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• Ancient mummies reveal atherosclerosis is very likely just a part of aging

  In anthropology, paleontology, Research Topics / 9 April 2013 / 1 comment

  

  Cheeseburgers. Ice cream. French fries. These are a few of the culprits, doctors warn us, responsible for atherosclerosis, a disease commonly known as hardening of the arteries. Fatty materials from richly processed modern foods accumulate...

   

• Siemens donates SOMATOM Emotion 6 CT scanner to National Museum of Natural History

  In anthropology, conservation biology, materials science, New Acquisitions / 27 October 2011 / 1 comment

  

  With the gift of a Siemens SOMATOM Emotion 6 CT scanner from Siemens Healthcare, Smithsonian researchers are acquiring information about museum objects that is fundamentally changing the way scientists examine specimens