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A new skin-like computing patch developed at the University of Chicago Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering (UChicago PME ...

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Oronde McClain was 10 years old when a drive-by shooting changed the rest of his life. A bullet struck him in the head. He spent eight weeks in a coma. Surgeons removed one-third of his brain. He had ...

A fast-growing population of hybrid or mutant pigs is spreading through abandoned areas near Japan’s Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant, according to new research studying the aftermath of the 2011 ...

These proteins were not supposed to exist. Yet, there they were. As we started to learn more about them, researchers wondered if we hadn’t stumbled upon new targets for treating diseases like cancer.

Who are the biggest drug users in most developed countries? Adults over age 65. A 2022 systematic review of studies conducted ...

The equations that govern black holes were true before there were black holes. That claim is hotly contested, and cuts through one of the deepest fault lines in the philosophy of mathematics. On one ...

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