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How bees stay cool on hot summer days
12:58pm, 8th February, 2019

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.
Investment in LEGO can yield returns of up to 600 percent
10:40am, 8th February, 2019

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
2:26am, 8th February, 2019

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
12:27am, 8th February, 2019

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
10:53pm, 7th February, 2019

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.