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An engineered surface unsticks sticky water droplets
Schematic showing a new engineered surface that can repel liquids in any state of wetness.
Credit: Xianming Dai, Chujun Zeng and Tak-Sing Wong
The lotus effect...
Floating droplets: How droplets can ‘levitate’ on liquid surfaces
Visualization of vortices in a drop of silicone oil sitting on a warm bath. The temperature difference generates a recirculating flow that is visualized...
Discovery of a promising medication for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS)
Experiments conducted on worms, zebrafish, mice and, finally, on human subjects in a limited clinical trial conclude that pimozide may be effective in treating...
Primate calls, like human speech, can help infants form categories
Mantled howler (Alouatta seniculus) howling.
Credit: © michaklootwijk / Fotolia
Human infants' responses to the vocalizations of non-human primates shed light on the developmental origin of...
Heavy drinking, smoking linked to visible signs of aging
Aging concept, young and old comparison (stock image).
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Heavy drinking and smoking are linked to visible signs of physical aging, and...
Spanking linked to increase in children’s behavior problems
Spanking makes children's behavior problems worse.
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Children who have been spanked by their parents by age 5 show an increase in...
Paraplegic rats walk and regain feeling after stem cell treatment
Rat (stock image).
Credit: © Bokeh Art Photo / Fotolia
Engineered tissue containing human stem cells has allowed paraplegic rats to walk independently and regain sensory...
Butterfly wing inspires photovoltaics: Light absorption can be enhanced by up to 200 percent
Nanostructures of the wing of Pachliopta aristolochiae can be transferred to solar cells and enhance their absorption rates by up to 200 percent.
Credit: Radwanul...
Engineering the gut microbiome with ‘good’ bacteria may help treat Crohn’s disease
Crohn's disease is an inflammatory bowel disease that affects nearly one million children and adults in the United States.
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Penn Medicine...
Does this one gene fuel obesity?
3D confocal image of differentiated fat cells showing ankyrin B-GLUT4 complexes (red isosurface dots) decorating the plasma membrane. Isosurface of lipid droplets and nuclei...
Gut microbes can protect against high blood pressure
“I think certainly there’s some promise in developing probiotics that could be targeted to possibly fixing some of the effects of a high-salt diet,...
