Humpbacks are the first baleen whales shown to form lasting bonds, with female “friends” reuniting…
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Strategy may help translate research findings about blood-pressure treatment into clinical practice
Academic detailing — a method involving face-to-face education of clinicians by investigators trained to present…
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New approach to finding and removing defects in graphene
Scientists have pinpointed the noncarbon atoms that create defects when graphene is produced through a…
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Growth hormone safe for infants with chronic kidney failure, study finds
Infants with chronic renal failure (CRF) grow slowly, a problem that usually improves with aggressive…
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Silver nanoparticles mitigate the cell damage caused by ethanol, study suggests
In a new study, researchers in Spain describe how nanoparticles formed by very small numbers…
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Do we clamp the umbilical cord too soon? Early clamping may interrupt humankind’s first ‘natural stem cell transplant’
The timing of umbilical cord clamping at birth remains controversial. The cord has been clamped…
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Hold the salt: Engineers develop revolutionary new desalination membrane
Researchers have unveiled a new class of reverse-osmosis membranes for desalination that resist the clogging…
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Massive Data Theft Leads to Hackers, Businessman
A massive data theft from the e-commerce company Digital River has led investigators to hackers…
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China Allows Access To Some Blocked Sites
Some Web sites, including ones with pornography, that were previously blocked by China’s Internet censors…