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The Human Brain as a Word Cloud, on a Shared Drive – WSJ
In research reported Wednesday in Nature, neuroscientists at the University of California at Berkeley created a comprehensive atlas of neural patterns sparked by spoken …
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EPA Releases Draft Biological Evaluations of Three Chemicals’ Impacts on Endangered Species | Pesticides | US EPA
Embed from Getty Images For Release: April 6, 2016 As part of the Endangered Species Act consultation process with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife …
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Your gut bacteria are more than what you eat | Science | AAAS
Medicine, breathing efficiency may make more of a difference, say new studies Like it or not, the microbes in and on our bodies play …
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What’s Norovirus Costing The World? | PLOS Collections
Author Bruce Y. Lee discusses the global economic burden of norovirus, as reported in the PLOS Collection “The Global Burden of Norovirus & Prospects …
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Beneath An Ugly Outside, Marred Fruit May Pack More Nutrition : The Salt : NPR
Why are some fruits and veggies born ugly? Fighting off fungus, heat and pests can leave blemishes. Some researchers think these battle scars may …
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One Gene, Many Proteins | Quanta Magazine
A new study reveals that individual genes can create many different versions of the molecular machinery that powers the cell. Source: One Gene, Many …
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The Irony of Viruses
About 8 percent of our DNA is made up of viruses known as Endogenous Retroviruses (ERVs). Over millions of years, these viruses have …
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The 4 genetic traits that helped humans conquer the world | New Scientist
Red hair isn’t all we got from Neanderthals. Without DNA gleaned from extinct human species our ancestors might never have survived Earth’s extremes Dozens …
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How the world’s chillest bacteria make ice | The Verge
They may be responsible for creating clouds and rain Today, scientists have uncovered how tiny bacteria — nature’s ice machines — create ice crystals. …
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Artists Reveal the Bacterial Beauty of the Human Microbiome | Mental Floss
“Invisible You” explores the human microbiome in all its bacterial beauty. In one sense, you are more bacteria than you are human. At least, …
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Friendly bacteria tamp down the host immune response | Science Codex
Embed from Getty Images Pathogenic bacteria typically elicit a host immune response; however, each of us lives with millions of strains of friendly bacteria …
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Tamping down neurons’ energy use could treat neurodegeneration | Science Codex
LA JOLLA–Salk Institute scientists showed how an FDA-approved drug boosts the health of brain cells by limiting their energy use. Like removing unnecessary lighting …
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First multi-year study of honey bee parasites and disease reveals troubling trends | Science Codex
Honey bee colonies in the United States are in decline, due in part to the ill effects of voracious mites, fungal gut parasites and …
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Critical immunotherapy target marks dysfunctional regulatory T cells in brain cancer | Science Codex
Immunotherapy represents an exciting advance in cancer treatment that harnesses the immune system to seek and destroy cancer cells. The programmed death 1 (PD-1) …
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The list of cancers that can be treated by immunotherapy keeps growing – The Washington Post
Two new studies reveal inroads against rare and intractable tumors.In immunotherapy, T-cells from a cancer patient can be genetically engineered to be specific to …
