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Researchers at the University of São Paulo (USP) in Brazil have developed a novel nanotechnology-based solution for the ...

A new computational method can identify how cause-and-effect relationships ebb and flow over time in dynamic real-life ...

Researchers at the University of Copenhagen have developed a patch for easier and more effective treatment of psoriasis. The ...

I'm a historian of the medieval papacy and editor of the forthcoming three volumes of the Cambridge History of the Papacy. So ...

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