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Arthritis, autoimmune disease discovery could lead to new treatments

More than 23.5 million Americans suffer from autoimmune diseases like rheumatoid arthritis, scleroderma and lupus, in which an overzealous immune response leads to pain, inflammation, skin disorders...

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Scientists propose method to improve microgrid stability and reliability

The power it takes to bring a Boeing 747 from a resting state on the airport tarmac to speeding across the sky is enormous. The jet can continue in its active state for as long as its fuel lasts. A...

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EU 'deeply regrets' US Paris climate pact withdrawal

The European Union on Monday blasted US President Donald Trump for pulling out of the Paris climate change pact and said Brussels would continue to lead efforts to prevent global warming.

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EU warns of 'united response' to cyberattacks

The European Union warned Monday that a cyberattack on any one member state could merit a response by all members of the bloc, amid growing fears of hackers holding governments to ransom.

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Why US communities should be designing parks for older adults

As America grays, healthy aging becomes essential. Physical activity or exercise is an important piece of this. Getting regular exercise of just 150 minutes of moderate physical activity per week has...

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Researchers use TACC supercomputers to create first all-atom simulation of...

One of the most talked about biological breakthroughs in the past decade was the discovery of the genome editing tool CRISPR/Cas9, which can alter DNA and potentially remove the root causes of many...

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Oklahoma warns of more quakes from energy drilling

Oklahoma regulators said Tuesday that the number of induced earthquakes could increase as oil and gas production expands in a broad area of the state, and they're telling energy companies that they...

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Sensors to measure 'fan quakes' at Michigan-Ohio State game

Ohio Stadium is sure to be rocking on Saturday when Ohio State and Michigan take the football field, and geologists will find out just how much through the use of seismographs.

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Hurricane risk to northeast USA coast increasing, research warns

The Northeastern coast of the USA could be struck by more frequent and more powerful hurricanes in the future due to shifting weather patterns, according to new research.

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Report: Wildlife populations halved on average since '70s

Global wildlife populations have fallen an average of 58 percent from 1970 levels, with human activity reducing the numbers of elephants in Tanzania, maned wolves in Brazil, salamanders in the United...

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Czechs arrest Russian hacker sought by United States (Update)

Czech police have arrested a Russian hacker suspected of cyberattacks in the United States, officials said on Wednesday.

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Center of U.S. tornado activity shifting east and south, possibly due to...

A Purdue University research team has found that the center of tornado activity in the United States has shifted in recent decades, and this shift is possibly influenced by climate change.

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1 minus 1 does not always equal 0 in chemistry

In the world of chemistry, one minus one almost always equals zero.

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Induced earthquakes come under closer scrutiny at SSA Annual Meeting

On March 28, the U.S. Geological Survey issued a one-year seismic forecast for the United States that for the first time includes ground-shaking hazards from both natural and human-induced earthquakes....

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One professor's fight to help the children of incarcerated parents

When I was ten years old my father, a lawyer, was incarcerated. He was what some people call a "white collar criminal" and spent two years in prison. Because I come from a loving family and because my...

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Today's disposable society: Pharmaceuticals and other contaminants of...

An increasing amount of drugs taken by humans and animals make it into our streams and waterways, and pharmaceutical pollution has had catastrophic ecosystem consequences despite low levels of...

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Techniques show the location and chemical structure of catalysts during...

Scientists working to design more robust and efficient catalysts have achieved a world first with the help of powerful imaging techniques at Diamond Light Source, the UK's synchrotron science facility....

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Earth-directed CME lights the skies

Earth experienced a geomagnetic storm on June 22, 2015 due to the arrival of an Earth-directed coronal mass ejection, or CME, from June 20.

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Tropical disturbance in the North Atlantic likely to develop

Although the non-tropical low pressure system in the North Atlantic has moved little during the past several hours it has become better defined with increasing organization of the associated...

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Researchers achieve enzyme-catalyzed Diels-Alder reaction

A computational study carried out at Zelinsky Institute of Organic Chemistry of the Russian Academy of Sciences (Moscow) focused on the mechanistic pathway of the SpnF-catalyzed cycloaddition reaction...

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