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In a first for wearable optics, researchers develop stretchy fiber to capture body motion
A silicone strain sensor glued to a rubber glove bends easily with the wearer's finger. The amount of light transmitted by the fiber changes...
Novel circuit design boosts wearable thermoelectric generators
Electrical conductivity is measured for a thermoelectric polymer film in the laboratory of Shannon Yee at the Georgia Institute of Technology.
Credit: Candler Hobbs, Georgia...
Soft, flexible origami-inspired robot
TWISTER, an origami-inspired soft robot.
Credit: Russell Lee
A Case Western Reserve University researcher has turned the origami she enjoyed as a child into a patent-pending...
Experimental Ebola vaccines elicit year-long immune response
A volunteer receives an injection in the PREVAIL Ebola vaccine clinical trial in Liberia.
Credit: PREVAIL
Results from a large randomized, placebo-controlled clinical trial in Liberia...
Now and Zen: Lower prenatal stress reduces risk of behavioral issues in kids
These are tips and tricks to help expectant mothers manage stress.
Credit: University of Ottawa
Parenting is a complicated journey full of questions, and when a...
How scientists used NASA data to predict the corona of the Aug. 21 Total...
Predictive Science, Inc. developed a numerical model that simulated what the corona would look like during the Aug. 21, 2017 total solar eclipse.
Credit: Predictive...
Converting carbon dioxide to carbon monoxide using water, electricity
This is the reduction of CO2.
Credit: Mr. Aditya Prajapati
Researchers at the University of Illinois at Chicago and the Joint Center for Artificial Photosynthesis have...
Chemists use modified DNA nucleotides to create new materials
Diagram of enzyme (orange) encapsulating 2'-azido-DNA/DNA hydrogel.
Credit: Courtesy Romesberg Lab
DNA evolved to store genetic information, but in principle this special, chain-like molecule can also...
Learning and staying in shape key to longer lifespan, study finds
Education leads to a longer life.
Credit: © Gines / Fotolia
People who are overweight cut their life expectancy by two months for every extra kilogramme...
Spinal cord stimulation is a safe, effective drug-free treatment for chronic pain, experts say
Human spine.
Credit: © hamara / Fotolia
Chronic pain affects up to 20% of people in developed countries, and represents not only a profound impact on...
Pumas found to exhibit behaviors like social animals
Pumas are not the loners they were once thought to be.
Credit: © outdoorsman / Fotolia
Pumas, long known as solitary carnivores, are more social than...
