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Service dogs benefit the well-being of their handlers, research shows

A recent study, led by the Purdue University’s College of Veterinary Medicine, shows how service dogs can have measurable positive effects on the health and wellbeing of individuals with physical disabilities.

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Successful launch of rocket from high-altitude balloon makes space more accessible to microsatellites

A startup that plans to use high-altitude balloons to deploy rockets has successfully fired a test launch, moving closer to its goal of helping end the backlog of microsatellites that wait months or longer to “hitch” a ride on larger rockets.

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Refillable’ technology could provide enough energy to drive an electric car up to 3,000 miles

A new type of electric vehicle power using “refillable” technology has taken another giant leap in advancing alternative energy with testing that shows it could provide enough energy to run a car for about 3,000 miles.

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More nutritious, better tasting, non-GMO ‘orange corn’ launches in US markets

Naturally bred orange corn has abundance of antioxidant carotenoids with ‘nutty, buttery flavor’. The corn was developed through a process known as biofortification to naturally increase the amount of provitamin A carotenoids in corn.

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Breathe right: Indoor air pollutants affecting health, well-being of people working, living in enclosed areas

Sensors could lower public health risks from indoor air pollutants

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Building self-tests for the world’s most common infectious diseases – with paper

What if patients could reliably test themselves at home and know results in minutes, after less than a couple weeks of an infection?

A handheld diagnostic tool made out of paper already has that speed and would work not only for HIV, but many other infectious diseases. Using it would be like doing your own pregnancy test.

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Enlarged prostate could actually be stopping tumor growth, simulations show

Computer simulations show for the first time that when a patient has history of an enlarged prostate, tumors in the prostate barely grow at all.

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Cooking chemistry minus heat equals new non-toxic adhesive

A new soy-based adhesive could solve glue’s toxicity problem

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International team of physicists continues search for new physics

Dark matter, which is thought to account for nearly a quarter of matter in the universe (but has yet to be observed), has perplexed physicists for decades. They’re constantly looking for something surprising to show up in experiments – results that deviate from the standard model that defines elementary physics.

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Drug compound could be next-generation treatment for aggressive form of leukemia

About 19,520 news cases are diagnosed a year, and about 10,670 people a year die from acute myeloid leukemia, according to the American Cancer Society.

Purdue University researchers are developing a series of drug compounds that have shown promise in treating such cases.

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