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Mimicry and Persuasion: Insights from Recent Social Science Study

Social scientists have long been intrigued by the human tendency to mimic the behavior of others. Now, a new study from the April issue of the Journal of…

Medical Engineering

Sheffield Engineers Unveil Advanced Medical Scanner Technology

The innovative technology, which has been developed as part of the £4.5m Basic Technology MI-3 Consortium, will help in providing instant analysis of medical…

Studies and Analyses

Shark Attack Fatalities Reach 20-Year Low in 2022

Except for 1987, when there were no fatalities, the last year a single human death occurred from a shark attack was in 1985, said George Burgess, director of…

Earth Sciences

New Dinosaur Discovery in Mexico Sheds Light on Ancient Life

A new species of dinosaur unearthed in Mexico is giving scientists fresh insights into the ancient history of western North America, according to an…

Life & Chemistry

New Technique Offers Hope for Spinal Muscular Atrophy Repair

Babies born with Type 1 SMA, the most severe form of the disease, can't walk, crawl, sit unsupported, lift their heads, or breathe normally. Fifty percent die…

Studies and Analyses

Farm Workers’ Health: Urgent Need for Swine Flu Monitoring

Though the seven-month-old boy made a full recovery, health researchers were concerned because of evidence that the virus spread to other members of the…

Life & Chemistry

New Method Could Make Disease-Causing Staph Harmless

Among the deadliest of all disease-causing organisms, Staph is the leading cause of human infections in the skin, soft tissues, bones, joints and bloodstream,…

Materials Sciences

Universal hose with corrugated tube liner made from DuPont™ Teflon® PTFE permits small bending radii

This liner is designed in the form of a helically corrugated tube and therefore permits very small bending radii. As Tobias Sautmann, CEO of HSI, explains:…

Earth Sciences

New Greenland Ice Sheet Data Transforms Climate Change Models

A comprehensive new study authored by University at Buffalo scientists and their colleagues for the first time documents in detail the dynamics of parts of…

Information Technology

Copper Connections Enhance High-Speed Computing Efficiency

As computers become more complex, the demand increases for more connections between computer chips and external circuitry such as a motherboard or wireless…

Earth Sciences

Robot Explores Wisconsin Lake Before Antarctic Journey

But the team will keep to a venue that's much closer to home.Peter Doran, associate professor of earth and environmental sciences at UIC, will lead the team…

Life & Chemistry

Oregon Researchers Uncover New Cleft Palate Mechanism

By creating a genetic mutation in zebrafish, University of Oregon scientists say they've discovered a previously unknown mechanism for cleft palate, a common…

Environmental Conservation

Carbon Capture Strategy Paves Way for Emission-Free Cars

Technologies to capture carbon dioxide emissions from large-scale sources such as power plants have recently gained some impressive scientific ground, but…

Materials Sciences

Mastering Sandcastles: Tips for Every Beachgoer

Anyone trying to build sandcastles on the beach will need some degree of skill and imagination, but not an instruction manual. The water content is actually…

Information Technology

New Resilient Computer Systems Enhance Security and Performance

With today’s computer systems complex and often susceptible to malicious attacks, it is becoming increasingly important to build-in resilience from the outset,…

Health & Medicine

Unlocking Drug Delivery to the Brain: New Research Insights

The grant allows a team to spend the next three years trying to unlock the blood brain barrier to allow drugs to be targeted at diseases including cancer. The…

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