Microscopic drug molecules could soon be sent into the body to fight disease and their journey tracked using photo-acoustic imaging, after researchers developed a smart material that can locate and image cancer sites inside ...
Bio & Medicine
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Girls and young women who post sexy or revealing photos on social media sites such as Facebook are viewed by their female peers as less physically and socially attractive and less competent to perform tasks, a new study from ...
Social Sciences
Sep 21, 2016
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Researchers from the University of Southampton are to develop software that can monitor the equipment, fuel and energy performance of a ship at sea.
Engineering
Sep 21, 2016
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In the lush green landscape of a season with plentiful rain, memories of the record Texas drought of 2011 could fade. But hundreds of calls, emails and tree samples sent to the Texas Plant Diagnostic Lab in College Station ...
Environment
Sep 21, 2016
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Traditionally, the study of diseases at the molecular level has required scientists to extract cells and tissues from animal models and then look for clues in the samples that can determine the mechanisms underlying the disease ...
Optics & Photonics
Sep 21, 2016
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Photonics, the technology that helps drive today's telecommunications systems, offers major advances in the area of signal transmission. Researchers at the Georgia Tech Research Institute (GTRI) are adapting optical techniques ...
Optics & Photonics
Sep 21, 2016
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Researchers at The University of Queensland have established that reef fish see colours that humans cannot.
Plants & Animals
Sep 21, 2016
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Scientists looking for traces of E. coli O157:H7 contamination in foods soon could have a new detection method on their hands - turning off the lights to see if the bacteria glow in the dark.
Cell & Microbiology
Sep 21, 2016
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The puzzling appearance of an ice cloud seemingly out of thin air has prompted NASA scientists to suggest that a different process than previously thought—possibly similar to one seen over Earth's poles—could be forming ...
Space Exploration
Sep 21, 2016
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The southern tip of Italy is visible in this image taken by the Expedition 49 crew aboard the International Space Station on Sept. 17, 2016.
Space Exploration
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