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Hundred-year-old dirt may be able to help restore damaged desert

Posted on December 2, 2021June 24, 2025 by Sciworthy

Scientists hope to restore biocrusts by transplanting healthy salvaged biocrusts to damaged areas. This method was found to successfully…

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    Scientists use bacteria to remove uranium from polluted water

    Posted on November 29, 2021October 24, 2022 by Sciworthy

    Scientists discover a bacterial species that could potentially clean up uranium contamination in the environment following mining activity…

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      Artificial intelligence can learn to play a complex war game

      Posted on November 25, 2021October 24, 2022 by Sciworthy

      A team of scientists recently learned that "reinforcement learning" can be used to play a very complex war game.

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        Can a computer learn to play Settlers of Catan?

        Posted on November 22, 2021December 28, 2023 by Sciworthy

        At a glance, board games may seem to have no connection to artificial intelligence (AI). However, board games are quite useful when studying…

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          Scientists analyze the domino effect of breast cancer escalation

          Posted on June 10, 2021June 24, 2025 by Sciworthy

          Research conducted in China has made way for potential treatment options for treating breast cancer metastasis in lymph nodes.

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            Shrinking ovarian tumors with personalized medicine

            Posted on June 7, 2021October 24, 2022 by Sciworthy

            In a recent study, a group of scientists from the UK evaluated whether a combination of several proteins and a cancer drug that interferes…

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              A personalized vaccine to treat ovarian cancer

              Posted on June 3, 2021June 25, 2025 by Sciworthy

              An exciting recent clinical trial developed a personalized vaccination as a safe and effective approach in ovarian cancer treatment.

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                Why do some breast cancer cells survive treatment?

                Posted on May 31, 2021October 24, 2022 by Sciworthy

                For tumor cells that survive treatment, one of their tricks is using microRNA molecules to communicate with one another and stay alive.

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                  New research finds negative effects of chemotherapy on kids

                  Posted on May 27, 2021October 24, 2022 by Sciworthy

                  Behavior scales and MRI scans are used to connect possible psychosocial effects on pediatric cancer patients post chemotherapy.

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                    Seizures may exacerbate brain tumor growth

                    Posted on May 25, 2021June 24, 2025 by Sciworthy

                    German research team discovers a new connection between brain tumors and epileptic seizures!

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