It's a dry heat, Phoenix residents like to say about Arizona's hot weather. That bravado may vanish as the thermometer flirts with 120 degrees this weekend.
Environment
Jun 17, 2016
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Atherosclerosis, a disease in which plaque builds up inside arteries, is a prolific and invisible killer, but it may soon lose its ability to hide in the body and wreak havoc. Scientists have now developed a nanoparticle ...
Bio & Medicine
Mar 13, 2016
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Learning CPR could be the difference between life and death for your pet, as Perth continues to sweat through one of the hottest summers on record.
Plants & Animals
Feb 12, 2016
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In cooperation with Finland's national swimming team and archery association, VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland has developed wearable technology for improving sports performance. Wearable sensors can be attached to, ...
Engineering
Sep 14, 2015
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A blood clot is a dangerous health situation with the potential to trigger heart attacks, strokes and other medical emergencies. To treat a blood clot, doctors need to find its exact location. But current clinical techniques ...
Biochemistry
Aug 17, 2015
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An optical technology already widely used in ophthalmology and other medical fields holds potential to reveal how blood flows in the brain during stroke, providing information that could someday guide new treatments and reduce ...
Optics & Photonics
Jul 6, 2015
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A new study led by Florida Institute of Technology Professor Ningyu Liu has improved our understanding of a curious luminous phenomenon that happens 25 to 50 miles above thunderstorms.
Earth Sciences
Jun 29, 2015
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Arizona is in the midst of a prolonged heat wave that has produced record-high temperatures in Phoenix, prompted dozens of daily calls to the Humane Society about overheated pets, and sparked triple-digit temperatures in ...
Environment
Jun 18, 2015
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Can old data provide new insights about lightning and the physics of severe weather?
Earth Sciences
Apr 6, 2015
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Chocolate has many health benefits—it can potentially lower blood pressure and cholesterol and reduce stroke risk. But just as connoisseurs thought it couldn't get any better, there's this tasty new tidbit: Researchers ...
Biochemistry
Mar 24, 2015
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