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Health & MedicineCardiac Connection: Lupus patients exhibit signs of heart disease
Lupus patients have more signs of atherosclerosis than do healthy people, suggesting that the inflammation that causes many lupus symptoms also damages blood vessels.
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AstronomyCool Cosmos: Orbiting telescope views infrared universe
Astronomers unveiled the first images and spectra taken by the most sensitive and highest-resolution infrared observatory ever sent into space.
By Ron Cowen -
AstronomyCool Cosmos: Orbiting telescope views infrared universe
Astronomers unveiled the first images and spectra taken by the most sensitive and highest-resolution infrared observatory ever sent into space.
By Ron Cowen -
Materials ScienceNew materials take the heat
Researchers have devised a way to prevent an innovative solar cell material from degrading under high temperatures and prolonged exposure to light.
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Materials ScienceNew materials take the heat
Researchers have devised a way to prevent an innovative solar cell material from degrading under high temperatures and prolonged exposure to light.
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Materials ScienceDrug particle delivers insulin on demand
Injectable polymer nanoparticles could store insulin in the body over several days and release the medication precisely when blood sugar concentrations change.
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Materials ScienceDrug particle delivers insulin on demand
Injectable polymer nanoparticles could store insulin in the body over several days and release the medication precisely when blood sugar concentrations change.
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Health & MedicineHard mattresses not best for back pain
People sleeping on medium-firm mattresses report less pain than those sleeping on firm mattresses, contradicting a long-held belief that harder is better.
By Nathan Seppa -
Health & MedicineHard mattresses not best for back pain
People sleeping on medium-firm mattresses report less pain than those sleeping on firm mattresses, contradicting a long-held belief that harder is better.
By Nathan Seppa -
AnthropologyBaboons demonstrate social proficiency
Wild baboons exhibit a richer, more complex social life than scientists have often assumed, according to two new studies.
By Bruce Bower -
AnthropologyBaboons demonstrate social proficiency
Wild baboons exhibit a richer, more complex social life than scientists have often assumed, according to two new studies.
By Bruce Bower -
Warning issued for trauma debriefing
Efforts to get survivors of a variety of life-threatening situations to vent their emotions in debriefing sessions may do no good, or even cause harm in some cases, a research review finds.
By Bruce Bower