
NanoscienceDiamonds are flexible when made into nanoscale needles (eurekalert.org)
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MedicinePersistent Borrelia Infection in Patients with Ongoing Symptoms of Lyme Disease (mdpi.com)
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BiologyEnlarged spleen key to diving endurance of ‘sea nomads’ (news.berkeley.edu)
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Animal ScienceNew Study Says Ancient Humans Hunted Big Mammals To Extinction (npr.org)
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NeuroscienceUsing human stem cells, researchers create 3-D model of the brain to study a mutation tied to schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, and depression (nature.com)
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Social ScienceReligiosity is generally tied to reduced suicide risk, but the opposite may be true for LGBT adults. Faith-based partners in suicide prevention and intervention services “should be willing and equipped to assist all people who seek their services, regardless of sexual orientation,” the authors write (reuters.com)
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BiologyA new imaging technique called Adaptive Optical Lattice Light-Sheet Microscopy has captured cellular dynamics in living organisms with unprecedented detail. (hms.harvard.edu)
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EnvironmentDrowning caused 80% of deaths from Hurricane Harvey. Study finds 78% of those deaths occurred outside zones designated as being at higher risk for flooding. US authorities outline floodplains for 100 and 500 year floods that had a 1% and 0.2% probability respectively of occurring in any given year. (egu.eu)
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EnvironmentClimate Change Is Transforming the Great Barrier Reef, Likely Forever (insideclimatenews.org)
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Animal ScienceEjaculation Induced by the Activation of Crz Neurons is Rewarding to Drosophila Males (cell.com)
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Animal ScienceExploding ants sacrifice themselves by rupturing their abdomen to kill or repel rivals (zookeys.pensoft.net)
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NanoscienceRepairing damaged hair cells using siRNA nanoparticles to restore hearing loss in guinea pigs (cell.com)
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BiologyCrowds of zooplankton swimming upward generate large downward jets of water that result in significant water column mixing (nature.com)
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