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Some people have described a bizarre side effect after using marijuana: uncontrollable vomiting. It’s sometimes called “scromiting”—a mash-up of screaming (from intense pain) and vomiting. The medical term is cannabis hyperemesis syndrome, a…

A new dry electrode design developed by researchers at the University of Chicago could make lithium-ion batteries cheaper, cleaner and more powerful at the same time.
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