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Data scientists analyzing genetic sequences of the COVID-19 coronavirus have identified potential vulnerabilities that could help in vaccine development and further study of the infectious disease now spreading worldwide.

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Ever wonder how mice talk to each other? We don’t have a dictionary quite yet, but UD neuroscientist Josh Neunuebel and his lab have linked the ultrasonic vocalizations made by mice with specific behaviors. It’s a significant advance of our understanding of communication science.

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Keywords: Communication, Neuroscience, Brain Science, Autism

The combined effects of chemical contamination by road salt and invasive species can harm native amphibians, according to researchers at Binghamton University, State University of New York.

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Biomedical engineers from Duke University have demonstrated that, despite significant advancements in protection from ballistics and blunt impacts, modern military helmets are no better at protecting the brain from shock waves created by nearby blasts than their World War I counterparts.

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Keywords: Biomedical Engineering, Environmental Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Biotechnology, Mechanical Engineering, Materials, Technology/Engineering/Computer Science (Weaponry, Chemical/Biological Weapons)

A new study led by the University of Hawai'i (UH) at Mānoa has helped refine understanding of the amount of hydrogen, helium and other elements present in violent outbursts from the Sun, and other types of solar "wind," a stream of ionized atoms ejected from the Sun.

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Keywords: Astrophysics, Satellite Missions, Space/Planetary Science, Stars/Sun

A new innovation makes it possible, for the first time, to quantitatively assess children's spontaneous movement in the natural environment.

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Keywords: Neurobiology, Pediatrics, Technology, Engineering, Computer Science, Medicine, Health

Doctors prescribe more branded medications after marketing visits by the makers of those drugs, new research co-authored by a Cornell University economist confirms.

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A new study finds a wide state-by-state variation in rates of melanoma caused by ultraviolet (UV) exposure with highest rates in several states on the East and West Coast including Hawaii, but also a few landlocked states, including Utah, Vermont, and Minnesota.

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Keywords: Cancer, Melanoma, Environmental Health, Public Health

In retrospect, Pakistan's effort to reduce the treatment gap can appear painstakingly planned, like the blueprints for a shopping complex or a neighborhood. But the secret of the country's success is not rooted in elaborate planning. Nor did it rely on generous funding or government support.

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Keywords: Epilepsy, Seizures, Seizure, Epilepsy Treatment, epilepsy treatment gap, Epilepsy Treatment Options, Disparities in Access to Health Care, Disparities in Health Care, Pakistan, Abdu Sattar Edhi, Stigma and Health, Stigma