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During or after World War Two, Russian factories and research centres moved en masse to Siberia. Many were involved in secret military research, and it was not…
Researchers found some fish alter their behaviour according to that which they observe in other fish. The team found, for example, that bold fish become much…
When the body thinks it is under attack, it defends itself in the best way possible, for instance by starting a defence inflammation.This reaction is highly…
Since the Middle Ages, mixing vessels – or crucibles – manufactured in the Hesse region of Germany have been world renowned because of their ability to…
Professor Ray Frost, from QUT's School of Chemical and Physical Sciences, has found a way of identifying, from a remote location, uranium deposits that have…
The researchers surveyed patients with diabetes about their symptoms, disability, social and emotional function, and quality of life. They also collected data…
Using advanced new microscopy techniques in concert with sophisticated transgenic technologies, scientists at The Wistar Institute have for the first time…
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Their findings, scientists say, could lead to the identification of a new treatment “target” to help the estimated 17 million asthma sufferers in the United…
An international team led by scientists from the United States and New Zealand have observed, for the first time, the bizarre deep-sea communities living…
For many years, John Anderson, director of the Nevada Seismological Laboratory at the University of Nevada, Reno, has been telling citizens, reporters and…
A newly described virus is not a cause of Kawasaki disease, according to an article by a group of researchers in Denver, Colorado. Their article appears in the…
The discovery expands the known taxonomic breadth of metabolic disease and suggests that the study of microbes found in human intestines may provide a greater…
The largest superconducting magnet ever built has successfully been powered up to its operating conditions at the first attempt. Called the Barrel Toroid…
However, a thought-provoking new study from the American Journal of Education challenges the perceived causal links between educational achievement and…
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