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At Carnegie Mellon University, researchers are helping cities learn how to make room for too much of a good thing: renewable energy. Zhu and his research colleagues partnered with utility company AES ...

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Teenagers who use social media more frequently may show slightly higher empathy, according to a new meta-analysis by researchers at Georgia State University. The study, a systematic review published ...

Sleeping the right amount each night may help lower diabetes risk, while weekend catch-up sleep could worsen metabolic health for some people.

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