A team of researchers made up materials scientists and chemists from several institutions in California has developed a new group of polymers that can be caused to come about using solid-state polymerization of organic dye molecules. In ...
The alien world of aquatic micro-organisms just got new residents: synthetic self-propelled swimming bio-bots. A team of engineers has developed a class of tiny bio-hybrid machines that swim like sperm, the first synthetic structures that ...
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Bendable figure named Jules to help children practice yoga at home A UK yoga teacher has taken her idea for a toy that helps children learn yoga to crowdfunding platform Kickstarter. Dawn Caller, from SunRise Yoga, has created Jules, a ...
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The expense of joining a gym or taking a class can keep some people from exercising. But there are low- or no-cost options for getting fit. The Weight-Control Information Network suggests these affordable options: Check your office ...
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The Humane Society of the United States recently ranked Colorado's animal-protection laws among the top 10 for overall effectiveness. But, this past Friday, the Weld County Prosecutor's Office determined that timing provisions in those laws ...
A US federal appeals court upheld a multibillion-dollar settlement between BP and the coastal residents and businesses hit by the company's massive Gulf of Mexico oil spill in 2010. The British energy giant reached a $7.8 billion ...
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University of Hawaii at Manoa astronomer Regina Jorgenson has obtained the first image that shows the structure of a normal galaxy in the early universe. The results were presented at the winter American Astronomical Society meeting being ...
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A GE Healthcare voluntary recall of an anesthesia devices part has received a Class I classification from the FDA, which means the fault might cause serious health problems or death. The part involved is the GE Healthcare Multi Absorber ...
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Due to their rapid improvements in a short amount of time, perovskite solar cells have become one of today's most promising up-and-coming photovoltaic technologies. Currently, the record efficiency for a perovskite solar cell is 15% and ...
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Multicolored sunlight shines brighter inside and out of First Presbyterian Church. Susan and David Allsbrooks, of Burns, set the final section of restored stained glass at the church two weeks ago, more than a century after the window ...
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Trends continued in the small car class in 2013, with almost a quarter of all new vehicle sales in Australia going to that segment, and its station maintained as the top-selling segment for the year with a 266,413 tally rising by 5.6 per ...
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Researchers at the National University of Singapore (NUS) have developed an exfoliation method for the two-dimensional (2D) material molybdenum disulfide that leads to crystals of the substance becoming high quality monolayer flakes. These ...
The gap between Kraft and Testliner prices had grown and hence a narrowing made sense. Foreign Kraft producers found the UK market increasingly attractive…which raised supply. There has been a further switch out of Kraft into the less ...
In experiments with rodents, scientists have discovered that a steroid hormone blunts the effects of marijuana, virtually eliminating its high. The hormone, pregnenolone, occurs naturally in the body. In the laboratory, it worked by ...
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Facebook has been accused of intercepting private messages of its users to provide data to marketers, according to a class-action lawsuit filed in a federal court in California. The social networking company scanned plaintiffs' private ...
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