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How Neural Activity Spurs Blood Flow In The Brain

Science – New research from Harvard University neuroscientists has pinpointed exactly how neural activity boosts blood flow to the brain.

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Hidden Facial Cheek Fat Compartments Are Key To Youthful Appearance

Science – Rejuvenating newly identified fat compartments in the facial cheeks can help reduce the hollowed look of the face as it ages, according to new research by plastic surgeons at UT Southwestern Medical Center.

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Personalizing Medicine: New Research Shows Potential Of Targeted Therapies For Cancer

Science – A new study, presented at the SNM 55th Annual Meeting, shows the potential to pre-target the treatment of cancer cells--bringing personalized medicine one step closer from the laboratory to patients.

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Cubing Potatoes Before Boiling Can Reduce Mineral Content By 75%

Science – The preparation of a potato can have a big impact on its mineral content, Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientists report in a new study of this popular vegetable.

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Shiitake Mushrooms May Improve Human Immune Function, Especially If Grown On Old Oak Logs

Science – Shiitake (Lentinula edodes) mushrooms are good for you--and shiitake byproducts can be good for other crops.

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Protecting Romaine Lettuce From Pathogens

Science – Knowing the preferences of foodborne pathogens such as Escherichia coli O157:H7 is essential to a successful counterattack on these microbes.

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Doubling Of Sexually Transmitted Infections Among Over-45s In Under A Decade

Science – Rates of sexually transmitted infections have doubled among the over 45s in less than a decade, reveals research published ahead of print in the journal Sexually Transmitted Infections.

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Heavy Birthweight Babies Twice As Likely To Develop Rheumatoid Arthritis

Science – Heavy birthweight female babies are twice as likely to develop rheumatoid arthritis in adulthood as their average birthweight peers, suggests research published ahead of print in the Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases.

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Whales Set To Chase Shrinking Feed Zones

Science – Endangered migratory whales will be faced with shrinking crucial Antarctic foraging zones which will contain less food and will be further away, a new analysis of the impacts of climate change on Southern Ocean whales has found.

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Should Doctors Be Increasing Their Carbon Footprint By Flying To Medical Conferences?

Science – Every year thousands of doctors and scientists fly to meetings all over the world, but with climate change accelerating, can this type of travel be justified, two doctors debate the issue in the British Medical Journal.

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Elevated Carbon Dioxide Boosts Invasive Nutsedge Plants

Science – Elevated levels of carbon dioxide (CO2) could promote the growth of purple and yellow nutsedgeÃ;... invasive weeds that plague farmers and gardeners in many states.

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Glomalin Is Key To Locking Up Soil Carbon

Science – A soil constituent known as glomalin provides a secure vault for the world's soil carbon. That's according to Kristine Nichols, a microbiologist at the Agricultural Research Service (ARS) Northern Great Plains Research Laboratory in Mandan, N.D.

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Passports For Penguins

Science – Ground-breaking technology that will enable biologists to identify and monitor large numbers of endangered animals, from butterflies to whales, without being captured, will be shown to the public for the first time at this year's Royal Society Summer Science exhibition [30 June to 3 July].

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Database Shows Effects Of Acid Rain On Microorganisms In Adirondack Lakes

Science – Prior to the federal Clean Air Act, unhindered industrial emissions were released into the air throughout the Midwestern and Eastern United States for decades.

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Mini Subs To Probe Odd Coral-like Growths In British Columbia, Canada, Lake

Science – Single person submersibles have been called in to help scientists retrieve samples from a lake in northern British Columbia that may hold vital clues to the history of life on Earth and on other planets.

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