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Glass Scaffolds Help Heal Bone, Show Promise as Weight-Bearing Implants
July 26, 2013 Researchers have developed a type of glass implant that could one day be used to repair injured bones in the arms, legs and other areas of the body that are most subject to the stresses of ... > full story -
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Quantum of Sonics: Bonded, Not Stirred
July 26, 2013 Researchers have discovered a new way to join materials together using ultrasound. Ultrasound -- sound so high it cannot be heard -- is normally used to smash particles apart in water. Scientists ... > full story -
Fossil Shows Fish Had Sucker on Its Back
July 26, 2013 A 30-million year-old fossil has revealed how remoras -- also called sharksuckers -- evolved the sucker that enables them to stick to other fishes and 'hitch a ... > full story -
Behavior of Turbulent Flow of Superfluids Is Opposite That of Ordinary Fluids
July 25, 2013 A superfluid moves like a completely frictionless liquid, seemingly able to propel itself without any hindrance from gravity or surface tension. The physics underlying these materials -- which appear ... > full story -
Centaurs: NASA's WISE Finds Mysterious Centaurs May Be Comets
July 25, 2013 The true identity of centaurs, the small celestial bodies orbiting the sun between Jupiter and Neptune, is one of the enduring mysteries of astrophysics. Are they asteroids or comets? A new study of ... > full story -
Neuroscientists Plant False Memories in Mice: Location Where Brain Stores Memory Traces, Both False and Authentic, Pinpointed
July 25, 2013 The phenomenon of false memory has been well-documented: In many court cases, defendants have been found guilty based on testimony from witnesses and victims who were sure of their recollections, but ... > full story -
Silky Brain Implants May Help Stop Spread of Epilepsy
July 25, 2013 Silk has walked straight off the runway and into the lab. According to a new study, silk implants placed in the brain of laboratory animals and designed to release a specific chemical, adenosine, may ... > full story -
Simulated Hibernation Aids Toad Work
July 25, 2013 A partnership with the Memphis Zoo brought a colony of threatened toads from the Colorado Rockies to Mississippi State University. Researchers there joined the ranks of those trying to learn how to ... > full story -
What If Quantum Physics Worked on a Macroscopic Level? Researchers Have Successfully Entangled Optic Fibers Populated by 500 Photons
July 25, 2013 Quantum physics concerns a world of infinitely small things. But for years, researchers have been attempting to observe the properties of quantum physics on a larger scale, even ... > full story -
Pigeons Fly Home With a Map in Their Heads
July 25, 2013 It is a fascinating phenomenon that homing pigeons always find their way home. Researchers have now carried out experiments demonstrating that pigeons have a spatial map and thus possess cognitive ... > full story
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