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NTU, JTC and SMRT to develop integrated transport solutions with joint research lab
Credit: NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY SINGAPORE Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore), JTC and SMRT Services Pte Ltd (SMRT) have joined...
Technology puts ‘touch’ into long-distance relationships
Credit: SFU Long-distance couples can share a walk, watch movies together, and even give each other a massage, using new...
Children of patients with C9orf72 mutations: Greater risk of frontotemporal dementia/ALS
The most common genetic cause of the brain diseases frontotemporal dementia (FTD) and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a mutation...
Biological experiments become transparent — anywhere, any time
Biological experiments are generating increasingly large and complex sets of data. This has made it difficult to reproduce experiments at...
A better way to swallow
Credit: Swanson School of Engineering/John Altdorfer PITTSBURGH (February 14, 2017) ... Dysphagia, or swallowing disorders, affects nearly one in 25...
Just press print: New study shows how 3-D printing at home saves big bucks
Credit: Michigan Tech, Sarah Bird Interested in making an investment that promises a 100 percent return on your money, and...
Graphene foam gets big and tough
Credit: Tour Group/Rice University A chunk of conductive graphene foam reinforced by carbon nanotubes can support more than 3,000 times...
Two PNNL researchers elected to membership in the National Academy of Engineering
Credit: PNNL RICHLAND, Wash. - Two researchers at the Department of Energy's Pacific Northwest National Laboratory have been elected to...
Ventura fault could cause stronger shaking, new research finds
Credit: Gareth J. Funning and Scott T. Marshall. RIVERSIDE, Calif. -- A new study by a team of researchers, including...
A nanofiber matrix for healing
Credit: Kyoto University iCeMS A new nanofiber-on-microfiber matrix could help produce more and better quality stem cells for disease treatment...
Learning how to fine-tune nanofabrication
Credit: Kyoto University iCeMS Daniel Packwood, Junior Associate Professor at Kyoto University's Institute for Integrated Cell-Material Sciences (iCeMS), is improving...
Radiation therapy continues to be gold standard to palliate painful bone metastases
ARLINGTON, Va., February 14, 2017 -- The American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) recently published an updated clinical guideline that...
Measuring entropy: Scanning-tunneling microscope gives glimpse of the mysterious property
Credit: J.C. Gehrig, EMPA New research shows that a scanning-tunneling microscope (STM), used to study changes in the shape of...
Do children inherit drug protection from parents exposed to nicotine or drugs?
WORCESTER, MA - A father's nicotine use may have a significant impact on children's risk of some diseases. In a...
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