How can programmed failure protocols help improve sheet-based fluidic devices, the latter of which have become a cornerstone in enhancing soft robotics worldwide? This is what a recent study published in Cell…
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White Dwarf Stars Could Host Habitable Exoplanets
Could white dwarf stars host habitable exoplanets that might support life as we know it? This is what a recent study published in The Astrophysical Journal hopes to address as an international team of…
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Big birds like emus are technical innovators, according to University of Bristol researchers
BYLINE: Laura Thomas
Large birds – our closest relations to dinosaurs – are capable of technical innovation, by solving a physical task to gain access to food.
This is the first…
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B Cells Found to Help Predict Therapeutic Response
Immunotherapy is the form of treatment that redirects the immune system toward a pathogen or disease. In many cases, immunotherapy is referred to treating cancer. As tumors progress, they secrete proteins and…
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AI system achieves near-perfect accuracy in detecting toxic gases
Feb 20, 2025 (Nanowerk Spotlight) When a chemical plant leaked toxic gas in Texas in 2014, first responders couldn’t quickly determine which specific compounds… Continue Reading
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Biological sex is not as simple as male or female
Sex is messy.
It’s not just about chromosomes. Or reproductive cells. Or any other binary metric. Many genetic, environmental and developmental variations can produce what are thought of as masculine and feminine traits in the same…
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In ancient stellar nurseries, some stars are born of fluffy clouds
Feb 20, 2025 Researchers found that 40% of molecular clouds in the Small Magellanic Cloud are ‘fluffy’, offering new insights into early star formation.
(Nanowerk News) How are stars… Continue Reading
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Fecal Samples Help Doctors Predict Treatment Susceptibility
While immunotherapy approaches to cancer treatment have had monumental benefits for cancer care, dichotomy in cohorts of patients who respond and do not respond to these modalities remains a significant…
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Generating Heavy Electrons Without Problematic Elements
• Physics 18, s15
A new strategy allows scientists to find and make materials that host so-called heavy electrons without requiring rare-earth or actinide elements.
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Ice Moves in a Cascade of Quakes
• Physics 18, 38
Observations of a new deformation mode of ice could improve models of sea-level rise.
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Andreas Fichtner and his team lowered a fiber-optic cable into a borehole in… Continue Reading