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CU Boulder researchers have discovered a protein’s crucial role in helping breast and ovarian tumors survive and thrive and have found that suppres
- Worms exposed to a cannabinoid become even more interested in the kind of food that they’d already prefer, similar to what people call "the munchies."
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- A new study finds that urban light pollution may disrupt the winter dormancy period for mosquitoes that transmit West Nile virus.
- A team from USC is rethinking traditional farming practices by developing computational tools to help farmers design, develop, and manage sustainable farming methods.

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