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New research from the University of Waikato nails down how much light travels from the outside world to babies in the womb, ...

Tucked in the basement of the Mayo Building on the University of Minnesota’s Twin Cities campus sits a detached, beating ...

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In remote conflict zones and disaster-stricken areas, the nearest hospital is often hundreds of miles away. Medical teams ...

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Scientists are starting to understand more about the small heart muscle fibers that Da Vinci showed in his illustrations over ...

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We asked. At the University of Minnesota, researchers keep hearts alive outside the body for hours. Medtronic uses them to develop blockbuster devices. A beating pig heart on Jan. 21, 2025 ...

At the University of Minnesota's heart lab, millions of dollars of tubing and wires and technology work to keep a living ...