Scientists have just completed an unprecedented journey into the vast and little-explored “Great Pacific Ocean Garbage Patch.” The researchers encountered a large amount of debris including a large net entwined with plastic and various marine organisms.
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A new candidate gene for Specific Language Impairment has been identified. The results point toward the likelihood of multiple genes contributing to language impairment, some of which also contribute to reading or speech impairment.
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A new device uses a solution to wash away necrotic tissue, bathing a chronic wound while keeping bacteria away.
Patients with depression benefit from taking venlafaxine and duloxetine, two drugs belonging to the selective serotonin and norepinephrine reuptake inhibitor drug class. This is the conclusion of a report published by German researchers. Clinical comparisons with a sham drug (placebo) show that patients respond better to the therapy, suffering less from the symptoms of depression.
Nitrous oxide has now become the largest ozone-depleting substance emitted through human activities, and is expected to remain the largest throughout the 21st century, scientists report in a new study.
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New research finds that when choosing to punish or reward accidental behavior, individuals tend to focus on outcome, rather than a person’s intent.
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Subtle connections between the 11-year solar cycle, the stratosphere, and the tropical Pacific Ocean work in sync to generate periodic weather patterns that affect much of the globe, according to research appearing this week in the journal Science.
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Scientific dogma has long asserted that females are born with their entire lifetime’s supply of eggs, and once they’re gone, they’re gone. New findings suggest that in nematode worms, at least, this does not hold true. The study suggests how fertility in humans may be regenerated later in life.
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Scientists have found that the polyphenol content of fruits has been underestimated. Polyphenol content in fruits usually refers to extractable polyphenols, but new research finds that nonextractable polyphenol content is up to five times higher than extractable compounds.
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In a new study of nearly one million adults between the ages of 18 and 64, nearly 70 percent of participants underwent at least one medical imaging procedure between July 2005 and December 2007, resulting in an average effective dose of radiation nearly double the amount they would otherwise be exposed to from natural sources.
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