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Male power over females not a default social dynamic among primates, study finds
Intersexual power is highly variable among primates. Colored boxes indicate the type of intersexual power reconstructed for ancestral nodes in...
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How previous exposure to bacteria changes the lungs’ innate immune response and what this could mean for vaccines
Infection of alveolar macrophages is the first stage of tuberculosis. What if we could change that? Credit: Alissa Rothchild Tuberculosis,...
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Study finds complement system causes cell damage during long COVID
“Patients with long active COVID illness also had elevated blood levels, indicating damage to various cells in the body.” Credit:...
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Climate change linked to the spread of diarrheal diseases
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public domain A new study from the University of Surrey finds that temperature, day length and humidity are...
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Aftermath of distressing event more memorable than events that preceded it, study suggests
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public domain Halfway through a true crime podcast, an early morning commuter jerks the steering wheel to narrowly...
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Researchers develop wearable white blood cell tracker
Overview of the study. (A) Image of the CytoTracker device prototype. (B) An image of the CytoTracker microfluidic impedance cytometer....
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Stromal cells may help predict prostate cancer metastasis
Differential enrichment of stromal cell clusters in wild-type versus genetically engineered mouse models (GEMM). Credit: Natural communications (2024). DOI: 10.1038/s41467-023-44210-1...
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Lessons from the 2022 FIFA World Cup
Credit: CC0 Public domain The 2022 FIFA World Cup ended with Argentina's narrow victory over France on penalties, but it...
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Lightest black hole or heaviest neutron star? MeerKAT discovers a mysterious object in the Milky Way
Artist's impression of the system assuming the massive companion star is a black hole. The brightest background star is its...
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Study reveals universal pattern of brainwave frequencies across mammalian species
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public domain Throughout the cerebral cortex, neurons are arranged in six distinct layers, easily visible under a microscope....
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