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Stormwater Ponds Not a Significant Source of Climate-Warming N2O
Stormwater retention ponds, a ubiquitous feature in developed landscapes worldwide, are not a significant source of climate-warming nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions, a new study finds.
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Toxic Chemicals in Our Food Predicted Accurately by Livestock Feed
Persistent organic pollutants skulk around the environment threatening human health through direct contact, inhalation, and most commonly, eating contaminated food. Now new research suggests it might be just as important to pay attention to the origin of your food’s food.
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Why CRISPR Doesn't Always Work
Researchers from the University of Illinois at Chicago are the first to describe why CRISPR gene editing sometimes fails to work, and how the process can be made to be much more efficient.
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More to the Chaperone Process than Meets the Eye
Proteins must fold in a specific way to function which is often assisted by molecular chaperones. Now, researchers have discovered that for one molecular chaperone at least, there’s more to the process than was suspected.
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This ATM Dispenses Antioxidants
Antioxidants are molecules that counteract the damage to our bodies from harmful products of normal cells called reactive oxygen species (ROS). Now, research has found that a protein called ATM can sense the presence of ROS and responds by sounding the alarm to trigger the production of antioxidants.
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Wash Those Hands Like There's Someone Watching!
Hospital staff pay dramatically less attention to hand hygiene when they feel no one is watching, a new study reveals. The research suggests government reported compliance rates are overstated.
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American Cancer Society Outlines New Blueprint for Cancer Control
The American Cancer Society is outlining its vision for cancer control in the decades ahead in a series of articles. The series of articles forms the basis of a national cancer control plan; a blueprint toward the control of cancer and a mortality reduction goal for the year 2035.
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How HIV is Shielded from Immune Attack
Scientists have discovered that the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) hijacks a small molecule from the host cell to protect itself from being destroyed by the host’s immune system.
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Efforts Underway to Develop a Quick Radiation Diagnostic Test
Researchers at the University of Arizona College of Medicine – Phoenix are attempting to create a better diagnostic test for radiation exposure that potentially could save thousands of lives.
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‘Danger Signals’ Immune Discovery Could Improve Vaccines for Infants & Newborns
Scientists have just identified a class of 'danger signals' that are highly efficient at triggering an immune response in infants and newborns. The discovery may have the potential to reduce both the age of vaccine administration and the need for multiple booster injections in infants and newborns, whose immune systems operate differently to those of adults.
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