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The next time you launch your favorite video game, consider this: Video games are more than what you see. What you hear matters a lot, too.
Engineers at New York University have made a discovery that could lead to Star Trek-like biosensor devices capable of flagging the barest presence of a specific virus in blood or sniffing out airborne chemical warfare agents.
Researchers at USC have created a new hybrid nano-probe that could lead to noninvasive detection and treatment of cancer at the level of a single cell.
A genome-wide analysis of more than 5,000 opioid users has revealed a gene variant associated with opioid dependence in European-Americans.
Two Washington University researchers have devised a computational model that helps farmers select the best seeds for a variety of planting conditions.