. But the highly infectious virus can also strike closer to home, with water- and foodborne outbreaks occurring in municipal water systems, schools and restaurants.

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Value in Health, the official journal of ISPOR, announced today the publication of new research showing that while expenditures for prescribed medicines have risen significantly in the United States for the past 2 decades, expanded prescription drug coverage has resulted in a significant reduction in patient out-of-pocket drug costs.

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Value in Health, the official journal of ISPOR—the professional society for health economics and outcomes research, announced today the publication of a report introducing a new framework by which concerns for affordability can be appropriately incorporated within cost-effectiveness analysis.

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A research team from the National University of Singapore has discovered a new quasiparticle named ‘polaronic trion’ in 2D material molybdenum disulphide. It could be used to design an optical modulator for visible light that is controlled by both temperature and electric fields.

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Australia’s National Nutritional Guidelines are not helpful to working mums, who are committed to providing nutritious meals for their families but find this difficult under time pressures that are ubiquitous to modern life.

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People in England were using balance weights and scales to measure the value of materials as early as the late second and early first millennia BC.

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An innovative graphene-based film helps shield people from disease-carrying mosquitos, according to a new study funded by the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS), part of the National Institutes of Health.

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Targeted damage to mitochondria produces a "Chernobyl effect" inside cells, pelting the nucleus with harmful reactive oxygen species and causing chromosomal damage.

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Having simple text conversations with patients one week before they are scheduled for a colonoscopy dramatically decreased the “no-show” rates.

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Modern flamingoes employ filter feeding and their feces are, as a result, rich in remains of microscopically-small aquatic prey. Very similar contents are described from more than 150 million year old pterosaur droppings in a recent paper in PeerJ.

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New research from the University of Notre Dame adds nuance to the broadly accepted view that the crane was not in use until 515 B.C. by demonstrating how forerunners to the machine were experimented with as early as 700-650 B.C.   

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In a new study of patients with retinitis pigmentosa, an inherited degenerative eye disease that results in poor vision, Keck School of Medicine of USC researchers found that adapted augmented reality (AR) glasses can improve patients’ mobility by 50% and grasp performance by 70%.

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A new species of gigantic tumbleweed once predicted to go extinct is not only here to stay -- it's likely to expand its territory.

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A University of Queensland-led international team of researchers say they have discovered "a new kind of quantum time order".

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Rutgers releases first of their kind studies revealing the impact of immigration, gender, psychological distress, education, social engagement, and oral health on Chinese Americans’ cognitive function

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The availability of Head Start and Early Head Start in New Jersey, federal programs designed to serve low-income families’ childcare needs, reduces the likelihood that a community will experience a severe childcare supply gap, a Rutgers-led study found.

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In a paper published in Environmental Research Communications, University of Utah researchers Daniel Mendoza, Martin Buchert and John Lin used tap-on tap-off rider data to quantify the emissions saved by buses and commuter rail lines, and also project how much additional emissions could be saved by upgrading the bus and rail fleet. The study was conducted in cooperation with the Utah Transit Authority and the Utah Department of Environmental Quality, Division of Air Quality.

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A new discovery has advanced the field of carbon capture and utilization. Researchers have formed carbon-nitrogen bonds in an electrochemical carbon monoxide reduction reaction

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At about the same rate that your heart beats, a Utah rock formation called Castleton Tower gently vibrates, keeping time and keeping watch over the sandstone desert. Swaying like a skyscraper, the red rock tower taps into the deep vibrations in the earth—wind, waves and far-off earthquakes.

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Former NFL players reporting concussion symptoms following head injury more likely to report erectile dysfunction and low testosterone levels Players reporting the most concussion symptoms have nearly twice the risk of ED, compared with players with the fewest symptoms The elevated risk was present even when researchers accounted for other possible drivers of ED as well as among younger players who suffered concussions Researchers caution that the exact biological mechanisms remain to be elucidated, but injury to the pituitary gland and downstream hormonal changes may be one possible explanation Players with ED should seek prompt evaluation for this common, highly treatable condition, which can also indicate the presence of other diseases, including cardiovascular illness and diabetes Clinicians treating patients with head trauma should inquire proactively about symptoms of ED and low testosterone Results may be relevant in other sports where head injuries are common, including h

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Colorectal cancer outcomes may improve by genetically altering an immune-regulatory protein in cancer cells, making the cells more vulnerable to chemotherapy.

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Obesity is connected with a reduced response to taste, according to a new study featuring faculty at Binghamton University, State of University of New York.

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The origin of gigantic magma eruptions that led to global climatic crises and extinctions of species has remained controversial.

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Climate change is altering the ability of the Southern Ocean off the West Antarctic Peninsula to absorb carbon dioxide, according to a Rutgers-led study, and that could magnify climate change in the long run.

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Multiple-birth infants had a significantly higher risk of wrong-patient order errors compared with singletons in neonatal intensive care units (NICUs), according to a new study in JAMA Pediatrics by researchers at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital and Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons.

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A team of researchers led by Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory projected that the combination of climate change and increased wildfires will cause the iconic evergreen conifer trees of Alaska to get pushed out in favor of broadleaf deciduous trees, which shed their leaves seasonally.

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In a decade, Medicare recipients saw a sevenfold increase in out of pocket costs for multiple sclerosis drugs. Spending on these drugs by Medicare itself increased by tenfold.

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French organ transplant centers are far more likely to accept “lower-rated” kidneys, like those from older organ donors, than centers in the United States, according to a study published today in JAMA Internal Medicine.

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The shipping industry is vital to the existence of the global trade economy, yet seafarers face one of the highest risks of workplace injury or death. Understanding the causes and reducing the frequency of occupational injuries not only benefits the seafarers but directly benefits the shipping companies by reducing premiums, liabilities and legal costs.

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Mental singing – "singing" a rhythmic song in your head – can improve measures of walking ability not only in people with Parkinson disease (PD), but also in healthy older adults, reports a study in The Journal of Neurologic Physical Therapy (JNPT). The journal is published in the Lippincott portfolio by Wolters Kluwer.