Cutting calories improves memory in the elderly
Researchers genetically upgrade a time-honored pest-control strategy
The physics of global warming would make for essentially irreversible global damage
Shrinking sea ice may decimate penguin population that starred in 2005 movie
Models predict dead zones that would last for centuries
New research into language evolution suggests most Pacific populations originated in Taiwan around 5,200 years ago.
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In a finding that could save thousands of lives a year, researchers have shown that a blood vessel disorder leading to unpredictable, sometimes fatal, hemorrhagic strokes, seizures, paralysis or other problems is treatable with the same statin drugs that millions of people take to control high cholesterol.
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Marrying genomics and geography on a grand scale, researchers have detected often-subtle molecular changes that occur within micro-organisms living in a host of different marine environments.
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A study on downstream and upstream water from the Montreal wastewater treatment plant has revealed the presence of chemotherapy products and certain hypertension and cholesterol medications.
Ecologists have developed a new model to predict the impact of climate change on the dengue fever-carrying mosquito Aedes aegypti in Australia – information that could help limit its spread.
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