Had an arrow in his back not felled the legendary Iceman some 5,300 years ago, he would have likely dropped dead from a heart attack. Written in the DNA of his remains was a propensity for cardiovascular disease.
Archaeology
Aug 23, 2017
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Anyone who has a rear-view mirror that automatically dims blue in reaction to annoying high-beam headlights glaring from behind has seen an electrochromic film in action.
Materials Science
Aug 16, 2017
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If you want to see the Eiffel Tower, you don't have to go to Paris. Just look down at your feet —but watch your step.
Plants & Animals
Jul 11, 2017
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A new low-temperature solution printing technique allows fabrication of high-efficiency perovskite solar cells with large crystals intended to minimize current-robbing grain boundaries. The meniscus-assisted solution printing ...
Materials Science
Jul 7, 2017
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Adding the equivalent of a miniature tornado to the interface between electrospray ionization (ESI) and a mass spectrometer (MS) has allowed researchers to improve the sensitivity and detection capability of the widely-used ...
Analytical Chemistry
Jun 29, 2017
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More than 30 years after Voyager 2 sped past Uranus, Georgia Institute of Technology researchers are using the spacecraft's data to learn more about the icy planet. Their new study suggests that Uranus' magnetosphere, the ...
Space Exploration
Jun 26, 2017
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When it comes to selfies, appearance is (almost) everything.
Social Sciences
Jun 21, 2017
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Summer wildfires boost air pollution considerably more than previously believed.
Environment
Jun 14, 2017
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A marimba-playing robot with four arms and eight sticks is writing and playing its own compositions in a lab at the Georgia Institute of Technology. The pieces are generated using artificial intelligence and deep learning.
Social Sciences
Jun 14, 2017
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Imagine if a dense thicket didn't obstruct your path but instead picked you up and shuttled you through the forest. That's what tightly packed DNA might be doing with important life molecules to get them where they're needed ...
Cell & Microbiology
Jun 12, 2017
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