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Article ID: 699089 Sandia National LaboratoriesSandia’s materials science team has engineered a platinum-gold alloy believed to be the most wear-resistant metal in the world. It’s 100 times more durable than high-strength steel, making it the first alloy, or combination of metals, in the same class as diamond and sapphire, nature’s most wear-resistant materials. |
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Article ID: 699084 Binghamton University, State University of New YorkA new manufacturing technique developed by researchers from Binghamton University, State University at New York may be able to avoid the “coffee ring” effect that plagues inkjet printers. Channels: All Journal News, Engineering, Nanotechnology, Technology, Local - New York Binghamton, Binghamton University, SUNY Binghamton, State University of New York at Binghamton, Printing, inkjet printing, printers, Technology, coffee ring effect, printer technology, Mechanical Engineering, Evaporation, Electrospray, Nanoparticles, ink, Surfactants, particle motion, additive manufacturing, Biotechnology, film, Engineering |
Article ID: 699041 University of North Carolina Health Care SystemResearchers discovered a gene mutation underlying hydrops fetalis – a fatal condition to fetuses. The proteins at the center of this finding are implicated in a number of diseases, opening avenues of potential drug discovery related to migraines, diabetes, osteoporosis, and other conditions. |
Article ID: 699056 Donald Danforth Plant Science CenterThe Danforth Center and Saint Louis University are pleased to announce that Allison Miller, Ph.D., professor of biology at Saint Louis University (SLU) and research associate at the Missouri Botanical Garden, will be appointed to a joint faculty position between the Danforth Center and SLU. Miller will serve as member and principal investigator at the Danforth Center, and her research program will be housed at the Center’s Creve Coeur facilities |
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Article ID: 699068 Los Alamos National LaboratoryResearchers have found declines in the number and diversity of bird populations at nine sites surveyed in northern New Mexico, where eight species vanished over time while others had considerably dropped. |
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Article ID: 699038 Virginia TechAs sea levels rise due to climate change, so do the global hazards and potential devastating damages from tsunamis, according to a new study by a partnership that included Virginia Tech. |
Article ID: 699025 Georgia Institute of TechnologyMuscles of the elderly and of patients with Duchene muscular dystrophy have trouble regenerating. A new nanohydrogel with muscle stem cells has boosted muscle growth in mouse models while protecting the stem cells from immune reactions that usually weaken or destroy them. Channels: All Journal News, Grant Funded News, Aging, Cell Biology, Engineering, Stem Cells, Technology, Local - Atlanta Metro, Immunology nanohydrogel, Hydrogel, muscle satellite cell, Stem Cell, elderly and medication, Old Age, Aging and Disease, Aging, Muscle Regeneration, Muscle Repair, diaphragm muscle replacement, Diaphragm, Duchene muscular dystrophy, elderly adults |
Article ID: 698887 University of VermontA first-of-its-kind global study shows that children in 27 developing countries have better nutrition—when they live near forests. |
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Article ID: 699024 Swarthmore CollegeAssistant Professor of Physics Tristan Smith has received a NASA grant to support his work in developing new ways to identify and measure the physics of the dark universe. |