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New experimental results suggest that sprinkling boron into a tokamak could shield the wall of the fusion vessel and prevent atoms from the wall from getting into the plasma. A new computer modeling framework shows the boron powder may only need to be sprinkled from one location. The experimental results and computer modeling framework will be presented this week at the 66th Annual Meeting of the American Physical Society Division of Plasma Physics in Atlanta.

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A new study finds consumers are more willing to accept slower delivery from retailers when ordering products online if the retailers agree to donate to a charitable cause.

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Psychiatric drugs are reported to be about 50% more effective in clinical trials funded by the drug’s manufacturer than when trials of the same drug are sponsored by other groups, new research shows.

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Para cerca de um terço das pessoas com epilepsia, a medicação não consegue controlar suas convulsões. Dependendo de onde essas convulsões se originam no cérebro, a terapia a laser pode ser uma opção para adultos e crianças.

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Para aproximadamente un tercio de las personas con epilepsia, la medicación no puede controlar sus convulsiones. Dependiendo de dónde se originen estas convulsiones en el cerebro, la terapia con láser puede ser una opción tanto para adultos como para niños.

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The new design software developed by an aerospace engineer at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign takes your concept and requirements and rapidly generates design configurations from conventional to out-of-this-world, including a 3D CAD model and performance evaluations.

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A new study, co-led by researchers from the Air Pollution Health Effects Laboratory (APHEL) at the UC Irvine Joe C. Wen School of Population & Public Health, reveals that vaping can interfere with the normal coupling between blood flow and pressure as blood flows from the heart to the arteries.

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Updated findings to a long-term international study on workers in the nuclear sector to assess their risks of cancer and non-cancerous diseases.