Tag: physical sciences
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Nanotech Plastic Textile Dissipates Body Heat
A new plastic textile material developed at Stanford University is shown to reflect sunlight while allowing more heat from the body to escape, keeping people cooler.
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Non-Addictive Pain Medication Shown Working in Animals
An experimental medication was shown in tests with monkeys to relieve pain for more than a day without the addictive properties or adverse physical effects of opioids.
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Spacecraft Returns with Space Station Research Samples
A SpaceX Dragon spacecraft returned today with samples from several biomedical research studies conducted by astronauts on the International Space Station.
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Inexpensive Hydrogen Storage Devised for Solar Energy
An engineering team in Switzerland designed a system for producing hydrogen from solar power with abundant available materials, providing an inexpensive and feasible energy storage method.
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So Many Lights To Choose From But Which One Shines The Brightest, A Guide To LEDs
Everyone should make a conscious effort to help the environment and switching to LEDs is just one simple way.
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Genome Engineering Streamlines E. Coli DNA
A genetics engineering team developed a technique for modifying the genome of E. coli bacteria to remove redundant DNA components, a step toward designing new organisms.
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Safer Pain-Killing Drug Candidate Discovered
A research team from the U.S. and Germany identified a chemical molecule with pain-killing properties of opioids, but apparently without the dangerous side effects.
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Computer Models to Boost 3-D Print Designs in Mfring
An academic-industry team is developing computer-based methods to improve the design for three-dimensional printing of complex manufactured items.
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Robo-Bacteria Engineered for Cancer Drug Delivery
A biomedical engineering team designed a technology for precise deployment of drugs to tumors with bacteria modified to deliver their cargoes.
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NSF Funding Data Mining for Depression Diagnosis
A computer scientist at University of Texas in Arlington is developing data mining techniques and algorithms to help clinicians analyze unstructured notes accumulated from patients in therapy for depression.