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Ultra-thin memory storage device paves way for more powerful computing
Engineers worldwide have been developing alternative ways to provide greater memory storage capacity on even smaller computer chips. Previous research into two-dimensional atomic sheets...
Secrets of longevity protein revealed in new study
Named after the Greek goddess who spun the thread of life, Klotho proteins play an important role in the regulation of longevity and metabolism....
New light on the mysterious origin of Bornean elephants
How did Borneo get its elephant? This could be just another of Rudyard Kipling's just so stories. The Bornean elephant is a subspecies of...
Ultra-thin optical fibers offer new way to 3-D print microstructures
For the first time, researchers have shown that an optical fiber as thin as a human hair can be used to create microscopic structures...
Breakthrough enables screening millions of human antibodies for new drug discovery
A paper just published in Nature Biotechnology outlines a pioneering method of screening a person's diverse set of antibodies for rapid therapeutic discovery. Antibody proteins are...
A simple cell holds 42 million protein molecules
It's official--there are some 42 million protein molecules in a simple cell, revealed a team of researchers led by Grant Brown, a biochemistry professor...
Pulsating dissolution found in crystals
When German researchers zoomed in to the nanometer scale on time-lapse images of dissolving crystals, they found a surprise: Dissolution happened in pulses, marked...
Alzheimer’s disease: Neuronal loss very limited
Frequently encountered in the elderly, Alzheimer's is considered a neurodegenerative disease, which means that it is accompanied by a significant, progressive loss of neurons...
Odd behavior of star reveals lonely black hole hiding in giant star cluster
Astronomers using ESO's MUSE instrument on the Very Large Telescope in Chile have discovered a star in the cluster NGC 3201 that is behaving...
Baby brains help infants figure it out before they try it out
Babies often amaze their parents when they seemingly learn new skills overnight -- how to walk, for example. But their brains were probably prepping...
Weather anomalies accelerate the melting of sea ice
In the winter of 2015/16, something happened that had never before been seen on this scale: at the end of December, temperatures rose above...
