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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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Chronic stress that produces inflammation and anxiety in mice appears to prime their immune systems…
Nanoparticles target anti-inflammatory drugs where needed
Researchers at the University of Illinois at Chicago have developed a system for precisely delivering…
Frequent flyers, bottle gourds crossed the ocean many times
Bottle gourds traveled the Atlantic Ocean from Africa and were likely domesticated many times in…
Multilevel approach to coping with stigmas identified
Socially stigmatized groups have poorer health than non-stigmatized groups, but a team of researchers believes…
People in unhappy places are depressed more than a week a month
People in the country's unhappiest communities spend about a quarter of the month so far…