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Materials Sciences

Smart materials: Fused liquid marbles show their strength

‘Liquid marbles’ are a peculiar new substance made by rolling water droplets into powders incapable of dissolving in water. The resulting micro- and…

Information Technology

Turning unused TV frequencies into wireless broadband

Every day in Singapore, millions of mobile devices connect to the web wirelessly. The rapid growth of data traffic is putting a strain on current network…

Power and Electrical Engineering

Figuring Out Flow Dynamics

Turbulence is all around us—in the patterns that natural gas makes as it swirls through a transcontinental pipeline or in the drag that occurs as a plane soars…

Medical Engineering

New 3-D Colonoscopy Technology Enhances Lesion Detection

MIT researchers have developed a new endoscopy technology that could make it easier for doctors to detect precancerous lesions in the colon. Early detection of…

Life & Chemistry

Chanel, UCSB's corpse flower, blooms and causes a big stink

Other visitors said Chanel smelled like “French cheese” or “a dead rat in a wall.” Alex Feldwinn, a computer technician in the Life Science Computing Group at…

Health & Medicine

Long-Term Benefits of Rituximab for Severe Vasculitis

Administering the drug rituximab once weekly for one month provides the same benefits as 18 months of daily immunosuppressive therapy in people with severe…

Physics & Astronomy

New Explorer Mission Chooses the ‘Just-Right’ Orbit

And as a result of this never-before-used orbit — advanced and fine-tuned by NASA engineers and other members of the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite…

Earth Sciences

NASA Detects Hot Towers in Intensifying Tropical Storm Gil

NASA's TRMM satellite saw “hot towers” in the storm's center early on July 31, that indicated it would likely strengthen, and it became Tropical Storm Gil…

Earth Sciences

Satellite Captures Rapid Dissipation of Tropical Depression Flossie

NOAA's Central Pacific Hurricane Center issued the final advisory on the remnants of Tropical Depression Flossie on July 30 at 1500 UTC/11 a.m. EDT. At that…

Physics & Astronomy

An interesting feature of the α-preformation probability was identified by Chinese researchers

Recently, this crucial α-preformation probability was empirically deduced and exhibits a new feature that had been inferred to some extent by Professor REN…

Health & Medicine

New Insights on Deadly Insect Sting Allergies: Finding a Cure

If you think summer insects are done setting their sights on ruining your outdoor gathering, think again. August's hot and dry climate is the perfect breeding…

Health & Medicine

New Insights in Bladder Cancer Research Show Promise

Some people develop invasive bladder cancer, which is where the cancer has grown through the muscle layer of the bladder. When this occurs, there is a higher…

Life & Chemistry

Scientists discover a molecular 'switch' in cancers of the testis and ovary

Cambridge scientists have identified an 'on/off' switch in a type of cancer which typically occurs in the testes and ovaries called 'malignant germ cell…

Health & Medicine

Bigger Lungs: Surprising Insights for Lung Transplant Success

Transplant teams have long tried to match the size of donor lungs to the size of the recipient as closely as possible, concerned that lungs of the wrong size…

Life & Chemistry

Flexible Tail of Prion Protein Harms Brain Cells, Study Finds

Neuropathologists from the University of Zurich and University Hospital Zurich have now shown that it is the flexible tail of the prion protein that triggers…

Information Technology

Dolby Licenses Max Planck HDR Imaging Technology for Realism

The technology relates to High Dynamic Range (HDR) imaging and increases the ability of images to show real world light intensities and colour levels, while…

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