Nanomaterials are poised for widespread use in the construction industry, where they can offer significant advantages for a variety of applications ranging from making more durable concrete to self-cleaning windows. But widespread use in building materials comes with potential environmental and health risks when those materials are thrown away...
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With a single stimulatory molecule, human insulin-producing beta cell replication can be sustained for at least four weeks in a mouse model of...
The death of the computer mouse must rank as one of the slowest in history. Could Apple's latest offering provide the killer blow?
AP - Lawmakers in Catalonia outlawed bullfighting Wednesday, making it Spain's first major region to ban the deadly, centuries-old ballet between matador and beast after heated...
Current research suggests that taking morphine can block new blood vessel and tumor growth. The related report by Koodie et al, "Morphine suppresses tumor angiogenesis through a...
Michelangelo, the 16th century master painter and accomplished anatomist, appears to have hidden an image of the brainstem and spinal cord in a depiction of God in the Sistine...
Recently, I mentioned a software that detects depression in text without obvious terms like depression or suicide. It seems mapping the mental health or emotional status of the...
Hormonal contraceptives change the ways captive ring-tailed lemurs relate to one another both socially and sexually, according to a Duke University study that combined analyses...
UK researchers report in the journal Review of Scientific Instruments have developed a way to use a kite itself to measure wind speed.