Noteworthy Web Articles: August 2013
Wellness News You Can Use -- Right Now!
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- Cocaine 'rapidly changes the brain'
- Test of famous faces 'helps to spot early dementia"
- Learning a New Language Alters Brain Development
- School-age Drinking Increases Breast Cancer Risk
- Neuroscientists Find a Key to Reducing Forgetting—It’s about the Network
- Weight Gain After Smoking Cessation Linked to Gut Bacteria
- J&J Tries New Cap to Curb Fatal Tylenol Overdoses
- Baby Study Spurs Ethics Debate Over Research Risks
- When Writing Antibiotic Prescriptions, Doctors Favor Strongest Drugs
- Watermelon Juice Aids Sore Muscles
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- New Evidence that Cancer Cells Change While Moving throughout Body
- Ducks were bird flu 'melting pot'
- Deep microbes live long and slow
- Researcher controls colleague’s motions in 1st human brain-to-brain interface
- Microneedle patch could replace standard tuberculosis skin test
- Pollutant-eating bacteria not so rare
- Scars in cancer cell DNA are ‘smoking gun’ of disease development
- Scientists at Genome Institute of Singapore discover gene that controls the birth of neurons
- NASA Tests Limits of 3-D Printing with Powerful Rocket Engine Check
- Bullied mice overcome anxiety after light treatment
- Wave of blue fluorescence reveals pathway of death in worms
- Knockout mouse resource reveals genes and pathways linked to human disease
- ORNL research reveals new challenges for mercury cleanup
- Researchers Dismantle Bacteria's War Machinery
- New coating turns ordinary glass into superglass
- A worm's-eye view of immunity
- Seasonal carbon dioxide range expanding as more is added to Earth's atmosphere
- Pass the salt: Common condiment could enable new high-tech industry
- Synthetic polymers enable cheap, efficient, durable alkaline fuel cells
- Disorder creates rust protection
- New analysis shows how proteins shift into working mode
- Mouth bacteria may trigger bowel cancer
- Milestone study probes cancer origin
- Stanford scientists sequence genome of human's closest invertebrate relative
- Microbial team turns corn stalks and leaves into better biofuel
- ORNL team receives $2 million to study use of microbial electrolysis in biorefineries
- Immune system boost 'fights cancer'
- Rice U. biophysicists zoom in on pore-forming toxin
- Fly study finds two new drivers of RNA editing
- Top robotic helicopter team sets sights on impossible mission
- In with antennas, out with cables