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3D Printing’s Even More Affordable Now Thanks to SparkMaker

Currently being dubbed as the world’s most affordable desktop SLA 3D printer, SparkMaker has certainly caused a stir on Kickstarter already. After just a few days of being...

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Lab Grown Mini-Brain may hold key to Understanding Neurodevelopmental Disorders

Researchers from Yale will now be able to study certain parts of the brain due to newly lab developed organoids that grow in Petri dishes. The findings are...

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Light is Shined on Perovskite Cell Mysteries

For almost a decade perovskite based solar cells have been improving in efficiency, increasing from four percent to 20 percent between 2009 and 2017, and is expected to...

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New Experimental Drug Reverses Memory Loss due to Brain Injury

A study recently published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences found that ISRIB, a new drug, even when used weeks after the initial injury, can...

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This Drone Doesn’t Need GPS to Navigate

When an unmanned aerial vehicle, also called a UAV or drone, loses connection to GPS due to terrain interference or loss of network and thus loses navigability, it’s...

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Could Using 3D Imaging Be Used to Detect Signs of Extraterrestrial Life in Space?

According to Caltech researchers, holographic microscopy is our best chance for identifying microbes living in space. In a paper published in a special edition of Astrobiology, Jay Nadeau...

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Gaining a Deeper Understanding of the Relationship Between DNA and Cell Function

Have you ever wondered how different cells in the human body do different jobs when every cell contains the entire 6.5 foot, 20,000 gene strand of DNA? A...

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Can This New Heart Model Save Muscles During Heart Attack?

Reperfusion is a common technique used by cardiac surgeons to restore normal functions to heart muscle during a heart attack. The procedure infuses cells with a rush of...

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The New Cheap and Fast Way to Make Supercapacitor Electrodes For Electric Cars

A team of University of Washington researchers, led by Peter Pauzauskie, an assistant professor of materials science and engineering, developed a system for manufacturing *supercapacitor electrodes that is...

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Studying Astronaut Health Could Benefit Medicine for All

Ever since the Apollo missions, the health of astronauts have suffered long after their time in space was over. From reduced bone density to weakened muscles to cardiovascular...

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New Methods of Controlling Electrons Could be Major in Quantum Computing

UCLA researchers HongWen Jiang, professor of physics, and graduate student, Joshua Schoenfield have discovered a method for controlling and measuring the valley states of electrons in a silicon...

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NASA Discover Importance of Low Frequency Wave to Increase Satellite Longevity and Performance

Earth is encompassed by fields of moving charged particles, electricity, and magnetism, forming waves around the planet. One particular part of this cocoon is the Van Allen radiation...

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