Researchers focus on cell membranes to develop Alzheimer’s treatments
ANN ARBOR--Thin parts of the cell membranes of neurons turn out to be particularly vulnerable to a protein that collects in the brain of people...
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Promising results obtained with a new electrocatalyst that reduces the need for platinum
Credit: Aalto University Platinum is a very expensive metal and it is therefore one of the bottlenecks hindering the growth of renewable energy. Platinum is...
Argon is not the ‘dope’ for metallic hydrogen
Credit: Image courtesy of Cheng Ji. Washington, DC--Hydrogen is both the simplest and the most-abundant element in the universe, so studying it can teach scientists...
Connected dolls and tell-tale teddy bears: Why we need to manage the Internet of Toys
Action is needed to monitor and control the emerging Internet of Toys, concludes a new report by the European Commission's Joint Research Centre (JRC). Privacy...
Penn Program in Environmental Humanities’ event explores the idea of an ‘Ecotopian Toolkit’
Prompted in part by the 500th anniversary of Thomas More's Utopia, the "Ecotopian Toolkit" conference at the University of Pennsylvania will celebrate how utopian imaginaries...
Printable device points toward sensor-laden robot skin
In this age of smartphones and tablet computers, touch-sensitive surfaces are everywhere. They're also brittle, as people with cracked phone screens everywhere can attest. Covering...
UVA finds ANOTHER immune system link science said didn’t exist
Credit: Josh Barney | UVA Health System The University of Virginia School of Medicine has again shown that a part of the body thought to...
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