A new type of breast cancer treatment has shown encouraging activity as a first-line therapy…
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Turtle, dugongs ‘at risk under climate change’
The “turtle and dugong capital of the world”, the northern Great Barrier Reef and Torres…
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Researchers confirm prenatal heart defects in spinal muscular atrophy cases
Researchers believe they have found a critical piece of the puzzle for the treatment of…
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Saturn’s icy moon Enceladus may keep oceans liquid with wobble
NASA’s Cassini spacecraft discovered a giant plume of water gushing from cracks in the surface…
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Schwarzenegger, Medvedev exchange tweets in Moscow (AFP)
AFP – California governor Arnold Schwarzenegger on Sunday arrived in Moscow for a visit aimed…
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Why Windows Is Good for Business (PC World)
PC World – The Linux and Mac operating systems fill a relative niche in the…
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Using a complex systems approach to study educational policy
Educational policy is controversial: positions on achievement gaps, troubled schools and class size are emotionally…
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Technique allows researchers to examine how materials bond at the atomic level
An new approach gives scientists insight into the way silicon bonds with other materials at…
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Studying illnesses caused by worms: Scientists are learning how immune cells communicate
A billion people living in underdeveloped areas around the world are infected with parasitic helminthes,…
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Children’s agitation after surgery may be preventable
Temporary combativeness after surgery — a complication affecting up to half of anesthetized children —…