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Novel circuit design boosts wearable thermoelectric generators

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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

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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

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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...

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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...

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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

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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

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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

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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...

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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

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Pumas are not the loners they were once thought to be. Credit: © outdoorsman / Fotolia Pumas, long known as solitary carnivores, are more social than...

New approach for AIDS: Lock HIV in reservoir cells, to die...

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The compound L-HIPPO is being used by researchers from Kumamoto University in Japan to eradicate HIV in viral reservoir cells. Credit: Associate Professor Mikako Fujita With...