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Category: Science
Impacts Of Fossil Fuels On Fish And People
A NOAA scientist reported on a previously unrecognized threat to human health from a ubiquitous…
Titan’s Surface Organics Surpass Oil Reserves On Earth
Saturn’s orange moon Titan has hundreds of times more liquid hydrocarbons than all the known…
Antibiotic May Prevent Dreaded Brain Fever, Study Suggests
Two researchers suggest that a common antibiotic called minocycline may prevent children from death due…
‘V-Frog’ Virtual-Reality Frog Dissection Software Offers First True Physical Simulation
V-Frog, the world’s first virtual-reality-based frog dissection software designed for biology education — allowing not…
Vaccine/antibody Therapy Effective, Milder Side Effects In Melanoma And Ovarian Cancer
Giving periodic infusions of anti-CTLA-4 antibodies to patients with advanced melanoma or ovarian cancer who…
Nanotube Wires Made To Operate At Speed Of Commercial Chips
Integrated circuits, such as the silicon chips inside all modern electronics, are only as good…
Sex Differences In Memory: Women Better Than Men At Remembering Everyday Events
There are several human characteristics considered to be genetically predetermined and evolutionarily innate, such as…
Greenland’s Rising Air Temperatures Drive Ice Loss At Surface And Beyond
A new NASA study confirms that the surface temperature of Greenland’s massive ice sheet has…
Protein In Deer Tick Saliva Prevents HIV-1 From Attaching To T Cells
The HIV-1 virus cripples the human immune system by targeting white blood cells called T…