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Tech time not to blame for teens mental health problems

... The researchers Candice Odgers, professor of psychological science at the University of California, Irvine; Michaeline Jensen, assistant professor of psychology at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro;....
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Storms on Jupiter are disturbing the planet s colorful belts

... advertisement Thanks to coordinated observations of the planet in January... s Hubble Space Telescope, a University of California, Berkeley, astronomer and her... able to track the effects of these...
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Scorpion toxin that targets wasabi receptor may help solve mystery of chronic pain

.. UC San Francisco and the University of Queensland have discovered a... responsible for the sinus jolting sting of wasabi and the flood of tears associated with chopping... eventually lead to...
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Most patients willing to share medical records for research purposes

... the need for massive databases of patient records, such as the 1 million person All of Us Research Program, become... answer these questions, researchers at University of California San...
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Main culprit behind lithium metal battery failure

. research team led by the University of California San Diego has discovered the root cause of why lithium metal batteries fail bits of lithium metal deposits break off...
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Link between brain immune cells and Alzheimer s disease development identified

Scientists from the University of California, Irvine School of Biological Sciences have discovered... as microglia from rodent models of Alzheimer s disease, beta amyloid plaques the hallmark pathology of...
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New hydrogels show promise in treating bone defects

.. dentists from the UCLA School of Dentistry have developed a... is shown to induce migration of naturally occurring stem cells... near future the next generation of hydrogel systems could...
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Simple computational models can help predict post-traumatic osteoarthritis

... As the intact joint ligaments offer a precondition for joint stability, ligament injuries are often surgically reconstructed. However, in... causing severe joint pain, lack of mobility and even social.....
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A map of the brain can tell what you re reading about

... same cognitive and emotional parts of the brain are likely... it. advertisement Neuroscientists at the University of California, Berkeley, have created interactive.. can predict where different categories of words...
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Online brain games can extend in-game cognitive youth into old age

A University of California, Irvine led study has found... author Mark Steyvers, a UCI professor of cognitive sciences. We discovered... The findings, published in Proceedings of the National Academy of...
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Biochemists discover new insights into what may go awry in brains of Alzheimer s patients

More than three decades of research on Alzheimer s... who has studied the biochemistry of the brain and Alzheimer... said Steven Clarke, a distinguished professor of chemistry and biochemistry....
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Single protein plays important dual transport roles in the brain

... packaging breakdown can hamstring delivery of cables, switches and connectors... neurons can block the shipment of proteins to developing axons.. Axons are the telephone wires of the nervous system....
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Humans migrated to Mongolia much earlier than previously believed

... Mongolia by an international team of archaeologists indicate that modern... ago, according to a new University of California, Davis, study. The date... said Nicolas Zwyns, an associate professor of...
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Predictability of parent interaction positively influences child s development

... with their parents. The importance of the quality of interaction is emphasised during... particularly sensitive to the effects of the environment. Sufficient predictability of the environment and interaction... The...
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Tweaked CRISPR in neurons gives scientists new power to probe brain diseases

A team of scientists at UC San Francisco and the National Institutes of Health have achieved another... that uses a special version of CRISPR developed at UCSF to systematically...
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Ice sheets impact core elements of the Earth s carbon cycle

.. which cover about 10 percent of our Earth s land... to be frozen wastelands, devoid of life and with supressed chemical weathering irrelevant parts of the carbon cycle....
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Brain molecule identified as key in anxiety model

... nonhuman primates, researchers from the University of California, Davis, and the University of Wisconsin Madison have found. The... connections. advertisement There are millions of people worldwide who suffer... said Andrew...
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In difficult times, having multiple husbands can be an advantage

... clear. Women, as a result of pregnancy and lactation, can... But new research by the University of California, Davis, challenges evolutionary derived sexual... our work together with suggestions of others...
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Compost key to sequestering carbon in the soil

... digging deep, scientists at the University of California, Davis, found that compost... cropland soils, a strategy for offsetting CO2 emissions. advertisement For... conventional, cover cropped and compost added plots of corn tomato...
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Should Patients Use Marijuana Instead Of Opioids For Pain? Doctors Are Skeptical.

... chronic pain, buys a vial of marijuana at Minerva cannabis... using marijuana. “It took care of the pain, ” said Weber, executive director of the Colorado chapter of NORML, a...