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Alexandra Hardesty


Concussion questions leave heads reeling

Medical School researchers are partnering with faculty in the Education School to use cutting-edge technology to study the impact of head injuries and concussions in 130 male and female high school and college athletes. Though most studies of concussions in athletes follow just male football players, for example, this study will follow athletes from football, men’s and women’s lacrosse, and men’s and women’s soccer at the University and St.

Does gold really grow on trees?

Research by scientists from the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation recently revealed the discovery of trace amounts of gold in the leaves of eucalyptus trees in western Australia, a phenomenon that could possibly lead to the discovery of gold deposits close by.

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