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Some States Still Lag in Teaching Climate Science
While climate education has made major strides, many teachers still lack resources and training-- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
Astronauts install Tethers Unlimited’s 3-D printer plus recycler on space station
NASA astronaut Anne McClain installs Tethers Unlimited’s Refabricator recycling and 3-D printing payload aboard the International Space Station. (NASA Photo via Tethers Unlimited)
NASA astronauts on the International Space Station have installed the...
How bees stay cool on hot summer days
(Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences) Harvard researchers have developed a framework that explains how bees use environmental signals to collectively cluster and continuously ventilate the hive.
A Better Pill--Internal Delivery Devices May Help Patients Take Their Medicine
A tortoise and a puffer fish inspire technology to overcome the multibillion-dollar nonadherence problem-- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
MDMA users more empathetic than other drug users
(University of Exeter) Long-term MDMA users have higher levels of empathy than cannabis and other drugs users, new research suggests.
Planning ahead: A new robust approach for minimizing costs in power-distribution networks
(Tokyo Institute of Technology) Scientists at Tokyo Tech have developed a new method for scheduling the turning on and off of power generators that minimizes costs and ensures reliability while addressing the issues prevalent in multiple previous met...
Investment in LEGO can yield returns of up to 600 percent
(National Research University Higher School of Economics) Economists of the Higher School of Economics Victoria Dobrynskaya and Yulia Kishilova analyzed secondary market prices of the world-famous toy construction sets released from 1987-2014.
Gummy-like robots that could help prevent disease
(Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne) EPFL scientists have developed microscopic, hydrogel-based muscles that can manipulate and mechanically stimulate biological tissue. These soft, biocompatible robots could be used for targeted therapy and to...
Finding clues to a functional HIV cure
(George Mason University) George Mason University's Yuntao Wu's research team has identified a measurable indicator that could prove instrumental in the fight against HIV.The research recently published in Science Advances, focuses on cofil...
Cancer cells' plasticity makes them harder to stop
(Rice University) Rice University researchers detail a direct connection between gene regulation and metabolic pathways and how cancer cells take advantage of it to adapt to hostile environments, a process known as cancer metabolic reprogramming.