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An experimental pharmaceutical might one day circumvent the body's cold-defense mechanisms to protect tissue following stroke, heart attack and problems at birth
Certain kinds of physical and emotional pain share a neural pathway that responds to acetaminophen
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration prepares to weigh the safety and efficacy of new flab fighters
Hailed as a potential alternative to embryonic stem cells, induced pluripotent stem cells (iPS cells) raise their own ethical dilemmas
Impact-delivered graphite discovered in Apollo moon rock
To unify the four forces of nature, physicists are turning to Lie groups, an approach famously resurrected in 2007 by a surfer-dude theorist
Several headline-grabbing accidents have shone light on chronically poor safety records
As the electric car market expands, Sandia National Laboratories' battery-abuse testing facility gets a workout
New concerns about customer reviews on Web sites
Proton-pump inhibitors such as Nexium, Prevacid and Protonix treat acid reflux, but their use as a preventative to bleeding can lead to problems
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