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Reno, Nev. - To better understand the organization of the brain and the perceptual tendencies in humans, a team of ...
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HOBOKEN, N.J.--January 24, 2020-- John Wiley & Sons Inc. (NYSE: JW-A) (NYSE: JW-B), a global leader in research and education, ...
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London, UK: A new study published in the journal Cephalalgia, the official journal of the International Headache Society, shows unprecedented ...
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January 24, 2020 - As we enter a new year and a new decade, many states have enacted legislation affecting ...
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Researchers from the Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience (NIN) used a new technique to show how electrical impulses are traveling with ...
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The impact of the tobacco display ban on young people's attitudes to smoking has been analysed by University of Stirling ...
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STRASBURG, PA- A new study analyzes 30 years of patient data and details the clinical course of 184 individuals with ...
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The World Health Organization on Thursday decided not to declare the Wuhan coronavirus outbreak a global emergency, despite the spread ...
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Washington, DC - January 23, 2020 - Government and academic investigators have developed a vaccine against African swine fever that ...
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