Since insulin's crucial discovery nearly a century ago, countless diabetes patients have had to inject themselves with the life-saving medicine. Now scientists are reporting a new development toward a long-sought insulin ...
Biochemistry
Dec 18, 2013
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(Phys.org) —In theory, Maxwell's demon can decrease the entropy of a system by opening and closing a door at appropriate times to separate hot and cold gas molecules. But as physicist Leó Szilárd pointed out in 1929, ...
Researchers at the University of California, San Diego, are developing an algorithm that aims to identify whether you're a hipster, a goth or a punk, just from the cut of your social media jib.
Computer Sciences
Dec 18, 2013
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(Phys.org) —Two researchers from Queensland University in Australia have developed a way to describe polarizing objects in a way that can be visualized by the human eye. In their paper published in Proceedings of the Royal ...
A hospital in southwest China has opened a clinic for patients who are suffering symptoms related to smog, a doctor said Wednesday, highlighting how big a concern pollution has become for Chinese.
Environment
Dec 18, 2013
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A U.S. startup is launching a new device that transforms almost any bicycle into an electric-hybrid vehicle using an app on a smartphone.
Hi Tech & Innovation
Dec 18, 2013
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A joint report released today by the University of Virginia's Curry School of Education and Charlottesville's Legal Aid Justice Center finds that in Virginia schools, black male students are twice as likely to be suspended ...
Social Sciences
Dec 18, 2013
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Sunbathing, swimming and snorkelling can lift your mood without posing much risk to the environment, according to a new survey.
Environment
Dec 18, 2013
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(Phys.org) —Two researchers, one from the University of Queensland, the other the University of London have published a paper together in the journal Zoology in which they claim to have solved the riddle of why zebras have ...
Joost Huizinga watches the six-legged "spider bot" he created scuttle across his computer screen.
Computer Sciences
Dec 18, 2013
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