A special education teacher in the Glendale, Arizona’s Peoria Unified School District has recovered from a necrotizing fasciitis, better known as flesh-eating bacteria.
Dr. Kevin Foster, director of the Burn Center at Maricopa Integrated Health System, used an experimental skin spray called ReCell to improve the healing and reconstruction of the woman’s large open arm wound.
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Last month, SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy rocket made headlines as the first privately built heavy lift rocket to enter space.
Now, Orbital ATK’s Chandler-based Launch Vehicle Division plans to join them.
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Chandler-Based Orbital ATK Division To Build New Heavy Rocket
A new study suggests official flood risk plans for the San Francisco Bay Area may underestimate inundation due to sea level rise over the next century by nearly 4 to 91 percent.
Other coastal cities could face similar effects, even under best-case scenarios.
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ASU Scientist: Sinking Ground Will Worsen Rising Seas In San Francisco Bay Area
An amateur astronomer from Rosario, Argentina, has accomplished an historic first: capturing the initial moments of a supernova explosion on film.
Although astronomers spot hundreds of supernovas each year, none had previously spied the bright, brief moment when the shock wave first bursts out from the star’s interior — until now.
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Amateur Astronomer Accidentally Photographs Previously Unseen Supernova Event
For stroke survivors, brain injury doesn’t always stop when the stroke has passed. Now, researchers at University of Arizona and Stanford University School of Medicine have moved one step closer to understanding why.
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UA Study: Toxic, Liquefied Tissues Can Damage Brain For Months After Stroke