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China is a Hot Spot of Ground-level Ozone Pollution
In China, people breathe air thick with the lung-damaging pollutant ozone two to six times more often than people in the United States, Europe, Japan, or South Korea, according to a new assessment.
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Research Suggests Cannabidiol Can Reduce Symptoms of Depression
New study finds that a single dose of cannabidiol in rats with symptoms of depression is highly effective, eliminating the symptoms on the same day and maintaining the beneficial effects for a week.
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Long-lived Macrophages Found in Intestine
Scientists have come to the surprising conclusion that some macrophages in the intestines of mice can survive for quite some time and are vital for the survival of the nerve cells of the gastrointestinal tract.
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Insulin Gives Immune System a Boost
A specific insulin signaling pathway revs up the response of T cells to divide rapidly and secrete cytokines that activate the rest of the immune system.
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Amazonian Fruit Could Help Battle Obesity
The Amazonian forests are home to a shrub, camu-camu, whose fruit could help in the fight against obesity and metabolic diseases.
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Firing a 'Two-headed Arrow' to Kill Ovarian Cancer
A University of Virginia School of Medicine researcher is developing a two-fisted, antibody-based approach to destroy deadly ovarian cancer - an approach he believes could also be modified to kill breast, prostate and other solid tumors.
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$3.8M NIMH Grant To Diagnose Suicidal Thinking Using Brain Imaging
An MRI-related algorithm identifies suicidal individuals by analyzing how their brains represent certain concepts.
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Regulation is Helping to Reduce Pollutants in the Arctic
Levels of some persistent organic pollutants regulated by the Stockholm Convention are decreasing in the Arctic.
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The More Pesticides Bees Eat, the More they Like Them
Bumblebees acquire a taste for pesticide-laced food as they become more exposed to it, a behaviour showing possible signs of addiction.
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How Your Brain Experiences Time
How does your brain encode a unified representation of the 'what, where and when'?
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