12/14/2018 12:00 AM EST
Lava brew, clones from seed, personal heat patches, and Hurricane MariaÂs landscape legacy GEO: Hurricane Maria's Footprint UNH Researchers Find Unexpected Impact of Hurricanes on Puerto Rico's Watershed NSF Luquillo Critical ...
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12/11/2018 12:00 AM EST
Rice University graduate student Krishna Badhiwala captures a hydra for study in a custom microfluidic system in the lab of electrical and computer engineer Jacob Robinson. The Rice lab is studying the hydra to characterize the relationship between its neural activity and muscle movements. [Image 5 ...
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12/11/2018 12:00 AM EST
Rice University graduate student Elaa Hilou sets up an experiment to study the effect of a spinning magnetic field on a colloid of micron-sized magnetic particles. [Image 1 of 7 related images. See Image 2.] More about this image Jacob ...
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12/11/2018 12:00 AM EST
Rice University electrical and computer engineer Jacob Robinson and his lab have developed methods to corral tiny, squid-like hydra to perform the first comprehensive characterization of relationships between neural activity and muscle movements in the animals. [Image 7 of 7 related images. Back to ...
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12/11/2018 12:00 AM EST
Rice University electrical and computer engineer Jacob Robinson peers into a chamber of hydra cultivated in his lab for testing. The Rice team is developing techniques to characterize the nervous systems of hydra. [Image 6 of 7 related images. See Image ...
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12/11/2018 12:00 AM EST
Rice University graduate student Elaa Hilou (left) and Professor Sibani Lisa Biswal set up an experiment in a device that combines a rotating magnetic field and a microscope. The researchers are studying the effects of a spinning field on magnetic particles. Their findings could help researchers ...
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12/11/2018 12:00 AM EST
Micron-sized magnetic particles are set to go for a spin in a custom rig used by Rice University researchers to study the effects of a spinning magnetic field on materials. [Image 2 of 7 related images. See Image 3.] More about this ...
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12/11/2018 12:00 AM EST
Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have discovered a new way of using laser light to tune electronic energy levels in 2D films of crystal. More about this image Faster, more efficient data storage and computer logic systems could be on the horizon thanks to a new ...
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12/11/2018 12:00 AM EST
Corals on the Great Barrier Reef. A recent study suggests that corals in the Great Barrier Reef have enough genetic variation to adapt to and survive rising ocean temperatures for at least another century. More about this image Using genetic samples and computer simulations, ...
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Chemists have developed safe alternatives to phthalates used in plastics by preventing chemical leac
12/08/2018 12:00 AM EST
Researchers at University of California, Santa Cruz, have developed safer alternatives to phthalate plasticizers -- which can leach out of plastics into food water and the environment -- potentially preventing a variety of health problems. The alternatives can still enhance the suppleness, ...
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12/08/2018 12:00 AM EST
Scientists at the University of Cincinnati say the hungrier ticks are, the harder they try to find people or other hosts -- a finding that could have implications for the spread of tick-borne diseases such as Lyme or Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever. The researchers explain that starved ticks' ...
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12/08/2018 12:00 AM EST
Scientists have developed a crop system that takes advantage of Guiera, a plant native to West Africa, to help sustain food supply for a growing population. A new study shows that the shrub, abundant in the Sahel region, can share the precious water they draw in and boost production of one of the ...
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A new type of electronic glove gives robots a sense of touch, plus the ability to perform simple tas
12/08/2018 12:00 AM EST
Stanford researchers have developed an electronic glove that bestows robotic hands with some of the manual dexterity humans enjoy. The research team demonstrated that the sensors work well enough to allow a robotic hand to touch a delicate berry and handle a ping-pong ball without squashing them, ...
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