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How to improve the lives of 1 billion people in slums
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A new study suggests that the 'neighborhood effect' of slums could help to alleviate some of their associated health problems.
A team of...
Unusual quantum liquid on crystal surface could inspire future electronics
Strange electron orbits form on the surface of a crystal in this image created using a theoretical data model. These orbits correspond to the...
Genetic change that caused snakes to lose legs
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About 150 million years ago, snakes roamed about on well-developed legs. Now, two University of Florida researchers have discovered how snakes’ legs...
Low socio-economic status, fear of abandonment can lead to poor adult health
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Low socio-economic status and fear of abandonment early in life can lead to poor health in adulthood, regardless of adult socio-economic status,...
Omnidirectional mobile robot has just two moving parts
More than a decade ago, Ralph Hollis invented the ballbot, an elegantly simple robot whose tall, thin body glides atop a sphere slightly smaller...
Modular space telescope could be assembled by robot
Illustration shows how a robot could assemble the trusses that would support a massive telescope mirror.Credit: Sergio Pellegrino/Caltech
Seeing deep into space requires large telescopes....
Recently Active Lava Flows on Eastern Flank of Idunn Mons on Venus
Figure 1 - The figure displays an elevation model of Idunn Mons (46 S; 146 W), a volcano with a diameter of 200 km...
Team finds Southern East Africa getting wetter, not dryer
Satellite imagery of Africa. Credit: WikiMedia
The prevailing notion that the African continent has been getting progressively drier over time is being challenged by a...
Pediatricians update digital media recommendations for kids
New guidelines announced by the American Academy of Pediatrics today say parents not only need to pay attention to the amount of time children...
Researchers discover ways to expand temperature stability range of solar cells
Despite the potential for powering the world with energy from the sun—the most abundant source of renewable energy - only about 1 percent of...
Physicists develop analytics to predict poll trends
As the countdown continues to the Presidential election, new analytical tools by physicists at The City College of New York promise a quicker and...
