In 2013, car accidents resulted in approximately 8,500 infants requiring hospitalization or emergency department visits…
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New material developed for accelerated skin regeneration in major wounds
Researchers have developed a synthetic biomaterial that fills wounds and aids in regeneration of skin…
Hubble Sees the Force Awakening in a Newborn Star
Just in time for the release of the movie “Star Wars Episode VII: The Force…
NuSTAR finds cosmic clumpy doughnut around black hole
The most massive black holes in the universe are often encircled by thick, doughnut-shaped disks…
Brain’s GPS depends on visual landmarks to triangulate location, researchers find
Researchers have found that space-mapping neurons — the GPS system in the brain — have…
Scientists manipulate consciousness in rats
Scientists showed that they could alter brain activity of rats and either wake them up…
Rare full moon on Christmas Day
Not since 1977 has a full moon dawned in the skies on Christmas. But this…
Spread of algal toxin through marine food web broke records in 2015
Researchers monitoring the unprecedented bloom of toxic algae along the west coast of North America…
Multiple myeloma drug could revolutionize treatment for sickle cell disease
An established drug for recurrent multiple myeloma might effectively be repurposed to improve the survival…
Ancient Egyptians described Algol’s eclipses
The Ancient Egyptian papyrus Cairo 86637 calendar is the oldest preserved historical document of naked…