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nervous system

[nur-vuhs sis-tuhm] / ˈnɜr vəs ˌsɪs təm /


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In work published online in ACS Chemical Neuroscience on July 03, 2025, researchers from Shibaura Institute of Technology in Japan created vitamin K analogues designed to be more active in the nervous system.

From Science Daily • May 27, 2026

Scientists also identified similarities between feline and human cancers affecting the blood, bones, lungs, skin, gastrointestinal tract, and central nervous system.

From Science Daily • May 24, 2026

Music has a direct impact on the nervous system.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 29, 2026

Following the rise of commercial web browsers in the 1990s, the internet erased the constraints of geography and became the central nervous system of the global economy.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 24, 2026

By the time we reach her room, the silence feels rabid, like any second it'll attack and fry my central nervous system and I won’t be able to speak.

From "Odd One Out" by Nic Stone



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