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New research links loneliness to a number of dysfunctional immune responses, suggesting that being…
Cancer Cell Metabolism Yields New Insights on Leukemia
University of Rochester Medical Center scientists have proposed a new reason why acute myeloid…
STUDY QUANTIFIES THE SIZE OF HOLES ANTIBACTERIALS CREATE IN CELL WALLS TO KILL BACTERIA
The rise of antibiotic-resistant bacteria has initiated a quest for alternatives to conventional antibiotics.…
AERIAL PLATFORM SUPPORTS DEVELOPMENT OF LIGHTWEIGHT SENSORS FOR UAVS
A research team at the Georgia Tech Research Institute (GTRI) is developing an airborne…
Study by UCSB Anthropologists Suggests ‘Universal’ Personality Traits May Not Be Universal After All
For decades, consensus among psychologists has held that a group of five personality traits…