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sensors Purdue University

Electronic stickers turn everyday objects into super sensors

Stick these new circuits on any object and it can become part of the "Internet of Things" in a snap.

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orange hose on grass (low-carb diet concept)

arteries University of Missouri

Low-carb diet boosts artery health for women more than men

genetic engineering Washington University in St. Louis

What if plants could make their own fertilizer?

Purdue University Electronic stickers turn everyday objects into super sensors

Indiana University ‘Nanoscope’ zooms in to see Alzheimer’s plaques

multi-colored light/shadow (Fluorescence concept)

Washington University in St. Louis Nanotech patch makes light-up medical tests 100x brighter

grayscale hollywood sign (Hollywood blacklist concept)

Brandeis University What Hollywood’s ‘blacklist’ era can teach us today

baseballs in a pile (baseball home runs concept)

Stanford University What’s going on with baseball’s rising home run rates?

Stanford University Lava and ash aren’t the only threats from volcanoes

Cardiff University See new photos of Egypt and Palestine during WWI

Stony Brook University Colony of 1.5 million penguins ‘hid’ from scientists

Penn State Why some fish leave their embryos in a really hot spot

pink blue pills on white (Lou Gehrig's disease concept)

Northwestern University Listen: Could a daily pill one day treat ALS?

Washington University in St. Louis Potential drug for pain doesn’t work like an opioid

Washington University in St. Louis Blame these cells for the diarrhea chemo causes

Internet University of Oregon Rising sea levels are coming for the internet

drinking water outside (dehydration concept)

attention Georgia Institute of Technology

What dehydration does to your mind after just 2 hours

young on ground with flowers in hair - hay fever

allergies University of Copenhagen

These 41 hay fever genes can’t explain allergy ‘epidemic’

Alzheimer's disease Indiana University, Purdue University

‘Nanoscope’ zooms in to see Alzheimer’s plaques

money Brandeis University

College isn’t a cure for the racial wealth gap

"We think about education as the great equalizer, when clearly it's not."

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body fat University of Copenhagen Lack of this stuff in fat may cause obesity and diabetes

relationships

translucent hands on man's face - domestic violence

abuse University of Michigan

Intimate partner violence is just as common in male couples

violence

4 barriers to moving beyond intimate partner violence

"You can carry the scars from IPV for a long time and those scars can create barriers to forming new relationships."

genomes

plants Cornell University

Fern’s genome could be secret weapon against pesky bugs

dogs

Hundreds of years ago, American dogs mysteriously vanished

"It is fascinating that a huge population of dogs that inhabited all corners of the Americans for thousands of years could have disappeared so rapidly..."

vision

sleeves over face (haptic communications concept)

touch Purdue University

Sleeve system lets users ‘read’ messages through touch

attention

Waste time looking for your keys? Try this attention trick

We pay more attention to things we've interacted with in our environment, according to new research. Using that to your advantage could make your life a lot easier.

addiction

addiction Yale University

Opioid interventions overlook women’s needs

drugs

How underground groups use psychedelic drugs for healing

An expert explains how people use hallucinogens for healing and why people are reconsidering old ideas about the drugs.

Milky Way Carnegie Mellon University Ancient collision with ‘Sausage’ galaxy shaped the Milky Way

Electronic stickers turn everyday objects into super sensors

Alzheimer's disease Indiana University, Purdue University