Separate teams of Chinese and American scientists are reported to be developing body armor using the silk from genetically modified silkworms. The researchers modified the genes of silkworms to make them produce spider silk ...
Materials Science
Apr 10, 2024
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Now there's no more doubt about it: Wallis the rhino was shot. A trail of clues that started more than a year ago with a wound on the left side of Wallis' chest, right over her heart, led the 3,000-pound mammal's caretakers ...
Ecology
Dec 23, 2016
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You don't need to stand in front of a rifle to see the same physics of resistance in action – you can see it through everyday activities like riding your bike, or hopping in your car, or less everyday activities like going ...
General Physics
Mar 24, 2017
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The 6 Feb. 2023 earthquakes of eastern Turkiye were the most devastating in the region for the past century. Researchers from China University of Geosciences, US Geological Survey, and Middle East Technical University were ...
Earth Sciences
Jan 18, 2024
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It's a staple of the TV-crime drama: a ballistics expert tries to match two bullets using a microscope with a split-screen display. One bullet was recovered from the victim's body and the other was test-fired from a suspect's ...
Engineering
Jul 11, 2016
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All cells have a lipid membrane that encircles their internal components—forming a protective barrier to control what gets in and what stays out. The proteins embedded in these membranes are essential for life; they help ...
Biochemistry
Dec 19, 2019
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The MESSENGER spacecraft left Earth in 2004 carrying among its instruments a sensor built at Michigan Engineering's Space Physics Research Lab. Over the years, some 75 U-M researchers, including faculty members, engineers ...
Space Exploration
Apr 29, 2015
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UTS researcher Dr. Joshua Chou is looking to replicate the promising results of experiments he has carried out on cancer cells in the zero gravity chamber built by his team in the UTS School of Biomedical Engineering.
Astrobiology
Nov 27, 2019
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Stray-bullet shootings are an often-overlooked consequence of gunfire that can cause severe injury or death to bystanders, or collateral damage victims in the military. A novel technology being developed at Purdue University ...
Engineering
Jun 6, 2017
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A new study concerning terminal ballistics of lead-containing and lead-free bullets shows that both materials are equally suitable for hunting in accordance with animal welfare. Lead-free bullets even leave smaller fragment ...
Ecology
Jul 22, 2014
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