Tag: Scientific Reports
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Science & Tech
The cataclysm that killed the dinosaurs
New theory explains origin of comet that killed the dinosaurs
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Science & Tech
When a bird brain tops Harvard students on a test
African grey parrot Griffin shows off his brain power, making students doubt their own.
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Health
Controversy over e-cigarette flavorings heats up
A new study finds two chemicals commonly used to flavor e-cigarettes may be damaging cilia production and function in the human airway.
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Health
‘Alzheimer’s in a dish’ model provides some answers
A Harvard research team has now produced a system that includes neuroinflammation, the key biological response that leads to the death of brain cells and later produces cognitive impairment, which can result in dementia.
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Health
Auditory cortex nearly identical in hearing and deaf people
The neural architecture in the auditory cortex — the part of the brain that processes sound — of profoundly deaf and hearing people is virtually identical, a new study has found. The study could point the way toward potential new avenues for treating deafness.