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Golden eyes: How gold nanoparticles may one day help to restore people’s vision

A new study by Brown University researchers suggests that gold nanoparticles — microscopic bits of gold thousands of times thinner than a human hair —

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Growing wildflowers on disused urban land can damage bee health

Wildflowers growing on land previously used for buildings and factories can accumulate lead, arsenic and other metal contaminants from the soil, which are consumed by

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New study finds surprising way to curb college-aged drinking harms — without cutting alcohol

Young adults — particularly college students — are more likely than any other group in the U.S. to engage in heavy drinking and experience alcohol-related

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Breaking a century-old physics barrier: perfect wave trapping with simple cylinders

A joint research team from POSTECH (Pohang University of Science and Technology) and Jeonbuk National University has successfully demonstrated the complete confinement of mechanical waves

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From boring to bursting: Giant black hole awakens

Although we know that supermassive black holes (millions of times the mass of our Sun) lurk at the centre of most galaxies, their very nature

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Driving the CAR to fight acute myeloid leukemia

One main goal of anti-cancer therapies is to kill tumor cells without affecting the surrounding normal cells. Therefore, many drugs are designed to target tumor-specific

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Ancient tools from a South African cave reveal connections between prehistoric people

In a cave overlooking the ocean on the southern coast of South Africa, archaeologists discovered thousands of stone tools, created by ancient humans roughly 20,000

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Eight or more drinks per week linked to signs of injury in the brain

Heavy drinkers who have eight or more alcoholic drinks per week have an increased risk of brain lesions called hyaline arteriolosclerosis, signs of brain injury

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Life recovered rapidly at site of dino-killing asteroid: A hydrothermal system may have helped

About 66 million years ago, an asteroid slammed into the planet, wiping out all non-avian dinosaurs and about 70% of all marine species. But the

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Mindfulness and cognitive behavioral therapy improve chronic low back pain

The list of treatments for low back pain is endless, but few offer relief for the one in four Americans who suffer from this persistent