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No Excess Baggage: Antarctic Insect’s Genome, Newly Sequenced, is Smallest to Date
Scientists who sequenced the genome of the Antarctic midge suspect the genome’s small size – the smallest in insects described…
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U.Va. Research Overturns Basic Beliefs About Atherosclerosis
Doctors’ efforts to battle the dangerous atherosclerotic plaques that build up in our arteries and cause heart attacks and strokes…
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SEAFLOOR EXPERTS PUBLISH NEW VIEW OF ZONE WHERE MALAYSIA AIRLINES FLIGHT 370 MIGHT LIE
Seafloor topography in the Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 search area. Dashed lines approximate the search…
Children’s Research Institute finds key to identifying, enriching mesenchymal stem cells
The Children’s Medical Center Research Institute at UT Southwestern (CRI) has identified a biomarker that…
New Evidence Links Air Pollution to Autism, Schizophrenia
New research from the University of Rochester Medical Center describes how exposure to air pollution…
Gun violence and mental illness: Study addresses perception vs. reality
Recent mass killings in Isla Vista, California, and elsewhere have again raised concern among lawmakers…
Four New Genes Confirmed to Increase Familial Breast Cancer Risk
Four new genes have been added to the growing list of those known to cause…