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MEDICINE & HEALTH

Don’t ignore heart attack symptoms, especially while traveling

EUROPEAN SOCIETY OF CARDIOLOGY

Study examines how sensitivity to emotions changes across the lifespan

MCLEAN HOSPITAL

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BIOLOGY

Detailed new primate brain atlas could lead to disease insights

COLD SPRING HARBOR LABORATORY

Breast milk microbiome contains yeast and fungi: Do these benefit the infant?

AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR MICROBIOLOGY

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TECH & ENGINEERING

Spider silk could be used as robotic muscle

MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY

Tracking firefighters in burning buildings

MCMASTER UNIVERSITY

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SOCIAL & BEHAVIOR

Tracking food leads to losing pounds

DUKE UNIVERSITY

Junk food purchases increase after recreational marijuana legalization

UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT

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CHEMISTRY & PHYSICS

What causes that peak? Answering a long-standing question for covalent liquids

INSTITUTE OF INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE, THE UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO

New research opens door to more efficient chemical processes across spectrum of industries

OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY

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ARCHAEOLOGY

WSU researcher discovers oldest tattoo tool in western North America

WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY

Northwest Coast clam gardens nearly 2,000 years older than previously thought — study

SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY

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SPACE & PLANETARY

Using stardust grains, ASU scientists build new model for nova eruptions

ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY

Pluto and Charon’s ancient scars reveal a dearth of small Kuiper Belt objects

AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF SCIENCE

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AGRICULTURE

How the humble marigold outsmarts a devastating tomato pest

NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY

Warm seas scatter fish

UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA – SANTA BARBARA

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EARTH SCIENCE

Machine learning expands to help predict and characterize earthquakes

SEISMOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA

New research from Arctic: Thawing permafrost peatlands may add to atmospheric CO2 burden

UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND

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ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCE

Tree rings tell climate stories that technology can’t

HARVARD UNIVERSITY

A clearer view of past climate from tree rings

SAN FRANCISCO STATE UNIVERSITY

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MATHEMATICS

Epidemiological model lends insight to chlamydia outbreak in Japan

SOCIETY FOR INDUSTRIAL AND APPLIED MATHEMATICS

Can we trust scientific discoveries made using machine learning?

RICE UNIVERSITY

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EDUCATION

An educational program designed to lessen the risk of falls in children

UNIVERSITY OF SEVILLE

Study: Teacher retention bonuses lead to positive results

UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA

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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS

Family businesses should prepare for the unexpected if next generation to succeed

UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA

Stopwatch set for milestone marathon in 2032

MONASH UNIVERSITY

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POLICY & ETHICS

Natural climate solutions are not enough

WORLD WILDLIFE FUND

Home insurance buyers lack access to public flood data

UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO

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SCIENCE BUSINESS NEWS

ReactWell licenses ORNL catalyst for energy conversion applications

DOE/OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY

‘Hooking’ digital lives through cognitive science

SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY

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GRANTS

NIH funds UT research on quality of life of LGBT caregivers

UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE AT KNOXVILLE

Center for Advanced Studies explores crises in Latin America — and their solutions

BIELEFELD UNIVERSITY

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AWARDS

Top ten computer science education research papers recognized

ASSOCIATION FOR COMPUTING MACHINERY

Kwok named Outstanding Referee by American Physical Society

DOE/ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY

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BOOKS

Researcher studies impact of drug-trafficking violence

UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS LOWELL

How artificial intelligence is gaining a foothold in medical fields

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