The red, tube-shaped flowers of the firecracker bush (Bouvardia ternifolia), native to Mexico and the American Southwest, attract hummingbirds. The bush also provides the chemical
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A team of researchers working at Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School has found evidence of brush cells in the mouse nose secreting
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Bright light at night interrupts the body’s normal day-night cycles, called circadian rhythms, and can trigger insomnia. In fact, circadian rhythms play a major role
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Specifically programmed materials can, under specific conditions, encourage stem cells to transform into bone cells—as revealed by a German research team under the leadership of
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A key immune signal has a previously unknown role in turning off the immune system’s attack on pancreatic cancer cells, a new study finds. Led
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