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X-rays power discoveries at Chicago's Field Museum

Digital medical imaging and information technology from Carestream Health, Inc., is playing a key role in helping The Field Museum of Chicago discover and analyze secrets hidden within its world-class collections.

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

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Cell's 'power plant' genes raise vision disorder risk

Genetic variation in the DNA of mitochondria – the “power plants” of cells – contributes to a person’s risk of developing age-related macular degeneration (AMD), Vanderbilt investigators report May 7 in the journal PLoS ON ...

Medicine & Health / Medical research

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Seed dispersal in mauritius -- dead as a dodo?

Walking through the last rainforests on the volcanic island of Mauritius, located some 800 km east of Madagascar, one is surrounded by ghosts. Since human colonisation in the 17th century, the island has lost most of its ...

Biology /

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Don't ask, don't tell: Financial disclosure lacking in literature on stents

Most published research about coronary stents does not reveal information about authors’ financial relationships that might bias their interpretation of scientific data, according to researchers at Duke University Medical ...

Medicine & Health / Other

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Power from Formic Acid

One of the central challenges of our time is the supply of enough environmentally friendly and resource-efficient energy to our society. In this context, hydrogen technology has taken on increased importance.

Chemistry /

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