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This device traps single cancer cells for analysis
(Credit: National University of Singapore)
A microfluidic chip invented by engineers from NUS and start-up Clearbridge mFluidics is a world’s first in using microfluidic flow...
Study Finds Apple and Lettuce Can Remedy Garlic Breath
Garlic -- consumers either love or hate the taste, but one thing is for certain, no one likes it when the scent of it...
Yoga may not count toward 30 minutes of daily physical activity, but may have...
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Hatha yoga is an increasingly popular form of physical activity and meditative practice in the U.S. It is important to understand the calorie...
Resonance in Rainbow Bridge
Oblique view of Rainbow Bridge, Utah.Credit: Jeff Moore
Utah's iconic Rainbow Bridge hums with natural and human-made vibrations, according to a new University of Utah...
Engineers create room-temperature multiferroic material
Multiferroics -- materials that exhibit both magnetic and electric order -- are of interest for next-generation computing but difficult to create because the conditions...
Big data gives insight into appeal of services like Uber
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In a novel test of the benefit a company can generate for consumers, a new study estimates just how much consumers are gaining...
Satellites help link Texas earthquakes to wastewater injection, Stanford scientist says
A 4.8 magnitude earthquake that rattled residents and damaged buildings in East Texas in 2012 was triggered by the injection of large volumes of...
Pluto’s ‘heart’ sheds light on a possible buried ocean
Pluto's famous "heart," half of which was created by an ancient impact, offers clues about a possible subsurface ocean. Credit: NASA/APL/SwRI
A giant asteroid impact...
Vitamin B levels during pregnancy linked to eczema risk in child
Infants whose mothers had a higher level of a particular type of vitamin B during pregnancy have a lower risk of eczema at age...
Melatonin, biological clock keep singing fish on time
A nest with male and female midshipman fish (Porichthys notatus) and developing embryos attached to the rock.Credit: Margaret A. Marchaterre; Image courtesy of Cornell...
Study provides strongest evidence oxygen levels were key to early animal evolution
Cloudina fossils (Credit: Rachel Wood)
It has long puzzled scientists why, after 3 billion years of nothing more complex than algae, complex animals suddenly started...
