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Engineers 3D Print Soft, Rubbery Brain Implants

March 30, 2020
Mindzilla

Cambridge, MA — The brain is one of our most vulnerable organs, as soft as the softest tofu. Brain implants, on the other hand, are typically made from metal and other rigid materials that over time...

Machine Learning Puts New Spin on Spin Models

March 30, 2020
Kristina Popova

Tokyo, Japan — Researchers from Tokyo Metropolitan University have used machine learning to study spin models, used in physics to study phase transitions. Previous work showed that image/handwriting...

New Technologies Aim to Make 3D Cameras Easier to Use

March 26, 2020
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West Lafayette, IN — A 3D camera should be as easy to use as one found on a smartphone. That is the guiding principle for a Purdue University professor with more than two decades of experience in...

Crumpled Graphene Makes Ultra-Sensitive Cancer DNA Detector

March 24, 2020
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Champaign, IL — Graphene-based biosensors could usher in an era of liquid biopsy, detecting DNA cancer markers circulating in a patient’s blood or serum. But current designs need a lot of DNA....

Coronavirus Massive Simulations Completed on Frontera Supercomputer

March 24, 2020
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Austin, TX — Scientists are preparing a massive computer model of the coronavirus that they expect will give insight into how it infects in the body. They’ve taken the first steps, testing the...

Microbiome Search Engine can Increase Efficiency in Disease Detection and Diagnosis

March 24, 2020
Mindzilla

Beijing, China — Big data makes big promises when it comes to providing insights into human behaviour and health. The problem is how to harness the information it provides in an efficient manner. An...

On the Trail of Organic Solar Cells’ Efficiency

March 23, 2020
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Dresden, Germany — In their study, by investigating the vibrations of the molecules in the thin films, the scientists were able to show that very fundamental quantum effects, so-called zero point vibrations,...

Device could ‘Hear’ Disease Through Structures Housing Cells

March 23, 2020
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West Lafayette, IN — Similarly to how a picked lock gives away that someone has broken into a building, the stiffening of a structure surrounding cells in the human body can indicate that cancer is...

Supercomputers Unlock Reproductive Mysteries of Viruses and Life

March 19, 2020
Mindzilla

Austin, TX — Fundamental research supported by supercomputers could help lead to new strategies and better technology that combats infectious and genetic diseases. Viruses such as the dreaded severe...

New Technology Helps in Hunt for New Cancer Drug Combinations

March 19, 2020
Mindzilla

Parkville, Australia — A revolutionary new technology has been applied to reveal the inner workings of individual cancer cells – potentially identifying more effective treatment combinations...

To Make Ultra-Black Materials that won’t Weigh Things Down, Consider Butterfly

March 12, 2020
Mindzilla

Durham, NC — Set against a piece of black construction paper, the wings of the male cattleheart butterfly look even blacker than black. “Some animals have taken black to an extreme,”...

Exploring Deep Tissues Using Photoacoustic Imaging

March 9, 2020
Mindzilla

Pohang, South Korea — Photoacoustic imaging has gained global attention for capturing images without causing pains or using ionizing radiation. Recently, many researchers have heavily studied on observing...

Imaging Technique Reveals 3D Forces Exerted by Tiny Cell Clusters

March 5, 2020
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Providence, RI — A team of researchers has developed a new technique to map the three-dimensional forces that clusters of human cells exert on their surrounding environment. The method could potentially...

Not a ‘Math Person’? You may be Better at Learning to Code than You Think

March 3, 2020
Mindzilla

Seattle, WA — Want to learn to code? Put down the math book. Practice those communication skills instead. New research from the University of Washington finds that a natural aptitude for learning...

New CRISPR Base-Editing Technology Slows ALS Progression in Mice

February 27, 2020
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Champaign, IL — With a new CRISPR gene-editing methodology, scientists from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign inactivated one of the genes responsible for an inherited form of amyotrophic...

Engineers Develop Miniaturized ‘Warehouse Robots’ for Biotechnology Applications

February 27, 2020
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Los Angeles, CA — UCLA engineers have developed minuscule warehouse logistics robots that could help expedite and automate medical diagnostic technologies and other applications that move and manipulate...

Electron Microscopy Allows Scientists to Understand Molecular Trigger of Allergic Reactions

February 25, 2020
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Aarhus, Denmark — An international research team has been able to describe the overall structure of the antibody type IgE, which is the key molecule in allergic diseases. This is a scientific breakthrough...

Researchers Show What Drives a Novel, Ordered Assembly of Alternating Peptides

February 24, 2020
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Raleigh, NC — A team of researchers has verified that it is possible to engineer two-layered nanofibers consisting of an ordered row of alternating peptides, and has also determined what makes these...

New Machine Learning Method could Supercharge Battery Development for Electric Vehicles

February 21, 2020
Mindzilla

Stanford, CA — Battery performance can make or break the electric vehicle experience, from driving range to charging time to the lifetime of the car. Now, artificial intelligence has made dreams like...

Topological Materials Outperform Through Quantum Periodic Motion

February 19, 2020
Mindzilla

Ames, IA — Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Ames Laboratory have discovered that applying vibrational motion in a periodic manner may be the key to preventing dissipations of the...

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