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Detecting Toxins Produced by Algae

Posted on August 14, 2018December 5, 2023 by Sciworthy

Harmful algal blooms are becoming an increasing problem in areas around the world, including the Great Lakes, where drinking water is…

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    Babies learn about eye contact early in life

    Posted on August 2, 2018October 31, 2022 by Sciworthy

    As infants, we absorb any information our surroundings have to offer, especially if other humans are involved. Infants can recognize their…

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      Effects of Gender and Alcohol Use on US Veterans with HIV

      Posted on July 31, 2018December 5, 2023 by Sciworthy

      While many people might not think that HIV is a large problem in the United States, at the end of 2015 over 1.1 million Americans were…

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        Risk Factors for Heavy Metal Exposure in Children

        Posted on July 30, 2018June 24, 2025 by Gina Misra

        Before a baby is born in Taiwan, both the development of its brain and its intellectual performance are already at risk. A 2014 study of 545…

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          New understanding of an ancient man and his tools

          Posted on July 23, 2018June 25, 2025 by Sciworthy

          During the last days of the summer of 1991, tourists hiking in the Ötztal Alps near the Italy – Austria border found the remains of…

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            Ivy can protect buildings from frost

            Posted on July 23, 2018June 25, 2025 by Sciworthy

            The UK and Ireland were visited by the Beast from the East in 2018 – freezing Arctic winds that dumped inches of snow and brought down…

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              Increasing Muscle Mass in Fish with Gene Editing

              Posted on July 20, 2018October 24, 2022 by Erica Curles

              There may be concerns with genetically modified organisms (GMO), but the effectiveness of gene editing in developing more productive plants…

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                What happens if we send signals into space?

                Posted on July 16, 2018October 24, 2022 by Sciworthy

                For over a hundred years, humans on Earth have been using radio transmissions to communicate with each other. This ability to communicate…

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                  Brain Cancer Treatment Finishes Phase 3 of Clinical Trials

                  Posted on July 9, 2018June 13, 2025 by Nathan Gock

                  For most types of cancer, survival rates have steadily been improving since the 1970s as medical advancements have been made in both cancer…

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                    Are microaggressions based on good science?

                    Posted on July 2, 2018June 24, 2025 by Gina Misra

                    If you’ve been on the internet in the last five years, you may have come across the word “microaggression.” A microaggression is an…

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