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Greatest Warming in the North, but the Biggest Impact on Life in the Tropics

New research finds that even though the temperature increase has been smaller in the tropics, the impact of warming on life could be.

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Chemicals in Mother’s Blood Contribute to Child’s Obesity, Study Suggests

Babies whose mothers had relatively high levels of the chemical DDE in their blood were more likely to both grow rapidly during their.

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Adult Stem Cells That Do Not Age

Biomedical researchers at the University at Buffalo have engineered adult stem cells that scientists can grow continuously in culture. (Credit: Douglas Levere, University.

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Researchers Find Evidence of Teeth Loss in Ancestor of Whales

Genomic record matches fossil record in the whales’ common ancestor, say UC Riverside biologists RIVERSIDE, Calif.—In contrast to a toothed whale, which retains.

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New Device for Identifying Aggressive Breast Cancers

A new disposable device based on advances in microfluidics may help identify advanced breast cancer patients who are candidates for therapy with the.

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Stonehenge Boy was from the Mediterranean

The boy was buried with around 90 amber beads. Chemical tests on teeth from an ancient burial near Stonehenge indicate that the person.

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Gulf Oil Spill’s Vastness Confirmed: Largest Marine Oil Accident Ever

The researchers used high-resolution video clips of flow from the Deepwater Horizon well to measure volume. (Credit: Courtesy US Senate Committee on Environment.

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Investigators Find that Salmonella Creates Environment for Growth

Discovery one day may help scientists develop ways to control this common food poisoning cause. A study led by researchers at UC Davis.

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Scientists Develop Method for Determining Diet of our Early Ancestors

“The bigger the tooth, the bigger area for chips to develop and, therefore, the more force the animal can produce.” Were our early.

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Government Urges Universal Flu Vaccinations

The flu kills more than 35,000 people in the United States in an average year—and most of those deaths could be prevented with.

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