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3-D Printing With Custom Molecules Creates Low-Cost Mechanical Sensor
Feb. 9, 2015 — Imagine printing out molecules that can respond to their surroundings. Chemists teamed up with engineers who are using 3-D printers to create 3-D printed objects with new capabilities. Scientists ... full story
- 3-D Print a Low-Cost Mechanical Sensor
- Psychedelic Drug Prevents Asthma in Mice
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- Swimming Reptiles of the Early Triassic
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3-D Printing With Custom Molecules Creates Low-Cost Mechanical Sensor
Feb. 9, 2015 — Imagine printing out molecules that can respond to their surroundings. Chemists teamed up with engineers who are using 3-D printers to create 3-D printed objects with new capabilities. Scientists ... full story -
Psychedelic Drug Prevents Asthma Development in Mice
Feb. 9, 2015 — Researchers have found that a psychedelic drug, (R)-DOI, prevents the development of allergic asthma in a mouse model. The effects are potent and effective at a concentration 50-100 times less than... full story -
Serotonin-Deficient Brains More Vulnerable to Social Stress
Feb. 9, 2015 — Mice deficient in serotonin -- a crucial brain chemical implicated in clinical depression -- are more vulnerable than their normal littermates to social stressors, according to a new study. Following... full story -
Nano-Antioxidants Prove Their Potential
Feb. 9, 2015 — Injectable nanoparticles that could protect an injured person from further damage due to oxidative stress have proven to be astoundingly effective in tests to study their ... full story -
Buckyballs Offer Environmental Benefits
Feb. 9, 2015 — Treated carbon-60 molecules have the ability to recover valuable metals from liquids, including water and potential pollutants. In testing various metals, researchers found that charge and ionic ... full story -
Floods Created Home of Europe's Biggest Waterfall
Feb. 9, 2015 — A massive canyon that is home to Europe's most powerful waterfall was created in a matter of days by extreme flooding, new research ... full story -
F-Bombs Notwithstanding, All Languages Skew Toward Happiness: Universal Human Bias for Positive Words
Feb. 9, 2015 — Arabic movie subtitles, Korean tweets, Russian novels, Chinese websites, English lyrics, and even the war-torn pages of the New York Times -- research examining billions of words, shows that these ... full story -
Coral Snake Venom Reveals a Unique Route to Lethality
Feb. 9, 2015 — For more than a decade, a vial of rare snake venom refused to give up its secret formula for lethality; its toxins had no effect on the proteins that most venoms target. Finally, an international ... full story -
Swimming Reptiles Make Their Mark in the Early Triassic
Feb. 9, 2015 — Vertebrate tracks provide valuable information about animal behavior and environments. Swim tracks are a unique type of vertebrate track because they are produced underwater by buoyant trackmakers,... full story -
Brain Develops Abnormally Over Lifespan of People Who Stutter
Feb. 9, 2015 — The largest-ever MRI imaging study of stuttering is the first to examine brain changes across the... full story -
Molecular Gastronomy: Understanding Physical and Chemical Processes of Cooking and Eating
Feb. 9, 2015 — An expert in biophysics, epigenetics and food science is working to gain a deeper understanding of genome compaction within the cells in our bodies and the way it influences gene expression.... full story -
Combine Solar Thermal Energy With Biomass Gasification for Natural Gas Substitute
Feb. 9, 2015 — A new study examining the financial viability of solar-heated biomass gasification technologies that produce a natural gas substitute product concludes that combining these renewable resources can... full story -
New Evidence of Global Warming: Remote Lakes in Ecuador Not Immune to Climate Change
Feb. 9, 2015 — A study of three remote lakes in Ecuador has revealed the vulnerability of tropical high mountain lakes to global climate change -- the first study of its kind to show this. The data explains how the... full story -
Electricity from Biomass With Carbon Capture Could Make Western US Carbon-Negative
Feb. 9, 2015 — Biomass conversion to electricity combined with technologies for capturing and storing carbon, which should become viable within 35 years, could result in a carbon-negative power grid in the western... full story -
Amber Fossil Links Earliest Grasses, Dinosaurs and Fungus Used to Produce LSD
Feb. 9, 2015 — A perfectly preserved amber fossil from Myanmar has been found that provides evidence of the earliest grass specimen ever discovered -- about 100 million years old -- and even then it was topped by a... full story -
Inherited Gene Variations Tied to Treatment-Related Hearing Loss in Cancer Patients
Feb. 9, 2015 — Investigators have discovered inherited genetic variations that are associated with rapid hearing loss in young cancer patients treated with the drug... full story -
Origins of Colorectal Cancer Tumor Cells Traced
Feb. 9, 2015 — For the first time, cancer researchers have traced the origins of colorectal cancer cells, finding important clues to why tumor cells become 'good' or 'bad,' with the potential of ... full story -
Sunlight and Vitamin D Levels Higher for Coastal Populations
Feb. 9, 2015 — People living close to the coast in England have higher vitamin D levels than inland dwellers. Exposure to sunlight is a crucial factor in vitamin D production and the research has also found that... full story -
World Thunderstorm 'Map' Key to Assessing Climate Change
Feb. 9, 2015 — New research will likely be crucial to measuring the impact of climate change on thunderstorms -- one of the weather occurrences most problematic for human life on the planet. The varying frequency... full story -
Controlling Genes With Light: Light-Activated Genes Might Be Precisely Controlled and Targeted
Feb. 9, 2015 — Researchers have demonstrated a new way to activate genes with light, allowing precisely controlled and targeted genetic studies and applications. The method might be used to activate genes in a ... full story
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