City apartments or jungle huts: What chemicals and microbes lurk inside?
What are the differences between life in a walled urban apartment versus in a jungle hut that's open to nature?
What are the differences between life in a walled urban apartment versus in a jungle hut that's open to nature?
Cell & Microbiology
Nov 4, 2019
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Innovations in material science are as essential to modern life as indoor plumbing—and go about as unnoticed.
Nanophysics
Oct 22, 2019
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Native American use of galena at Kincaid Mounds, a settlement occupied during the Mississippian period (1150 to 1450 CE), resulted in more than 1.5 metric tons of lead pollution deposited in a small lake near the Ohio River. ...
Environment
Oct 21, 2019
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Understanding how natural materials are created has helped a Griffith University research team create a smart material platform to aid in the creation of new drugs and even help in the clean-up of polluted environments.
Materials Science
Sep 25, 2019
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Iowa State University researchers have found a natural way to add color to clothing using the leftover grounds from your daily cup of coffee.
Materials Science
Sep 24, 2019
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For iconic landscapes such as Grand Canyon or the Appalachian Mountains, geological features are an integral part of their appeal. Yet despite the seeming permanence of cliffs, caves, fossils, and other geological highlights, ...
Earth Sciences
Sep 23, 2019
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As the global demand for tissue and organ transplants significantly outstrips supply, tissue engineering might provide a potential solution. But one of the significant challenges in tissue engineering is growing tissue in ...
Biotechnology
Sep 18, 2019
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A team of scientists from Ural Federal University (Yekaterinburg), Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology and other collaborator have published an article about a new method for the synthesis of magnetic nanoparticles. ...
Nanomaterials
Sep 16, 2019
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In a paper in Science Robotics, materials scientists from the UCLA Samueli School of Engineering describe a new design for a swimming robot that's both powered and steered by constant light.
General Physics
Sep 11, 2019
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Lining rundown historic areas of cities with plant life and smart sensors and reusing old buildings for new purposes are helping to breathe new life into Europe's decaying urban spaces.
Other
Aug 28, 2019
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