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Engineers shrink microscope to dime-sized device
Credit: University of Texas at Dallas Researchers at The University of Texas at Dallas have created an atomic force microscope...
NASA sees Tropical Cyclone Dineo at Mozambique coast
Credit: Credits: NASA/JAXA, Hal Pierce When NASA's Aqua satellite passed over Tropical Cyclone Dineo in the Mozambique Channel on Feb....
Bioinvasion on the rise
"It had remained unclear whether or not the accumulation of alien species has already reached a point of slow-down", says...
Laissez-faire is not good enough for reforestation
Credit: ETH Zurich / Sascha Ismail In order to restore tropical rainforests, it is not enough to simply set up...
Regional chemotherapy technique for extremity sarcoma salvages limbs from amputation
CHICAGO (February 15, 2017): Patients with a type of advanced malignant cancer of the arms or legs have typically faced...
Society may not be meeting patients’ drug needs for rare diseases
Credit: UMass Amherst AMHERST, Mass. - A new analysis by health policy researchers at the University of Massachusetts Amherst who...
An impact on implants
Credit: Swanson School of Engineering PITTSBURGH, PA (February 15, 2017) ... The National Institutes of Health have awarded Bryan Brown,...
New report examines role of engineering technology, calls for increased awareness
WASHINGTON - While workers in the engineering technology (ET) field play an important role in supporting U.S. technical infrastructure and...
New synchrotron powder diffraction facility for long running experiments
Credit: Claire A. Murray et al Synchrotron beamlines and their instruments are built to harness the photon beam power of...
Springer Healthcare launches Medicine Matters, a new medical education website
Credit: Medicine Matters Heidelberg | London, 15 February 2017 Springer Healthcare launches Medicine Matters, a new medical education website. The...
Scalp cooling can help some breast cancer patients retain hair
Scalp cooling can lessen some chemotherapy-induced hair loss - one of the most devastating hallmarks of cancer - in certain...
Intergalactic unions more devastating than we thought
Credit: Image courtesy of NASA/CXC/U. Michigan/J. Miller et al.; Illustration: NASA/CXC/M. Weiss Scientists from MIPT, the University of Oxford, and...
Bursting pods
Plants are capable of producing powerful movement that is initiated at the molecular level. This fast motion is often supported...
A new spin on electronics
Credit: Christoph Hohmann / Nanosystems Initiative Munich Modern computer technology is based on the transport of electric charge in semiconductors....
Illuminating the contacts
Credit: Mechanobiology Institute, Singapore National University of Singapore The development of super resolution microscopy has revolutionised how scientists view and...
Squishy supercapacitors bathed in green tea could power wearable electronics
Wearable electronics are here -- the most prominent versions are sold in the form of watches or sports bands. But...
How depression can muddle thinking
Depression is associated with sadness, fatigue and a lack of motivation. But people with depression can also have trouble processing...
What’s holding up CRISPR-based cures
The gene-editing tool called CRISPR that can quickly and cleanly remove specific pieces of DNA has revolutionized biotechnology. Many researchers...
Making sodium-ion batteries that last
Lithium-ion batteries have become essential in everyday technology. But these power sources can explode under certain circumstances and are not...
Metal-organic frameworks used as looms
Credit: Image: KIT Researchers of Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) have made major progress in the production of two-dimensional polymer-based...
