Topic: Brain stem cells

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How Cellphones Track Malaria in Kenya; Black Glass from Mars

AP

Discovered: There's an app for keeping tabs on the spread of malaria; strange extracts from a Martian meteorite; tomatoes reduce stroke risk; stem cells fight deadly brain condition.

By David Wagner

Aug 9, 2012

Today in Research

Sex-Crazed Bird Has No Time For Sleep; Self-Powering Sewage Treatment

Discovered: Stressed out men prefer bigger women; plumbing the brain's stem cells; the male sandpiper skips sleep in favor of sex; microbes could help sewage treatment power itself. 

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