Be more patient? Imagine that
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Jumping droplets extinguish unpredictable hotspots in electronics
Credit: Illustration by Craig Fennel, eGrafx, and Chuan-Hua Chen. Duke University. WASHINGTON, D.C., April 4, 2017 -- The performance of electronic devices is constrained by...
Be more patient? Imagine that.
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, BERKELEY'S HAAS SCHOOL OF BUSINESS--How often do you act impulsively without considering the consequences? What if you could learn how to be...
Studying the brain’s suspension system in TBIs
Credit: Washington University in St. Louis Traumatic brain injury, or TBI, can be devastating and debilitating. Despite intense interest and years of study, the exact...
Drugs widely used in cancer therapy increase toxicity of chemotherapy in mice
Credit: John Skalicky A short-term fast appears to counteract increases in blood sugar caused by common cancer drugs and protect healthy cells in mice from...
Ultrasound and microbubbles flag malignant cancer in humans, Stanford-led study finds
A team led by researchers from the Stanford University School of Medicine has demonstrated a way to diagnose cancer without resorting to surgery, raising the...
To e-, or not to e-, the question for the exotic ‘Si-III’ phase of silicon
Credit: Illustration is courtesy of Tim Strobel. Washington, DC--It would be difficult to overestimate the importance of silicon when it comes to computing, solar energy,...
Breaking the protein-DNA bond
The verdict is in: too many single, flirty proteins can break up a strong relationship. A new interdisciplinary Northwestern University study reports that the important...
New drug delivery system shows promise for fighting solid tumors
PORTLAND, Ore. - A new cancer-drug delivery system shows the ability to exploit the oxygen-poor areas of solid tumors that make the growths resistant to...
Airbnb fans and critics both correct in home-sharing debate, says study
Credit: Mathias Lecuyer Most Airbnb hosts in Manhattan make less than $10,000 a year, but hosts who rent out their homes for more than 90...
Method may help myeloma patients avoid painful biopsies
Multiple myeloma is a cancer of the plasma cells, which are white blood cells produced in bone marrow that churn out antibodies to help fight...
Supercomputers reveal how cell membranes keep cancer-causing proteins turned off
Two biophysicists from Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine have used supercomputers to show how cell membranes control the shape, and consequently the function,...
Scientists engineer sugarcane to produce biodiesel, more sugar for ethanol
Credit: Kathryn Faith/University of Illinois A multi-institutional team led by the University of Illinois have proven sugarcane can be genetically engineered to produce oil in...
Melting snow contains a toxic cocktail of pollutants
With spring finally here and warmer temperatures just around the corner, snow will slowly melt away, releasing us from the clutches of winter. However, that's...
Two new mechanisms for herbicide resistance found in Palmer amaranth
Credit: Patrick Tranel URBANA, Ill. - Palmer amaranth is a nightmare of a weed, causing yield losses up to 80 percent in severely infested soybean...
