News tagged with spun sugar
Spun-sugar fibers spawn sweet technique for nerve repair
Researchers at Purdue University have developed a technique using spun-sugar filaments to create a scaffold of tiny synthetic tubes that might serve as conduits to regenerate nerves severed in accidents or ...
Feb 26, 2009 |
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Stellar astrophysics explains the behavior of fast rotating neutron stars in binary systems
Pulsars are among the most exotic celestial bodies known. They have diameters of about 20 kilometres, but at the same time roughly the mass of our sun. A sugar-cube sized piece of its ultra-compact matter ...
Feb 02, 2012 |
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New partnership looks to industrialize spider silk production
(PhysOrg.com) -- For thousands of years, human beings have looked with envy upon the silk webs spun by spiders; not only are they stronger than steel but they are tougher too (a vest made of spider web material ...
Sep 15, 2011 |
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New weight loss discovery moves us closer to 'the Pill' for obesity
An important discovery in mice may make a big difference in people's waistlines thanks to a team of Harvard scientists who found that reducing the function of a transmembrane protein, called Klotho, in obese mice with high ...
Mar 07, 2011 |
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Checklist keeps you, loved ones safe, happy this holiday season
From overeating to exercise and alcohol, UC San Diego Health System nutritionists, trauma specialists and poison experts offer insights for a health holiday.
Dec 08, 2010 |
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Sugar and slice make graphene real nice
Future computers may run a little sweeter, thanks to a refinement in the manufacture of graphene at Rice University.
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Nov 11, 2010 |
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Inspired by a cotton candy machine, engineers put a new spin on creating tiny nanofibers
Hailed as a "cross between a high-speed centrifuge and a cotton candy machine," bioengineers at Harvard have developed a new, practical technology for fabricating tiny nanofibers.
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
May 25, 2010 |
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Beer Here
(PhysOrg.com) -- Drinking beer is a simple act, but making beer is not. It starts out with genetics and tens of thousands of barley varieties and ends with a clear ambrosia that belies the time, effort and technology that ...
Nov 25, 2009 |
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AstraZeneca e-mails show debate on Seroquel risks
(AP) -- Marketing executives at British drugmaker AstraZeneca PLC for years blocked efforts by company scientists to raise concerns antipsychotic drug Seroquel caused weight gain and other problems, saying that would harm ...
Medicine & Health / Medications
May 20, 2009 |
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UCI and CODA Genomics collaborate to re-engineer yeast for biofuel production
Scientists from UC Irvine and CODA Genomics are partnering on new research aimed at turning a common strain of yeast used in the production of beer, wine and bread into an efficient producer of ethanol.
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