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Science can now link climate change with some extreme weather events
Extreme weather events like floods, heat waves and droughts can devastate communities and populations worldwide. Recent scientific advances have enabled…
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Many species now going extinct may vanish without a fossil trace
Scientists struggle to compare the magnitude of Earth’s ongoing sixth mass-extinction event with the five great die-offs of prehistory. A…
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Copper Identified as Culprit in Alzheimer’s Disease
Copper appears to be one of the main environmental factors that trigger the onset and…
Tumor measurements predict survival in advanced non-small cell lung cancer
For the two-thirds of lung cancer patients with locally advanced or metastatic disease, tumor size…
UCLA researcher invents new tools to manage ‘information overload’ threatening neuroscience
Before the digital age, neuroscientists got their information in the library like the rest of…