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Walnut Consumption Improves Mental Health, According to Students

A new clinical trial of undergraduate students during their university studies has shown positive effects of walnut consumption on self-reported measures of mental health and biomarkers of general health.
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Marine Graveyard Was Once an Ancient Birthing Ground

Research suggests that nearly 200 million years before giant whales evolved, school bus-sized marine reptiles called ichthyosaurs may have been making similar migrations to breed and give birth in waters where predators are scarce.
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Understanding the Way of Water Using Machine Learning

New research uses machine learning models to better understand water’s phase changes, opening more avenues for a better theoretical understanding of various substances.
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Skin Patch Can Monitor Hemoglobin in Deep Tissues

An electronic patch that can monitor biomolecules in deep tissues has been developed by researchers at the University of California San Diego.
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Are "Natural" Products Any Less Irritating for Skin?

Skin allergy sufferers in search of gentler skin care products may turn to "natural" options, hoping they'll live up to the claims of an even, healthy-looking complexion. But are these products less likely to cause skin irritation?
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Microscale 3D Printer Developed To Improve Anticounterfeiting Labels

Scientists have developed a high-precision 3D printing method that can produce new polarization-encoded 3D anticounterfeiting labels.
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Fog Harvesting Potential Shown by Christmas-Colored Droplets

A colorful wire engineered to attract water is not just beautiful, it could also help optimize many environmental processes, including collecting fog from the atmosphere for drinking water.
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Simple Device Characterizes Gases by Their Rainbow Colors

Researchers have developed a user-friendly device that converts the pressure generated by an injected gas into structural colors, thereby imaging it.
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Environmental Footprint of World Food Production Mapped

The environmental impact of food production – calculated by measuring factors including CO2 emissions, water consumption and pollution – has been mapped in a new study.
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Why Does Fat Increase After Dieting and How Might Protein Help?

A study has shown that an increase of Lactobacillus and its metabolites after dieting enhanced intestinal lipid absorption and led to quick fat accumulation and obesity in mice, but this was prevented by a high-protein diet.
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