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Tag: Science
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HEALING A DAMAGED BRAIN WITH HYDROGEL
A brain that has lost tissue in a trauma or stroke can’t replace it. Now surgeons may be able to, thanks to creative uses of hydrogel, scientists’ new go-to structural framework when rebuilding or regrowing body parts.
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FINDING EARLY SIGNS OF CANCER IN A DROP OF BLOOD
Figuring out whether a strange mass of cells in the body is malignant may soon no longer involve intrusive and painful tissue biopsies, thanks to researchers at Australia’s University of Technology.
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FRUCTOSE MAY BE THE SPARK THAT IGNITES ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE
Fructose, a natural sugar found in fruits and honey—and in an array of soft drinks and processed foods—may lie at the root of Alzheimer’s Disease, according to researchers at the University of Colorado.
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ADDING ACETATE TO ASPHALT COULD KEEP ROADS PERMANENTLY ICE-FREE
If you live in a four-season climate, you live with icy roads in winter.
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EARTH MAY HOLD VAST, HIDDEN POCKETS OF HYDROGEN FOR THE TAKING
In 1987, African villagers digging a water well struck a pocket of gas about 330 feet down. The gas streamed out, showing blue in sunlight and gold at night. When a villager looked down the hole while smoking a cigarette, the plume exploded.
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DESIGN FIRM TURNS OFFICE BUILDING INTO URBAN GARDEN
VTN, a Vietnamese architectural firm, is out to turn downtown Ho Chi Minh City green.
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MEET THE FUTURE: DECENTRALIZED VIRTUAL POWER PLANT LAUNCHES IN U.K.
SolarEdge, an Israeli company making solar energy equipment, has invited thousands of Britons who own its home storage batteries as part of their solar power systems to join together in the U.K.’s first virtual power plant.
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STUDY: EXHAUST FROM LEADED GAS COST AMERICANS 800 MILLION IQ POINTS
Since the 1940s, breathing exhaust from leaded gasoline reduced the intelligence of 170 million Americans now living, robbing the nation collectively of 824 million IQ points—about three points per person, according to a study out of Duke University.
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A FIRST: AIRPLANE FLIES WITH NO MOVING PARTS
Engineers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have flown an aircraft that has no moving parts.