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Migraine’s Impact on Brain Structure: New Insights Uncovered

“Traditionally, migraine has been considered a benign disorder without long-term consequences for the brain,” said study author Messoud Ashina, MD, PhD, with…

Life & Chemistry

Stem Cells May Do Best With A Little Help From Their Friends

Like volunteers handing out cups of energy drinks to marathon runners, specially engineered “helper cells” transplanted along with stem cells can dole out…

Earth Sciences

Tornadoes Tend Toward Higher Elevations and Cause Greater Damage Moving Uphill

The first field investigations of the effect of terrain elevation changes on tornado path, vortex, strength and damage have yielded valuable information that…

Physics & Astronomy

Milky Way Gas Cloud Creates Distant Quasar Images

Such events were predicted as early as 1970, but the first evidence for one now has come from the National Science Foundation's Very Long Baseline Array…

Life & Chemistry

Biodiversity in Ontario’s Great Lakes region may be greater than we thought

Branched Bartonia (Bartonia paniculata), a threatened species, is a spindly annual plant that grows to 40 cm tall and has tiny white flowers. Researchers at…

Health & Medicine

Smokers’ Weight Gain: How Quitting Affects Gut Health

This is not due to an increased calorie intake, but to a change in the composition of the intestinal flora after quitting smoking, as a study supported by the…

Information Technology

Space Laser To Prove Increased Broadband Possible

“The goal of the LLCD experiment is to validate and build confidence in this technology so that future missions will consider using it,” said Don Cornwell,…

Physics & Astronomy

NASA's SDO Mission Untangles Motion Inside the Sun

Using SDO, scientists see a performance of explosions and fountains on the solar surface. Shots of solar material leap into the air. Dark blemishes called…

Health & Medicine

'1 pill can kill': Effects of unintentional opioid exposure in young children

Ingestion of strong opioids, such as buprenorphine, can cause central nervous system depression, respiratory depression, and death in young children. In a new…

Studies and Analyses

Almost as sensitive as a dog's nose: New sensor for SERS Raman spectroscopy

Thanks to its unique surface properties at nanoscale, the method can be used to perform analyses that are more reliable, sensitive and cost-effective. In…

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Bifunctional Catalysts: Efficient Water Oxidation & Reduction

In this invention, a method was developed for preparing energy efficient dual function catalysts for both the oxygen reduction reaction (ORR), and the oxygen…

Physics & Astronomy

Oldest Solar Twin Discovered Using ESO’s Very Large Telescope

An international team led by astronomers in Brazil has used ESO’s Very Large Telescope to identify and study the oldest solar twin known to date. Located 250…

Materials Sciences

Sustainable Nanocrystals Made from Bulk Plastics

Now, a consortium of researchers from Constance, Bayreuth, and Berlin has successfully used this plastic to synthesize the ideal polymer nanocrystal. The…

Health & Medicine

Genetic Links Found in Five Psychiatric Disorders Study

Researchers addressed this question in an international study. This investigated the degree of genetic commonality between five psychiatric illnesses that are…

Environmental Conservation

An alga stressed by the light

The research group observed that the algae that displayed the most signs of stress were from the zones exposed to the most solar radiation. The results of the…

Physics & Astronomy

New Element Confirmed: Atomic Number 115 Breakthrough

“This was a very successful experiment and is one of the most important in the field in recent years”, said Dirk Rudolph, Professor at the Division of Atomic…

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