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Cellulose Goes Off the Rails: Without Microtubule Guidance, Cellulose Causes Changes in Organ Patterns During Growth
April 25, 2013 — Mathematics is everywhere in nature, and this is illustrated by the spiral patterns in plants such as pine cones, sunflowers or the arrangement of leaves around a stem. Most plants produce a new bud ... > full story -
High Performance Semiconductor Spray Paint Could Be a Game Changer for Organic Electronics
April 25, 2013 — Researchers have come up with a novel solution to one of the biggest technological barriers facing the organic semiconductor industry today. They developed a high performance organic semiconductor ... > full story -
Sexually Explicit Material Affects Behavior in Young People Less Than Thought
April 25, 2013 — Viewing sexually explicit material through media such as the Internet, videos, and magazines may be directly linked with the sexual behavior of adolescents and young adults, but only to a very small ... > full story -
Teenage Password Security: Risk of Identity Theft
April 25, 2013 — Many of us are sharing increasing amounts of personal information through online social media sites, including Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn and others. However, according to researchers, many of us ... > full story -
Microelectronics: Taking the Heat Off Microfluidic Chips
April 24, 2013 — Replacing a high-temperature processing technique with an infrared treatment allows the manufacture of tiny devices without damaging the polymer ... > full story -
Facebook Interests Could Help Predict, Track and Map Obesity
April 24, 2013 — The higher the percentage of people in a city, town or neighborhood with Facebook interests suggesting a healthy, active lifestyle, the lower that area's obesity rate. At the same time, areas with a ... > full story -
High-Volume Bitcoin Exchanges Less Likely to Fail, but More Likely Breached, Says Study
April 24, 2013 — Online exchanges that trade hard currency for the cyber money Bitcoin have a 45 percent chance of failing -- often taking customer money with them. A new empirical study into the closure of Bitcoin ... > full story -
Computer Game Could Improve Sight of Visually Impaired Children
April 24, 2013 — Visually impaired children could benefit from a revolutionary new computer game being developed by a team of neuroscientists and game ... > full story -
FlipperBot: Sea Turtles and Flipper-Driven Robot Reveal Principles of Moving on Sand and Other Granular Media
April 23, 2013 — Based on a study of both hatchling sea turtles and "FlipperBot" -- a robot with flippers -- researchers have learned principles for how both robots and turtles move on granular surfaces such as ... > full story -
Virtual, Squishy Creatures Evolve to Run Using Evolutionary Algorithms
April 23, 2013 — Scientists have created a computer algorithm that can be used to witness virtual creatures evolving their squishy, muscle-like features in order to teach themselves to ... > full story
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