An alloy first made nearly two decades ago by the U. S. Navy could provide an efficient new way to produce electricity. The material, dubbed Galfenol, consists of iron doped with the metal gallium. In new experiments, researchers ...
General Physics
Sep 29, 2015
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If you've ever sprained an ankle or had a stress fracture in your foot or lower leg, you've probably worn an orthopedic walking boot.
Engineering
Jul 15, 2015
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Self-repair is extremely important for living things. Get a cut on your finger and your skin can make new cells to heal the wound; lose your tail—if you are a particular kind of lizard—and tissue regeneration may produce ...
Plants & Animals
Jun 16, 2015
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University of Toronto engineers and a pediatric surgeon have joined forces to discover that physical forces like pressure and tension affect the development of limbs in embryos—research that could someday be used to help ...
Cell & Microbiology
Apr 22, 2015
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An interdisciplinary research team formed by Otger Campàs, assistant professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB), and colleague Jérome Gros, group leader the ...
Cell & Microbiology
Apr 16, 2015
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Look at a primate or a Neanderthal skull and compare it with a modern human's. Notice anything missing?
Archaeology
Apr 13, 2015
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Researchers may be "excyted" to learn that osteocyte cultures are headed to the International Space Station this spring for the first time. With their delivery on the next SpaceX commercial resupply services mission this ...
Space Exploration
Apr 10, 2015
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Conduction and thermal radiation are two ways in which heat is transferred from one object to another: Conduction is the process by which heat flows between objects in physical contact, such as a pot of tea on a hot stove, ...
Nanophysics
Apr 7, 2015
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A research team from Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciencia (IGC; Portugal), led by Florence Janody, in collaboration with Nicolas Tapon from London Research Institute (LRI; UK), discovered that the cell's skeleton can trigger the ...
Cell & Microbiology
Feb 26, 2015
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After using optical tweezers to squeeze a tiny bead attached to the outside of a human stem cell, researchers now know how mechanical forces can trigger a key signaling pathway in the cells.
Cell & Microbiology
Feb 10, 2015
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