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Research Finds Little-Studied Brain Cells Could Be The Reason Of Staying Awake Without Cost To Cognition, Health

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New animal research suggests that little-studied brain cells known as astrocytes are major players in controlling sleep need and may someday help humans go without sleep for longer without negative consequences such as mental fatigue and impaired physical health. Published in the Journal of Neuroscience, the study found that activating these cells kept mice awake […]

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Scientists Discover Novel Method Make Renewable Material Profitable

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A novel method to extract lignin could help spin wheat straw into gold. Lignin produced using the new method was color-neutral, odorless and homogenous, an advance that could make this carbon-neutral material a more viable candidate for development of high-value products. Reporting in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, the Washington State University […]

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Ural Federal University, Indian Young Scientists Study On Man Of Information Age

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Ural Federal University and Gandhi Institute of Technology and Management (GITAM) in India plan an academic exchange of young researchers. The focus of the joint research of Master’s students of the program “Organization and Management in Social Work” is the man of the information age (Homo Informaticus) in different cultures, technological and natural environments. “The […]

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Novel Technology Developed To Recycle Greenhouse Gas Into Energy, Materials

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Apair of University of Central Florida researchers has developed new methods to produce energy and materials from the harmful greenhouse gas, methane. Pound-for-pound, the comparative impact of methane on the Earth’s atmosphere is 28 times greater than carbon dioxide — another major greenhouse gas — over a 100-year period, according to the U.S. Environmental Protection […]

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Joint Designing Tech To Tackle Bacterial Infections, Improve Aquaculture Farming

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UCF and MIT researchers are using farm-raised seafood as a model to create new technologies that fight pathogenic bacteria. College of Medicine microbiologist Salvador Almagro-Moreno and MIT’s Otto Cordero were recently awarded a grant from the U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) to create synthetic microbiomes — communities of microorganisms — that will better protect aquatic […]

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UCSF: Food Farmacy Provides Fresh And Free Food For Oakland Families

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Under the bright morning sun, Kandice Moore is strolling from the parking garage to the UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital in Oakland with her mom and her seven-year-old daughter when she catches sight of a sign that reads, “Food Farmacy, a Pop-Up Market.” A young woman standing next to a huge basket filled with neatly packed […]

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