Eight years ago, Lynette Kunz suffered a severe spinal cord injury that left her a…
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Immune System May Target Some Brain Synapses, Researchers Find
A baby’s brain has a lot of work to do, growing more neurons and connections….
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‘Magma P.I.’ Unearths Clues To How Earth’s Crust Was Sculpted
About a decade ago, Johns Hopkins University geologist Bruce Marsh challenged the century-old concept that…
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Flood funding ‘too inconsistent’
A public funding watchdog criticises the government’s financial response to the summer’s floods.
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Study: iPhone Major 2008 Hack Target
It’s hard to think of a higher-profile device than Apple’s iPhone or one that has…
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Utah Firm Goes Where GPS Doesn’t
In one high-tech thriller after another, the hero attaches a tiny tracking device on the…
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Beleaguered AMD Keeps Head in Game
The world’s No. 2 microprocessor maker, Advanced Micro Devices Inc. said it won’t return to…
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Climate talks near end amid row
On the last day of UN climate talks in Bali, delegates remain deadlocked over future…
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Putting Risk In Perspective: Do People Make Better Decisions When They Understand Average Risk?
If there were a pill that would cut your risk of breast cancer in half,…
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Learning How The Herpes Virus Invades Cells, Through Use Of Bimolecular Complementation
Researchers have uncovered an important step in how herpes simplex virus, HSV-1, uses cooperating proteins…