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Simply identifying the compound has been a challenge and breakthrough. Julian Fairey, an associate professor of civil engineering at the University of Arkansas, was the first co-author on the paper ...
The pathogen C. diff -- the most common cause of health care-associated infectious diarrhea -- can use a compound that kills the human gut's resident microbes to survive and grow, giving it a ...
A three-year world-first study by Australia's Heart Research Institute (HRI) has found that a common cruciferous vegetable eaten by millions of Australians every day could prevent and treat one of the ...
His work helped break down the chemical structures of THC, the psychoactive compound in marijuana, to figure out how cannabis makes users high. By Alex Williams Raphael Mechoulam, a pioneering Israeli ...
The Wright Aeronautical Corp. described this week its “Turbo-Cyclone 18 Compound Engine,” designed for the utmost fuel economy. It has a conventional piston engine in front and three small turbines ...