The painful truth
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High-velocity bullets, rocket-propelled grenades, and improvised explosive devices cause tissue damage that is particularly excruciating. The military medical team believes the future of wartime pain control is a new form of anesthesia called a continuous peripheral nerve block, which takes a more targeted approach by switching off only the pain signals coming from the injured limb without affecting patients' vital signs and cortical functions.
Publication Name: Wired
Subject: Sociology and social work
ISSN: 1059-1028
Year: 2005
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The bacteria whisperer: Bonnie Bassler discovered a secret about microbes that the science world has missed for centuries. The bugs are talking to each other. And plotting against us.
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Bonnie Bassler, an associate professor of molecular biology at Princeton, has studied the phenomenon of bacterial communication. Her research suggests that networked interactions are a characteristic feature of microbial life. ?
Publication Name: Wired
Subject: Sociology and social work
ISSN: 1059-1028
Year: 2003
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The outsider
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Steps taken by movie director Darren Aronofsky to create his science fiction movie, The Fountain, are described. Achievements of Darren Aronofsky as a film maker are discussed, along with his films. .
Publication Name: Wired
Subject: Sociology and social work
ISSN: 1059-1028
Year: 2006
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