Medical News Today: Why is my eyelash growing in the wrong direction?
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Instead of becoming trapped under the skin, an ingrown eyelash may grow in the wrong direction, toward the eye. This is called trichiasis, and...
Instead of becoming trapped under the skin, an ingrown eyelash may grow in the wrong direction, toward the eye. This is called trichiasis, and it can cause irritation, pain, and damage to the cornea. Injury, inflammation, or certain conditions may...
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Bridenstine Confirmed to Lead NASA
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The U.S. Senate voted to confirm Jim Bridenstine as NASA's 13th administrator on April 19, 2018. Once sworn in, he will oversee the agency's ongoing mission...
The U.S. Senate voted to confirm Jim Bridenstine as NASA's 13th administrator on April 19, 2018. Once sworn in, he will oversee the agency's ongoing mission of exploration and discovery. "It is an honor to be confirmed by the United...
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New Research Seeks to Optimize Space Travel Efficiency
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Sending a human into space and doing it efficiently presents a galaxy of challenges. Koki Ho, University of Illinois assistant...
Sending a human into space and doing it efficiently presents a galaxy of challenges. Koki Ho, University of Illinois assistant professor in the Department of Aerospace Engineering, and his graduate students, Hao Chen and Bindu Jagannatha, explored ways to integrate...
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Robot designed for faster, safer uranium plant pipe cleanup
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Ohio crews cleaning up a massive former Cold War-era uranium enrichment plant in Ohio plan this summer to deploy a high-tech helper: an autonomous, radiation-measuring robot that will roll through...
Ohio crews cleaning up a massive former Cold War-era uranium enrichment plant in Ohio plan this summer to deploy a high-tech helper: an autonomous, radiation-measuring robot that will roll through miles of large overhead pipes to spot potentially hazardous residual...
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SwRI’s Martian Moons Model Indicates Formation Following Large Impact
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Southwest Research Institute scientists posit a violent birth of the tiny Martian moons Phobos and Deimos, but on...
Southwest Research Institute scientists posit a violent birth of the tiny Martian moons Phobos and Deimos, but on a much smaller scale than the giant impact thought to have resulted in the Earth-Moon system. Their work shows that an impact...
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What's in a name? Researchers track PTSD's many identities during war
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Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) has been associated with military activities for as long as wars have been fought -- but this disorder was only named in...
Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) has been associated with military activities for as long as wars have been fought -- but this disorder was only named in the 1980s. A new article documents a different kind of war -- a war...
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Big Bang, Big Claim: Why This Bold Idea Is Right
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At 13.8 billion years ago, our entire observable universe was the size of a peach and had a temperature of over a trillion degrees.
At 13.8 billion years ago, our entire observable universe was the size of a peach and had a temperature of over a trillion degrees.
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Medical News Today: What does it mean if your RDW is high?
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A red cell distribution width (RDW) blood test can help detect the presence of anemia, along with what could be causing it. The test...
A red cell distribution width (RDW) blood test can help detect the presence of anemia, along with what could be causing it. The test identifies the size difference between the biggest and smallest red blood cells in a sample. In...
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Animal study connects fear behavior, rhythmic breathing, brain smell center
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There's increasing physiological evidence connecting breathing patterns with the brain regions that control mood and emotion. Now researchers have added neurons associated with the olfactory system to the...
There's increasing physiological evidence connecting breathing patterns with the brain regions that control mood and emotion. Now researchers have added neurons associated with the olfactory system to the connection between behavior and breathing. Connecting patterns in these interactions may help...
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Fat cells seem to remember unhealthy diet
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Fat cells can be damaged in a short amount of time when they are exposed to the fatty acid palmitate or the hormone TNF-alpha through a fatty diet, a new study shows. The researchers...
Fat cells can be damaged in a short amount of time when they are exposed to the fatty acid palmitate or the hormone TNF-alpha through a fatty diet, a new study shows. The researchers hope this new knowledge may be...
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Tiny microenvironments in the ocean hold clues to global nitrogen cycle
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A new study shows that nitrogen-feeding organisms exist all over the deep ocean, and not just in large oxygen-depleted 'dead zones,' changing the way we think...
A new study shows that nitrogen-feeding organisms exist all over the deep ocean, and not just in large oxygen-depleted 'dead zones,' changing the way we think about the delicate nitrogen cycle.
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Researchers Find New Way of Exploring the Afterglow from the Big Bang
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Researchers have developed a new way to improve our knowledge of the Big Bang by measuring radiation from its afterglow, called the cosmic microwave...
Researchers have developed a new way to improve our knowledge of the Big Bang by measuring radiation from its afterglow, called the cosmic microwave background radiation. The new results predict the maximum bandwidth of the universe, which is the maximum...
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Research May Help Astronauts Keep Cool on Their Way to Mars
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An innovative new method to cool spacecraft on long missions, technology that may one...
An innovative new method to cool spacecraft on long missions, technology that may one day play a crucial role in NASA’s quest to send astronauts to Mars and other deep-space destinations, has proven successful in a long-term experiment aboard the...
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Watch the Sky Fall Before the World 'Ends' on Monday
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A stunning meteor shower — and the end of the world — are both expected to show up over the weekend.
A stunning meteor shower — and the end of the world — are both expected to show up over the weekend.
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Famed Doctor Hans Asperger Helped with Nazi Child Euthanasia, Notes Reveal
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Hans Asperger, a pioneer in autism research whose name is used to describe high-functioning people with the disorder, had a previously unknown dark past that included...
Hans Asperger, a pioneer in autism research whose name is used to describe high-functioning people with the disorder, had a previously unknown dark past that included sending children with disabilities to a Nazi regime "euthanasia" program.
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Medical News Today: What causes blood in sputum?
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Seeing blood in sputum or mucus can be worrying, but it is usually not a cause for concern. If a person is young or generally healthy, these traces of blood are often...
Seeing blood in sputum or mucus can be worrying, but it is usually not a cause for concern. If a person is young or generally healthy, these traces of blood are often caused by a mild infection or bronchitis. In...
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After Facebook scrutiny, is Google next?
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Facebook has taken the lion's share of scrutiny from Congress and the media for its data-handling practices that allow savvy marketers and political agents to target specific audiences, but it's far from alone.
Facebook has taken the lion's share of scrutiny from Congress and the media for its data-handling practices that allow savvy marketers and political agents to target specific audiences, but it's far from alone.
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Path to a new era of microelectronics
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A new microchip technology capable of optically transferring data could solve a severe bottleneck in current devices by speeding data transfer and reducing energy consumption by orders of magnitude, according to a new article.
A new microchip technology capable of optically transferring data could solve a severe bottleneck in current devices by speeding data transfer and reducing energy consumption by orders of magnitude, according to a new article.
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