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Heart failure in the elderly set to triple by 2060

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Heart failure in the elderly is set to triple by 2060, according to new data from the Age, Gene/Environment Susceptibility (AGES) -- Reykjavík study...
NASA Team Probes Peculiar Age Defying Star

NASA Team Probes Peculiar Age-Defying Star

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An age-defying star called IRAS 19312+1950 exhibits features characteristic of a very young star and a very old star. It is the bright red...
Year long Mars isolation experiment in Hawaii ends

Year-long Mars isolation experiment in Hawaii ends

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The HI-SEAS habitat on the northern slope of Mauna Loa in Hawaii where six people lived in isolation for a year in a NASA...
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Alzheimer’s: Nicotinic receptors as a new therapeutic target

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Representation of space in the nicotinic receptor.Credit:Institut Pasteur Several scientific studies have indicated that nicotine may be beneficial for memory function. Scientists from the Institut...

Research outlines cellular communication processes that make life possible

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Researchers have discovered a mechanism of intercellular communication that helps explain how biological systems and actions - ranging from a beating heart to the...
Cracking the coldest case How Lucy the most famous human ancestor died

Cracking the coldest case: How Lucy, the most famous human ancestor, died

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This is Lucy, a 3.18 million year old fossil specimen of Australopithecus afarensis.Credit: Image provided by John Kappelman, UT Austin Lucy, the most famous fossil...
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University of Akron researchers find thin layers of water can become ice-like at room...

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Researchers at The University of Akron have discovered that a thin layer of water (blue molecules ) between two charged surfaces composed of surfactants...

New hope for Zika treatment found in large-scale screen of existing drugs

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Scientists report that a specialized drug screen test using lab-grown human cells has revealed two classes of compounds already in the pharmaceutical arsenal that...
Telemedicine could improve eye exam access for people with diabetes

Telemedicine could improve eye exam access for people with diabetes

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Research by Kellogg Eye Center specialist Dr. Maria Woodward examines patient attitudes about telemedicine and remote eye exams.Credit: University of Michigan Kellogg Eye Center Electronic...
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A few extra pounds can’t hurt you — or can they?

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Lowering BMI (and waist size) to the normal range can make a difference in your life span.Credit: © mlazarevski / Flicker Being overweight increases the...

Why people with type O blood are more likely to die of cholera

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People with blood type O often get more severely ill from cholera than people of other blood types. New research from Washington University School...