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Smartphones Are Helping Health Workers Combat Tuberculosis
Encrypted videos enable medication monitoring from afar-- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
Fresh findings about water ice at moon’s poles boost prospects for lunar settlement
The image shows the distribution of surface ice at the Moon’s south pole (left) and north pole (right), detected by NASA’s Moon Mineralogy Mapper instrument. Blue represents the ice locations, plotted over an image of the lunar surface, where the gra...
New type 1 diabetes therapy shows promise for long-term reversal in both humans, dogs
(Purdue University) A collagen formulation mixed with pancreatic cells, developed by Purdue University researchers in collaboration with the Indiana University School of Medicine, is the first minimally invasive therapy to successfully reverse Type 1...
Trump's "Affordable Clean Energy" Plan Won't Save Coal
The Clean Power Plan replacement doesn’t change the economic headwinds hobbling coal power-- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
Fly high and far with Asia's first fully solar-powered quadcopter drone created by NUS students
(National University of Singapore) A team from the National University of Singapore (NUS) Faculty of Engineering has developed Asia's first fully solar-powered quadcopter drone. The aircraft has flown above 10 metres in test flights and achieved...
$120 million gift from The Anschutz Foundation to CU Anschutz
(University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus) The University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus has received a $120 million gift, the largest private philanthropic commitment in its history, to further elevate its stature as one of the country�...
World's First Wind-Mapping Satellite Set to Launch
Data from the long-awaited Aeolus mission will address a major gap in the global forecasting system -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
Simple leg exercises could reduce impact of sedentary lifestyle on heart and blood vessels
(The Physiological Society) A sedentary lifestyle can cause an impairment of the transport of blood around the body, which increases the risk of disease in the heart and blood vessels. New research published in Experimental Physiology suggests that p...
Researchers turn tracking codes into 'clouds' to authenticate genuine 3-D printed parts
(NYU Tandon School of Engineering) A team at NYU Tandon School of Engineering has found a way to prove the provenance of 3-D printed parts by embedding QR (Quick Response) codes in an innovative way for unique device identification. In the latest iss...
NASA sees a 'Picasso-like' face in Tropical Storm Cimaron's powerful storms
(NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center) An infrared look by NASA's Terra satellite found powerful storms in the center of Tropical Storm Cimaron that resembled a "Picasso-like" face as they zig-zagged around the center of circulation.