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Scientists analyzed the impact of an antimicrobial chewing gum meant to target three microbes associated with head and neck squamous cell carcinoma, HNSCC. The gum is made from lablab beans, which ...

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If you’ve been online lately, you may have seen alarming headlines claiming that “exploding trees” are waking people up across the country. The reports describe a loud bang in the middle of the night, ...

John Seiler was strolling across Virginia Tech’s campus with his students Thursday morning when something stopped them in their tracks: a sweet cherry tree with an unusual jagged scar running along ...

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