In a leading study that has implications for the development of novel therapies for a…
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Waste Water Treatment: Oxidation Of Contaminants As If They Got Burnt In The Water Itself
Reducing the level of contamination of water is the aim of a new line of…
Both Boys And Girls Negatively Affected By Sexual Harassment
A new study in Psychology of Women Quarterly explored the outcomes of sexual harassment on…
Pollution ‘ups blood clot risk’
Breathing in air pollution from traffic fumes can raise the risk of potentially deadly blood…
Frigid robot eyes top tech prize
A robot which cares for millions of frozen biological samples is among four finalists for…
Female Concave-eared Frogs Draw Mates With Ultrasonic Calls
Most female frogs don’t call; most lack or have only rudimentary vocal cords. A typical…
Fruit Fly Avoidance Mechanism Could Lead To New Ways To Control Pain In Humans
At first, fruit flies eat like horses. Hatching inside over-ripe fruit where they were laid,…
Hot-air Balloon Research May Improve Tornado Predictions
Three hot-air balloons dropped asphalt shingles, lumber, sticks, leaves and pine needles onto a north…
Worms Triple Sperm Transfer When Paternity Is At Risk
Scientists used to think that hermaphrodites, due to their low position in the evolutionary scale,…
Gene Linked To Alcohol And Cocaine Dependence
The search for genes associated with alcohol dependence has recently been extended to the tachykinin…