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Genetic basis for drug response in childhood absence epilepsy
Consider two children who have childhood absence epilepsy (CAE), the most common form of pediatric…
It’s not just big business: Crowdsourcing creates a ‘win-win situation’
Why do ordinary people sign on to help design or produce a product without much…
Assessing noise in Southern California whale habitat
A new study assessing the underwater soundscape off Southern California found that blue, fin and…
Physicists discover hidden aspects of electrodynamics
Radio waves, microwaves and even light itself are all made of electric and magnetic fields….
Did you catch that? Robot’s speed of light communication could protect you from danger
If you were monitoring a security camera and saw someone set down a backpack and…
So you think you can secure your mobile phone with a fingerprint?
No two people are believed to have identical fingerprints, but researchers have found that partial…
Unraveling the drivers of large iceberg movement
When, in the foreseeable future, a tabular iceberg nearly seven times the size of Berlin…
New class of optoelectronic materials developed
A new class of semiconductor materials has been pioneered that might enhance the functionality of…
Microbiologists discover possible new strategy to fight oral thrush
An antimicrobial protein caused a dramatic reduction in the creamy white lesions associated with oral…