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Flu virus resistant to most widely used flu drug; young children predict actual election outcomes; your Letters to Science; and more.
Flu virus resistant to most widely used flu drug; young children predict actual election outcomes; your Letters to Science; and more.
The northward and inland movement of North American birds, confirmed by thousands of citizen-observations, has provided new and powerful evidence that climate change is having a serious impact on natural systems, according to a new report.
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Scientists have harnessed a new drug discovery tool to identify a new player in the body’s insulin secretion process. This finding could spark a completely new class of drugs to treat type 2 diabetes.
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Discarded electronic hardware, including bits and pieces that built the information superhighway, can be recycled into an additive that makes super-strong asphalt paving material for real highways, researchers in China are reporting in a new study. They describe development of a new recycling process that can convert discarded electronic circuit boards into an asphalt “modifier.”
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Researchers have linked higher levels of the hormone aldosterone to high blood pressure and blood vessel disease in African-Americans. Aldosterone is secreted by the adrenal glands and causes salt retention by the kidneys.