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Telling an old book by its smell: Aroma hints at ways of preserving treasured documents
In a report published in the American Chemical Society's Analytical Chemistry, a semi-monthly journal, they describe development of a new test that can measure…
In the war between the sexes, the one with the closest fungal relationship wins
The war between the sexes has been fought on many fronts throughout time—from humans to birds to insects, the animal kingdom is replete with species involved…
Controversial new climate change results
This suggests that terrestrial ecosystems and the oceans have a much greater capacity to absorb CO2 than had been previously expected. The results run contrary…
Researchers mobilizing global resources to test new treatments for severe H1N1 infection
An important, ground-breaking initiative is unfolding in the global critical care community in response to the H1N1 pandemic.While front-line health care…
New UAB Study Sheds Light on Brain’s Response to Distress, Unexpected Events
In the study, UAB researchers used functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) to see how activity in the parts of the brain associated with fear, learning…
Children with autism show slower pupil responses
Recently, University of Missouri researchers have developed a pupil response test that is 92.5 percent accurate in separating children with autism from those…
