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Galaxy 5 billion light-years away shows we live in a magnetic universe
Astronomers observed the magnetic field of a galaxy five billion light-years away. The galaxy provides important insight into how magnetism in the...
Complete remission of brain metastasis of difficult-to-treat tumor
MRI of the brain. (stock image)
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In a letter to the New England Journal of Medicine, a Massachusetts...
Algae fortifies coral reefs in past and present
Lead author of the study Anna Weiss, a Ph.D. candidate in The University of Texas at Austin Jackson School of Geosciences, at...
An alternative to wolf control to save endangered caribou
Mountain caribou in British Columbia, Canada, observed during a population census.
Credit: Robert Serrouya CC BY 4.0
What happens when invasive and native species...
Woolly rhino neck ribs provide clues about their decline and eventual extinction
Arrows indicate large articulation facets of cervical ribs on a fossil cervical vertebra of a woolly rhino of Naturalis, Leiden.
Credit: Frietson Galis,...
Sense of smell is key factor in bird navigation, new study shows
Cory's Shearwater, Calonectris borealis, in flight.
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How do birds navigate over long distances? This complex question has been the...
How food preservatives may disrupt human hormones and promote obesity
The three chemicals tested in this study are abundant in modern life, say researchers.
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Can chemicals that are...
Moderate consumption of fats, carbohydrates best for health, international study shows
Balanced diet (stock image).
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Research with more than 135,000 people across five continents has shown that a diet which...
Glowing tumor technology helps surgeons remove hidden cancer cells
Cancer cells glow during surgery.
Credit: Penn Medicine
Surgeons were able to identify and remove a greater number of cancerous nodules from lung cancer patients when...
New MRI contrast agent tested on big animals
The PEG-IONCs contrast agent was used to dynamically follow an ischemia on the left side of a monkey's brain. After injecting PEG-IONCs (b) the...
Early diagnostic imaging to prevent kidney disease
Visualization of renal fibrosis in fractional anisotropy (FA) maps. The left panels indicate Sirius Red staining (fibrosis) and the right panels stand for FA...
