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Basic brain reading technology developed

Technology that reads what people think by measuring changes in the brain's blood flow has been developed, said Japanese researchers.

Other Sciences / Other

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Superbubble of supernova remnants caught in act of forming

A superbubble in space, caught in the act of forming, can help scientists better understand the life and death of massive stars, say researchers at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

Space & Earth / Astronomy

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Earth's strongest winds wouldn't even be a breeze on these planets

Earth's inhabitants are used to temperatures that vary, sometimes greatly, between day and night. New measurements for three planets outside our solar system indicate their temperatures remain fairly constant ...

Space & Earth / Astronomy

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New study supports a stem cell origin of cancer

Researchers at the University of Southern California (USC) recently made significant strides toward settling a decades-old debate centering on the role played by stem cells in cancer development.

Medicine & Health / Genetics

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Analogy of cochlea as resonator could lead to artificial copies

In attempting to construct an artificial cochlea—and faced with limited knowledge of how the living chamber works—scientists might need to look no further than a simple electronic device: a surface acoustic ...

Other Sciences / Other

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New findings highlight bias in research on health benefits of non-alcoholic drinks

Researchers from the Children 's Hospital, Boston, USA and the Center for Science in the Public Interest, Washington, D. C., USA, have found that there is a high potential for research findings into non-alcoholic drinks to ...

Medicine & Health / Other

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Researchers warn milk eliminates cardiovascular health benefits of tea

Research published on-line (Tuesday 9 January) in European Heart Journal has found that the protective effect that tea has on the cardiovascular system is totally wiped out by adding milk.

Medicine & Health / Medical research

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Turning green gunk to gold, anti-cancer gold

Combining synthetic chemistry techniques with a knowledge of the properties and actions of enzymes, scientists have been able to produce an exciting class of anti-cancer drugs originally isolated from blue-green algae.

Chemistry /

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