Dion Khodagholy, assistant professor of electrical engineering, is focused on developing bioelectronic devices that are not only fast, sensitive, biocompatible, soft, and flexible, but also have long-term stability in physiological ...
Materials Science
Apr 24, 2020
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It was 2 am on a humid summer's night on Sydney's coast. Something in the distance caught my eye—a pod of glowing dolphins darted towards the bow of the boat. I had never seen anything like it before. They were electric ...
Plants & Animals
Apr 23, 2020
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Aquaculture—rearing aquatic organisms such as fish and shellfish—plays a vital role in food security in many countries (it supplies more than half of the aquatic animals consumed by humans worldwide). It is particularly ...
Ecology
Apr 20, 2020
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A telltale signature of a cookstove, commonly used to prepare food or provide heat by burning wood, charcoal, animal dung or crop residue, is the thick, sooty smoke that rises from the flames. Its remnants, black stains left ...
Environment
Apr 15, 2020
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Cities that declared a state of emergency in February due to outbreaks of COVID-19 saw air pollution decrease by up to 40% as businesses close their doors and residents stayed home, a University of Toronto researcher has ...
Environment
Apr 14, 2020
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On March 9, 2020, a Dragon cargo spacecraft arrived at the International Space Station carrying dozens of scientific experiments as a part of SpaceX's 20th cargo resupply mission. Now, Dragon heads home. On April 7, it is ...
Space Exploration
Apr 8, 2020
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13
One of the most devastating pathogens that lives inside human cells is Mycobacterium tuberculosis, the bacillus that causes tuberculosis. According to the World Health Organization, 1.5 million people died in 2019 from this ...
Cell & Microbiology
Apr 1, 2020
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Scientists are facing stiff headwinds from the rapid spread of COVID-19.
Other
Mar 18, 2020
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New findings on how bacteria can maintain persistent and fast upstream swimming motion over distances comparable with many human organs, may help prevent life-threatening infections, according to a team of international researchers.
Cell & Microbiology
Mar 17, 2020
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Researchers at the University of Liverpool have gained new insight into how antibiotic resistance evolves and spreads in one of the world's most dangerous superbugs.
Cell & Microbiology
Mar 13, 2020
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