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In a new study appearing this month in the Journal of Neuroscience, researchers have…
Why ‘singing’ sand dunes hum certain notes
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Breast tumor (red) in 3-D: The red area represents a three-dimensional…
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A research team supported by the National Science Foundation (NSF) has retrieved data from…
Starvation hormone markedly extends mouse life span, researchers report
Drs. David Mangelsdorf, Yuan Zhang, and Steven Kliewer (l-r) have demonstrated that a starvation hormone…