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In a breakthrough with promising real-world applications, a team of Rutgers biophysicists, bioengineers, and plant biologists has captured the first live images. In a groundbreaking study, researchers ...

Thanks to a mouse watching clips from “The Matrix,” scientists have created the largest functional map of a brain to date.

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(Mark Cumby/CBC) Newfoundland and Labrador Health Services says everything it buys is under the microscope as it looks for alternatives to U.S. products, but adds it can't come at the cost of ...