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Your T-Shirt's Ringing: Printable Tiny Flexible Cell Phones for Clothes?
Apr. 24, 2014 — A new version of 'spaser' technology being investigated could mean that mobile phones become so small, efficient, and flexible they could be printed on clothing. A spaser is effectively a ... full story -
Bake Your Own Droplet Lens: Cheap, High-Quality Lenses Made from Droplets of Transparent Silicone
Apr. 24, 2014 — Researchers have created a new type of lens that costs less than a penny to make, and can be used in a 3-D printed attachment that turns a Smartphone into a dermascope, a tool to diagnose skin ... full story -
How Do Liquid Foams Completely Block Sound?
Apr. 24, 2014 — Liquid foams have a remarkable property: they completely block the transmission of sound over a wide range of frequencies. Physicists have studied how sound is attenuated in liquid foams. Their ... full story -
Asteroids Made Easy: 'Patch of Asteroid' Being Built Inside a Satellite
Apr. 24, 2014 — A dozen astronauts have walked on the moon, and several rovers have been piloted on Mars, giving us a good understanding of these off-world environments. But when it comes to asteroids, scientists ... full story -
Virtual Artificial Heart Implantation: Advances Made by Scientists
Apr. 24, 2014 — The first virtual implantation of a pioneering artificial heart has been performed. The artificial heart was implanted into an undersized adolescent, and supported the boy for 11 days before he ... full story -
Microbes Provide Insights Into Evolution of Human Language
Apr. 23, 2014 — Research into Pseudomonas aeruginosa, a type of bacteria common in water and soil, shows that they can communicate in a way that was previously thought to be unique to humans and perhaps some other ... full story -
Genetics Explain Why Some Kids Are Bigger Than Others
Apr. 23, 2014 — The influence of genetic factors on differences between children's Body Mass Index increases from 43 percent at age four to 82 percent at age 10, reports a new study. The researchers studied ... full story -
Luck Affects How We Judge Reckless Actions
Apr. 23, 2014 — A person, who acts immorally or recklessly but is “lucky” by escaping dire consequences, is judged less harshly than an “unlucky” person, even when both have committed the same act. ... full story -
Vitamin D Supplements Have Little Effect on Risk of Falls in Older People
Apr. 23, 2014 — A new meta-analysis concludes that there is no evidence to suggest that vitamin D supplements prevent falls, and that ongoing trials to test this theory are unlikely to change this result. Falls can ... full story -
Recurrent Violence Linked to Substantially Higher Rates of Mental Disorders in Post-Conflict Communities
Apr. 23, 2014 — In the aftermath of war, communities who continue to experience repeated violence could have a major escalation in rates of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and severe distress, suggests new ... full story -
Death Rates from Pancreatic Cancer Rising; Rates for All Other Cancers, Except Female Lung Cancer, Continue to Fall in Europe
Apr. 23, 2014 — Pancreatic cancer is the only cancer for which deaths are predicted to increase in men and women rather than decrease in 2014 and beyond, according to a comprehensive study. The study looked at ... full story -
New Shape Discovered Using Rubber Bands
Apr. 23, 2014 — While setting out to fabricate new springs to support a cephalopod-inspired imaging project, a group of researchers stumbled upon a surprising discovery: the hemihelix, a shape rarely seen in nature. ... full story -
Stem Cells in Circulating Blood Affect Cardiovascular Health
Apr. 23, 2014 — New research suggests that attempts to isolate an elusive adult stem cell from blood to understand and potentially improve cardiovascular health -- a task considered possible but very difficult -- ... full story -
Innovation Improves Drowsy Driver Detection
Apr. 23, 2014 — A new way to detect when drivers are about to nod off behind the wheel has been developed. "Video-based systems that use cameras to detect when a car is drifting out of its lane are cumbersome ... full story -
Drought May Take Toll on Congo Rainforest, NASA Satellites Show
Apr. 23, 2014 — A new analysis of NASA satellite data shows Africa's Congo rainforest, the second-largest tropical rainforest in the world, has undergone a large-scale decline in greenness over the past decade. ... full story -
Not Just the Poor Live Hand-to-Mouth
Apr. 23, 2014 — Thirty to 40 percent of US households live hand-to-mouth, but new research has found that most of those people aren't poor. Stimulus programs -- such as those in 2001, 2008 and 2009 -- are ... full story -
Rural Microbes Could Boost City Dwellers' Health, Study Finds
Apr. 23, 2014 — The greater prevalence of asthma, allergies and other chronic inflammatory disorders among people of lower socioeconomic status might be due in part to their reduced exposure to the microbes that ... full story -
Cyber Buddy Is Better Than 'No Buddy'
Apr. 23, 2014 — A researcher is looking to give exercise enthusiasts the extra nudge they need during a workout, and her latest research shows that a cyber buddy can help. The study is the first to indicate that ... full story -
Male or Female? First Sex-Determining Genes Appeared in Mammals Some 180 Million Years Ago
Apr. 23, 2014 — The Y chromosome, which distinguishes males from females at the genetic level, appeared some 180 million years ago. It originated twice independently in all mammals. Scientists have managed to date ... full story -
Superconducting Qubit Array Points the Way to Quantum Computers
Apr. 23, 2014 — A fully functional quantum computer is one of the holy grails of physics. Physicists have moved one step closer to making a quantum computer a reality by demonstrating a new level of reliability in a ... full story
- Your T-shirt's ringing: Printable tiny flexible cell phones for clothes?
- Bake your own droplet lens: Cheap, high-quality lenses made from droplets of transparent silicone
- How do liquid foams completely block sound?
- Asteroids made easy: 'Patch of asteroid' being built inside a satellite
- Virtual artificial heart implantation: Advances made by scientists
- Microbes provide insights into evolution of human language
- Genetics explain why some kids are bigger than others
- Luck affects how we judge reckless actions
- Vitamin D supplements have little effect on risk of falls in older people
- Recurrent violence linked to substantially higher rates of mental disorders in post-conflict communities
- Death rates from pancreatic cancer rising; rates for all other cancers, except female lung cancer, continue to fall in Europe
- New shape discovered using rubber bands
- Stem cells in circulating blood affect cardiovascular health
- Innovation improves drowsy driver detection
- Drought may take toll on Congo rainforest, NASA satellites show
- Not just the poor live hand-to-mouth
- Rural microbes could boost city dwellers' health, study finds
- Cyber buddy is better than 'no buddy'
- Male or female? First sex-determining genes appeared in mammals some 180 million years ago
- Superconducting qubit array points the way to quantum computers
- Mapping the road to quantum gravity
- Atomic switcheroo explains origins of thin-film solar cell mystery
- Finding safe drugs to treat neurodegenerative diseases
- Conservation priorities released for several protected areas along U.S.-Mexico border
- Increased infrastructure required for effective oil spill response in U.S. Arctic
- Hearing quality restored with bionic ear technology used for gene therapy: Re-growing auditory nerves
- Halving hydrogen: First view of nature-inspired catalyst after ripping hydrogen apart provides insights for better fuel cells
- Pollutants from coal-burning stoves strongly associated with miscarriages in Mongolia
- Picky male black widow spiders prefer well-fed virgins
- Enzymes that help fix cancer-causing DNA defects disovered
- Gold nanoparticles help target, quantify breast cancer segments in a living cell
- Novel compound halts cocaine addiction, relapse behaviors
- Scientists identify source of mysterious sound in the Southern Ocean
- Odds of storm waters overflowing Manhattan seawall up 20-fold
- Hundreds of genetic mutations found in healthy blood of a supercentenarian
- Predicting drift of floating pumice 'islands' can benefit shipping
- Late freeze kills fruit buds, study shows
- Sugar-sweetened beverages contribute to U.S. obesity epidemic, particularly among children
- Some astronauts at risk for cognitive impairment, animal studies suggest
- New target for prostate cancer resistant to anti-hormone therapies
- From liability to viability: Genes on the Y chromosome prove essential for male survival
- Following a protein's travel inside cells is key to improving patient monitoring, drug development
- More Americans in their golden years are going hungry
- Airport security-style technology could help doctors decide on stroke treatment
- Surface area of the digestive tract much smaller than previously thought
- Fiction prepares us for a world changed by global warming
- In lab tests, the antimicrobial ingredient triclosan spurs growth of breast cancer cells
- Legalizing medical marijuana doesn't increase use among adolescents, study says
- How to avoid water wars between 'fracking' industry and residents
- Steering chemical reactions with laser pulses
- Male-biased tweeting: Gender differences in the use of Twitter
- Physical activity keeps hippocampus healthy in people at risk for Alzheimer's disease
- High-calorie, low-nutrient foods in kids' TV programs
- Uniting community development efforts could benefit members of underserved communities
- Toward unraveling the Alzheimer's mystery: New step points to proteins
- ADHD drug may help preserve self-control resources
- New discovery helps solve mystery source of African lava
- How Australia's Outback got one million feral camels: Camels culled on large scale
- Political ravens? Ravens notice the relationships among others, study shows
- Picture books aren't just fun: Children learn sophisticated animal facts when parent read them
- 2.5 million basketball injuries to high school athletes in 6 seasons, research finds
- Researchers compare hip width and sexual behavior
- Inverse effects of midlife occupational, leisure time physical activity on mobility limitation in old age
- Loss of memory in Alzheimer's mice models reversed through gene therapy
- Liquid spacetime: What if spacetime were a kind of fluid?
- Cell division speed influences gene architecture
- Best practices in communication for animal world
- Biting vs. chewing: Cutting their food helps kids behave better
- Getting at the root of mountain pine beetle's rapid habitat expansion
- Brain circuits involved in emotion discovered by neuroscientists
- Stillbirth may be associated with both severely restricted and excessive fetal growth
- Insurance status affects where young adults seek health care
- Pain curbs sex drive in female mice, but not in males
- Cougars’ diverse diet helped them survive the mass extinction that wiped out the saber-tooth cat, American lion
- Physicists consider implications of recent revelations about the universe's first light
- Effectiveness of medications for treating epileptic seizures in children examined
- Specialized ambulance improves treatment time for stroke
- Patient preferences for emergency treatment of stroke examined in new study
- Conservative management of vascular abnormality in brain associated with better outcomes
- Quality improvement program helps lower risk of bleeding, death following stroke
- Newly-approved brain stimulator offers hope for individuals with uncontrolled epilepsy
- Stroke treatment, outcomes improve with new initiative
- New drugs offer hope for migraine prevention
- Glaucoma drug helps women with blinding disorder linked to obesity
- Risk of pregnancy greater with newer method of female sterilization
- Scientists pinpoint protein that could improve small cell lung cancer therapies
- Depressed? Researchers identify new anti-depressant mechanisms, therapeutic approaches
- Building stronger bridges: Structures lab fulfills private, public needs
- Clinics not bogged down by red tape can ease health cost burdens
- Bioinformatics profiling identifies a new mammalian clock gene
- Critical new protein complex involved in learning, memory
- Checking up on crude oil in the ground: Nanoreporters tell 'sour' oil from 'sweet'
- Mantis shrimp stronger than airplanes: Composite material inspired by shrimp stronger than standard used in airplane frames
- New patenting guidelines needed for biotechnology, experts argue
- Curriculum recommendations for medical laboratory scientists published
- Neuroimaging Technique: Live from inside the cell in real-time
- Impact of Facebook unfriending analyzed by researchers
- Coming up with explanations helps children develop cause-and-effect thinking skills
- Disparities in Medicaid spending on children in welfare system
- How cells take out the trash
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