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New approaches make retinal detachment highly treatable
Nov 26, 2008 |
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Retinal detachment, a condition that afflicts about 10,000 Americans each year, puts an individual at risk for vision loss or blindness. In a new study in today's issue of the New England Journal of Medicine, a leading ophtha ...
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Nanotechnology shows promise as next wrinkle fighter
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Jan 16, 2007 |
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The next big idea in preventing wrinkles is very, very small. Nano small.
Soft Materials Buckle Up for Measurement
Jun 22, 2006 |
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Buckling under pressure can be a good thing, say materials scientists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology. Writing in the June 13 issue of Macromolecules, they report a new method to evalua ...
Simulations may explain nanoparticles 'pinned' to graphene
Apr 24, 2008 |
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It was hard to understand how a graphene sheet — a featureless, flat sheet of carbon atoms — lying on an equally featureless iridium surface, somehow converted itself into a kind of muffin tin that formed ...
Why nanolayers buckle when microbeams bend
Dec 15, 2005 |
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High-strength, ultra-light and elastic carbon materials are commonly used in high-performance sports goods and modern aerospace technology - for example in tennis rackets, racing tyres, heat shields and even ...
Tiny injector to speed development of new, safer, cheaper drugs
Chemistry / Analytical Chemistry
Nov 04, 2009 |
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It's no bigger than a stamp packet but it has the potential to allow rapid development of a new generation of drugs and genetic engineering organisms, and to better control in-vitro fertilization.
Worker anxiety rises after long weekend
Sep 06, 2006 |
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Increasing workload is making it tougher for Americans to cope with back-to-work blues after a long weekend such as Labor Day.
Mountain ranges rise much more rapidly than geologists expected
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Jun 05, 2008 |
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Mountains may experience a "growth spurt" that can double their heights in as little as two to four million years—several times faster than the prevailing tectonic theory suggests.
Foldable and stretchable, silicon circuits conform to many shapes
Mar 27, 2008 |
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Scientists have developed a new form of stretchable silicon integrated circuit that can wrap around complex shapes such as spheres, body parts and aircraft wings, and can operate during stretching, compressing, ...
Novel needle could cut medical complications
Apr 02, 2009 |
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Each year, hundreds of thousands of people suffer medical complications from hypodermic needles that penetrate too far under their skin. A new device developed by MIT engineers and colleagues aims to prevent this from happening ...
UW science photo takes second in national contest
Sep 26, 2008 |
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With a photograph that embodies the unexpected – and sometimes breathtaking – outcomes of science, University of Wisconsin-Madison graduate student Jenna Eun has won second place in the 2008 Science and Engineering ...
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