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Enriched environment improves wound healing in rats

Improving the environment in which rats are reared can significantly strengthen the physiological process of wound healing, according to a report in the online, open-access, peer-reviewed journal PLoS ONE.

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created May 13, 2009 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (3) | comments 1




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Nanocrystal-coated fibers might reduce wasted energy

(Phys.org) -- Researchers are developing a technique that uses nanotechnology to harvest energy from hot pipes or engine components to potentially recover energy wasted in factories, power plants and cars.

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created Apr 17, 2012 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (9) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Egg Cetera #5: Nature's paradoxical packaging

In the fifth report of our Egg Cetera series on egg-related research, engineers and zoologists work together to discover the secrets of the eggshell.

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Apr 10, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Egg Cetera #4: Mayonnaise and the making of masterpieces

In the fourth report of our Egg Cetera series on egg-related research, conservator Spike Bucklow describes how far the simple egg has extended the richness and splendor of paintings.

Biology / Other

created Apr 09, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

The role of physics in the sinking of the Titanic

A century on from the sinking of the Titanic, Physics World science writer Richard Corfield takes a look at the cascade of events that led to the demise of the 'unsinkable' ship, taking into account the ma ...

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Apr 02, 2012 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

An extinct species of scops owl has been discovered in Madeira

An international team of scientists, including some from Majorca and the Canary Islands, have described a new type of fossil scops owl, the first extinct bird on the archipelago of Madeira (Portugal). Otus ma ...

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Mar 23, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Space diamonds reveal supernova origins

Space diamonds may now be an astrophysicist's best friend.

Physics / Condensed Matter

created Feb 15, 2012 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (9) | comments 9 | with audio podcast

A bronze matryoshka doll: The metal in the metal in the metal

A doll in a doll, and then one more, enveloping them from the outside – this is how Thomas Faessler explains his molecule. He packs one atom in a cage within an atom framework. With their large surfaces ...

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created Feb 07, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (7) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Krawczynski group receives NASA grant to spy on black holes

(PhysOrg.com) -- Henric Krawczynski, PhD, professor of physics in Arts & Sciences at Washington University in St. Louis, is a big-game hunter of the astrophysical variety — he hunts celestial beasts, ...

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Jan 06, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Better thermal management promises cheaper, greener, cooler electronics

At first glance, supercomputers, car parts, entertainment systems and radar antennas may not have much in common, but they all stand to benefit from important advances in thermal management technology being ...

Technology / Engineering

created Nov 28, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Gum arabic potential cure for Sudanese ills

Since he was 14, Al-Amin has tapped gum arabic, the resin of an acacia tree that thrives in Sudan's conflict states -- "manna" from heaven for some, a key ingredient in Coca-Cola for others.

Space & Earth / Environment

created Nov 25, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0


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