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Two plants that cause neurotoxicity and paralysis in the tiniest doses are also known to counter pain, malaria, cancer and ...

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What happens when one of the world's most influential science channels spends the day exploring one of nature's most extraordinary materials?

Every time a virus invades a person, it collides with thousands of years of human history. A study led by researchers at the ...

Published in Bioengineering, a collaborative study with Taipei Medical University researchers identifies key molecular candidates to help guide ...

VUT invests R5m in revamped science labs By Staff Writer, ITWebJohannesburg, 24 Jul 2026Vaal University of Technology students in one of the newly-revamped specialist teaching labs. (Image: supplied) ...

The American chestnut tree was a dominant and iconic species in many Appalachian forests until it was devastated by an ...

Rosalind Franklin the woman behind DNA's double helix was denied a Nobel Prize.

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