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Fast and Painless Way to Better Mental Arithmetic? Yes, There Might Actually Be a Way
May 16, 2013 — In the future, if you want to improve your ability to manipulate numbers in your head, you might just plug yourself in. So say researchers who report on studies of a harmless form of brain ... > full story -
Stem-Cell-Based Strategy Boosts Immune System in Mice
May 16, 2013 — Raising hopes for cell-based therapies, researchers have created the first functioning human thymus tissue from embryonic stem cells in the laboratory. The researchers showed that, in mice, the ... > full story -
Engineers Monitor Heart Health Using Paper-Thin Flexible 'Skin'
May 16, 2013 — Engineers combine layers of flexible materials into pressure sensors to create a wearable heart monitor thinner than a dollar bill. The skin-like device could one day provide doctors with a safer way ... > full story -
Light Cast on Lifestyle and Diet of First New Zealanders
May 16, 2013 — Scientists have shed new light on the diet, lifestyles and movements of the first New Zealanders by analyzing isotopes from their bones and ... > full story -
Weather on the Outer Planets Only Goes So Deep
May 16, 2013 — What is the long-range weather forecast for the giant planets Uranus and Neptune? These planets are home to extreme winds blowing at speeds of over 1000 km/hour, hurricane-like storms as large around ... > full story -
Moth-Inspired Nanostructures Take the Color out of Thin Films
May 16, 2013 — Inspired by the structure of moth eyes, researchers have developed nanostructures that limit reflection at the interfaces where two thin films meet, suppressing the "thin-film interference" ... > full story -
Vicious Cycle: Obesity Sustained by Changes in Brain Biochemistry
May 16, 2013 — Scientists have shown that in the brain cells of rats, obesity impedes the production of a hormone that curbs appetite and inspires calorie burning. The root cause appears to be a breakdown in the ... > full story -
Spiders: Capturing Prey in Silken Netting and Sticky Hairs
May 16, 2013 — The great ecological success of spiders is often substantiated by the evolution of silk and webs. Biologists have now found an alternative adaptation to hunting prey: hairy adhesive pads, so called ... > full story -
X-Ray Tomography of Living Frog Embryo
May 16, 2013 — Classical X-ray radiographs provide information about internal, absorptive structures of organisms such as bones. Alternatively, X-rays can also image soft tissues throughout early embryonic ... > full story -
Paleontology: The Eloquence of Otoliths Seen in a 23-Million-Year-Old Fish Fossil
May 16, 2013 — Fish fossils that are about 23 million years old give unprecedented insight into the evolutionary history of the gobioid order, one of the most species-rich groups among the modern bony ... > full story
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