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NeuroscienceMorphine may make pain last longer
Instead of busting pain, morphine lengthened the duration of pain in rats with a nerve injury.
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LifeBacteria resistant to last-resort antibiotic appears in U.S.
For the first time in the United States, scientists have reported a patient infected with a strain of bacteria carrying the gene mrc-1, making it resistant to the last-ditch antibiotic colistin.
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ComputingNew technique produces real randomness
A new technique makes it easier for computers to roll the dice.
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Quantum PhysicsSchrödinger’s cat now dead and alive in two boxes at once
The living-dead feline has been split in two, using a system of microwaves inside superconducting cavities.