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Taking steps toward a wearable artificial kidney
There just aren't enough kidney transplants available for the millions of people with renal failure. Aside from a transplant, the only alternative for patients...
Astronomers find a cosmic Titan in the early universe
An international team of astronomers has discovered a titanic structure in the early Universe, just two billion years after the Big Bang. This galaxy...
Simple stickers may save lives of patients, athletes and lower medical costs
Heart surgery can be traumatic for patients. Having to continuously monitor your status without a doctor when you are back home can be even...
Researchers quickly harvest 2-D materials, bringing them closer to commercialization
Since the 2003 discovery of the single-atom-thick carbon material known as graphene, there has been significant interest in other types of 2-D materials as...
Winter ticks killing moose at alarming rate
As winter in New England seems to get warmer, fall lingers longer and spring comes into bloom earlier, areas like northern New Hampshire and...
Youth violence lower in countries with complete ban on corporal punishment
A study published today in the BMJ Open shows that in countries where there is a complete ban on all corporal punishment of children...
Researchers reveal the story of the oldest stars and galaxies, compiled from 20 years...
The Big Bang has captured our imagination like no other theory in science: the magnificent, explosive birth of our Universe. But do you know...
Study documents paternal transmission of epigenetic memory via sperm
Studies of human populations and animal models suggest that a father's experiences such as diet or environmental stress can influence the health and development...
Antarctic ice shelf ‘sings’ as winds whip across its surface
Winds blowing across snow dunes on Antarctica's Ross Ice Shelf cause the massive ice slab's surface to vibrate, producing a near-constant set of seismic...
Toward unhackable communication: Single particles of light could bring the ‘quantum internet’
Hacker attacks on everything from social media accounts to government files could be largely prevented by the advent of quantum communication, which would use...
Missing gamma-ray blobs shed new light on dark matter, cosmic magnetism
When astrophysicists look at the gamma-ray glow from a galaxy outside our own, all they typically see is a small spot because the galaxy...
