News tagged with capillary tube
Molecule prompts damaged heart cells to repair themselves after a heart attack
A protein that the heart produces during its early development reactivates the embryonic coronary developmental program and initiates migration of heart cells and blood vessel growth after a heart attack, ...
Apr 10, 2009 |
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Cell-CT: A new dimension in breast cancer research
Despite advances in both the diagnosis and treatment of breast cancer, the disease remains a leading worldwide health concern.
Jan 05, 2012 |
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Researchers deconstruct the physics of writing with a fountain pen
Wetting a fountain pen to compose a thank-you note is a grand way to express gratitude for a holiday gift, yet we often don’t give a thought to what happens when ink moves from pen to paper. But for a ...
Dec 30, 2011 |
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Crystallizing the switch to hydrogen
Hydrogen gas is an almost infinitely inexhaustible fuel source that emits only clean water during combustion. Switching from hydrocarbon-based transportation to systems powered by state-of-the-art fuel cells ...
Dec 02, 2011 |
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Researchers seek ways to beef up military armor
It was a simple act, really, one that Ledjan Qato performed dozens of times in the corner of a spacious engineering lab at Villanova University.
Nov 21, 2011 |
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Hydrodynamics of writing with ink
For millennia, writing has been the preferred way to convey information and knowledge from one generation to another. We first developed the ability to write on clay tablets with a point, and then settled ...
Nov 21, 2011 |
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For certain orchids, relatives more important than pollinators in shaping floral attractants
Bees, bats, and moths all follow their noses in search of food from flowers. Plants that rely on such animals for pollination often produce particular chemical scents that attract specific pollinators. However, ...
Oct 26, 2011 |
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Bees, and similar nectar feeders, get sweeter juice with dipping tongues
A field of flowers may seem innocuous -- but for the birds and bees that depend on it for sustenance, that floral landscape can be a battlefield mined with predators and competitors. The more efficient a pollinator is in ...
Oct 12, 2011 |
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Blood vessels from your printer
Researchers have been working at growing tissue and organs in the laboratory for a long time. These days, tissue engineering enables us to build up artificial tissue, although science still hasn't been successful ...
Sep 13, 2011 |
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Innovative nanoparticle purification system uses magnetic fields
A team of Penn State University scientists has invented a new system that uses magnetism to purify hybrid nanoparticles -- structures that are composed of two or more kinds of materials in an extremely small ...
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Sep 06, 2011 |
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Mimicking biological complexity, in a tiny particle
Tiny particles made of polymers hold great promise for targeted delivery of drugs and as structural scaffolds for building artificial tissues. However, current production methods for such microparticles yield ...
Aug 16, 2011 |
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