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Study explored the potential of using dust to shield sunlight and found that launching dust from Earth would be most effective but would require astronomical cost and effort, instead launching lunar dust from the moon could be a cheap and effective way to shade the Earth
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Men with prostate cancer who also had relatives affected by the disease – or by other cancers with an inherited element like breast, ovarian or bowel cancer – were up to a fifth less likely to die from prostate cancer or any cause compared with those with no family history of cancer
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Scientists have identified the brain structures responsible for compulsive drug-seeking behaviours due to repeated use of cocaine by identificating the structures involved and neural pathways activated with repeated exposure to the drug
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The discovery of an 80-million-year-old fossil plant in California pushes back the known origins of lamiids to the Cretaceous, extending the record of nearly 40,000 species of flowering plants including coffee, tomatoes, potatoes and mint that survived cataclysm that killed the dinosaurs
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A new biomaterial that can be injected intravenously, reduces inflammation in tissue and promotes cell and tissue repair. The biomaterial was tested and proven effective in treating tissue damage caused by heart attacks in both rodent and large animal models
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Paper: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666386423000280