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Clinically, the term special needs is used to describe individuals who require additional assistance due to medical, physical, or psychological disabilities. Special needs can also refer to individuals with delayed functional development.
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JAN 27, 2017Plants & Animals
A 22-year-old African spurred tortoise that goes by the name of Bert has been outfitted with a new set of wheels to help ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJAN 18, 2017Videos
The world is strikingly divided on abortion rights, but a lot of people don't really even understand the procedure that ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJAN 16, 2017Space & Astronomy
SpaceX is big on the whole landing rockets thing because they’ve engineered the Falcon 9 rocket to be capable of l ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJAN 13, 2017Cell & Molecular Biology
Polymerase Chain Reaction or PCR is common in research and diagnostic laboratories, performed on specialized PCR machine ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJAN 13, 2017Space & Astronomy
One thing NASA wants to do within just a few more decades it put mankind on Mars. Whether they’re settle there per ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJAN 12, 2017Cell & Molecular Biology
LA JOLLA, CA – January 12, 2017 – Scientists at The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) have discovered a prot ...Written By: The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI)JAN 11, 2017Health & Medicine
With a constantly increasing amount of cardiovascular disease patients, doctors have more and more reasons to use vascul ...Written By: Kara MarkerJAN 08, 2017Plants & Animals
Sleep is defined as a reversible condition of reduced responsiveness usually associated with immobility. The decreased a ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanJAN 03, 2017Neuroscience
New mothers, and some that have been at it awhile will agree that becoming a mother was a life-changing experience. In h ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimJAN 02, 2017Cell & Molecular Biology
The promise of stem cells has come with many challenges. New research from investigators working in collaboration at Nor ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJAN 02, 2017Space & Astronomy
When NASA attempts to de-orbit satellites from the Earth, they typically rely on special rocket systems onboard the sate ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJAN 01, 2017Microbiology
Vaccines are meant to preemptively protect the body from infection, and while it is possible to produce such protective ...Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 31, 2016Cell & Molecular Biology
New sperm have to be continuously made for successful human reproduction. Scientists sought to learn more about the mech ...Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 30, 2016Cell & Molecular Biology
Potassium channels are critical structures in biology; they selectively allow potassium ions to pass through the membran ...Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 20, 2016Space & Astronomy
At some point during their limited lifespan, satellites tend to run out a fuel or require other bits of servicing while ...Written By: Anthony BouchardDEC 17, 2016Microbiology
Sawdust is thought of as a byproduct that isn't useful for much, but scientists at the Department of Energy's PNNL turne ...Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 16, 2016Cell & Molecular Biology
Reporting in Cell, scientists were able to extend the lifespan of mice that carry a genetic mutation that causes prematu ...Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 11, 2016Microbiology
The Human Genome Project to sequence our genome was fully completed by 2003, and it soon became clear that the next hurd ...Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 08, 2016Neuroscience
Patients who suffer from Amyotropic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS-Lou Gehrig’s) experience the loss of most of their musc ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimDEC 06, 2016Neuroscience
There are many studies in neuroscience and child development that warn against the overuse of screens, video games and o ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimDEC 01, 2016Cell & Molecular Biology
As the brain develops, neurons are created from a special type of neural stem call called radial glia. Researchers at Du ...Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 30, 2016Microbiology
Leprosy. We’ve all heard of it, but do you really know what causes it? What does the word make you think of ...Written By: Kerry EvansNOV 28, 2016Videos
The Moon has always been thought to lack an atmosphere, but the most recent scientific understanding is that the Moon re ...Written By: Anthony BouchardNOV 24, 2016Microbiology
New work in Applied and Environmental Microbiology investigated the amount of bacterial growth on whole lettuce leaves a ...Written By: Carmen Leitch
JAN 27, 2017
Plants & Animals
A 22-year-old African spurred tortoise that goes by the name of Bert has been outfitted with a new set of wheels to help
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JAN 18, 2017
Videos
The world is strikingly divided on abortion rights, but a lot of people don't really even understand the procedure that
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JAN 16, 2017
Space & Astronomy
SpaceX is big on the whole landing rockets thing because they’ve engineered the Falcon 9 rocket to be capable of l
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JAN 13, 2017
Cell & Molecular Biology
Polymerase Chain Reaction or PCR is common in research and diagnostic laboratories, performed on specialized PCR machine
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 13, 2017
Space & Astronomy
One thing NASA wants to do within just a few more decades it put mankind on Mars. Whether they’re settle there per
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JAN 12, 2017
Cell & Molecular Biology
LA JOLLA, CA – January 12, 2017 – Scientists at The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) have discovered a prot
...
Written By:
The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI)
JAN 11, 2017
Health & Medicine
With a constantly increasing amount of cardiovascular disease patients, doctors have more and more reasons to use vascul
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JAN 08, 2017
Plants & Animals
Sleep is defined as a reversible condition of reduced responsiveness usually associated with immobility. The decreased a
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
JAN 03, 2017
Neuroscience
New mothers, and some that have been at it awhile will agree that becoming a mother was a life-changing experience. In h
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
JAN 02, 2017
Cell & Molecular Biology
The promise of stem cells has come with many challenges. New research from investigators working in collaboration at Nor
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 02, 2017
Space & Astronomy
When NASA attempts to de-orbit satellites from the Earth, they typically rely on special rocket systems onboard the sate
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JAN 01, 2017
Microbiology
Vaccines are meant to preemptively protect the body from infection, and while it is possible to produce such protective
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 31, 2016
Cell & Molecular Biology
New sperm have to be continuously made for successful human reproduction. Scientists sought to learn more about the mech
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 30, 2016
Cell & Molecular Biology
Potassium channels are critical structures in biology; they selectively allow potassium ions to pass through the membran
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 20, 2016
Space & Astronomy
At some point during their limited lifespan, satellites tend to run out a fuel or require other bits of servicing while
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
DEC 17, 2016
Microbiology
Sawdust is thought of as a byproduct that isn't useful for much, but scientists at the Department of Energy's PNNL turne
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 16, 2016
Cell & Molecular Biology
Reporting in Cell, scientists were able to extend the lifespan of mice that carry a genetic mutation that causes prematu
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 11, 2016
Microbiology
The Human Genome Project to sequence our genome was fully completed by 2003, and it soon became clear that the next hurd
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 08, 2016
Neuroscience
Patients who suffer from Amyotropic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS-Lou Gehrig’s) experience the loss of most of their musc
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
DEC 06, 2016
Neuroscience
There are many studies in neuroscience and child development that warn against the overuse of screens, video games and o
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
DEC 01, 2016
Cell & Molecular Biology
As the brain develops, neurons are created from a special type of neural stem call called radial glia. Researchers at Du
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 30, 2016
Microbiology
Leprosy. We’ve all heard of it, but do you really know what causes it? What does the word make you think of
...
Written By:
Kerry Evans
NOV 28, 2016
Videos
The Moon has always been thought to lack an atmosphere, but the most recent scientific understanding is that the Moon re
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
NOV 24, 2016
Microbiology
New work in Applied and Environmental Microbiology investigated the amount of bacterial growth on whole lettuce leaves a
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch