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Research & Innovations

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Understand how advancements in environmental research and innovation are changing the world.

  • Redesigning the human body [Infographic]

    Mon, Jun 03, 2013 9:06 AM

    If you could adjust anything, what would you change?

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  • Graphene gel offers new possibilities for 'soft' robots

    Fri, May 31, 2013 12:02 PM by Rachel Kaufman, TechNewsDaily

    These soft robots could one day be used as drug delivery systems for patients.

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  • Is this grainy sonar image actually Amelia Earhart's long-lost plane?

    Fri, May 31, 2013 10:55 AM by John Platt

    An image from a recent expedition could be the explorer's wrecked Lockheed Electra, say researchers.

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  • Supercomputer tries to crack mystery of HIV structure

    Thu, May 30, 2013 2:30 PM by Jillian Scharr, TechNewsDaily

    A digital capsid model could provide better understanding of how the virus spreads - and how it could be shut down.

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  • Genetically altered mosquitoes lose their taste for humans

    Wed, May 29, 2013 1:40 PM by Tanya Lewis, LiveScience

    Mosquitoes that can't smell anything are not as attracted to humans, which may help researchers find new ways of repelling them.

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  • Why our brains accept a virtual body as real

    Wed, May 29, 2013 10:50 AM by Tanya Lewis, LiveScience

    Just as the brain can be fooled into thinking a rubber hand is a real one, the mind can't tell the difference between a virtual body and its own.

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  • How plasticized bodies are helping medical students

    Wed, May 29, 2013 7:50 AM by Tanya Lewis, LiveScience

    Bodies preserved with plastic are sturdier and maintain more intricate details than traditional cadavers.

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  • Why we itch: Blame a gene called Nppb

    Fri, May 24, 2013 11:15 AM by John Platt

    Scientists say they have discovered the gene that causes us to itch, which may lead to treatments for chronic itching conditions.

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  • Simple vision test may predict IQ

    Fri, May 24, 2013 10:26 AM by Tia Ghose, LiveScience

    Efficient brains may be better at filtering out irrelevant visual information, and that efficiency could be operating across a wide range of tasks.

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  • 5 brilliant mathematicians and their impact on the modern world

    Wed, May 22, 2013 6:20 PM by Shea Gunther

    We owe a great debt to scores of mathematicians who helped lay the foundation for our modern society with their discoveries. Here are some of the most important.

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  • Baby's life saved with 3-D printing

    Wed, May 22, 2013 5:30 PM by Rachael Rettner, MyHealthNewsDaily

    A small custom made splint made with a 3-D printer saved the life of a baby with a severe condition that causes the windpipe to collapse.

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  • Google Faces finds human features on Earth's surface

    Wed, May 22, 2013 4:40 PM by Elizabeth Palermo, TechNewsDaily

    Berlin-based design team Onformative uses facial recognition software to find human likenesses among Earth's formations.

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  • How evolution will help us build a better robot

    Wed, May 22, 2013 11:47 AM by Wynne Parry, LiveScience

    Most robots currently in use in the real world are precisely engineered to work in highly constrained environments, and cannot adapt.

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  • Could science hatch the perfect fake egg?

    Wed, May 22, 2013 11:30 AM by Tia Ghose, LiveScience

    Innovative CEO Josh Tetrick is working to develop a plant-based substitute for the industrially produced, environmentally taxing staple food.

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  • Mystery cause of Irish potato famine finally solved

    Wed, May 22, 2013 10:42 AM by John Platt

    After 168 years, the pathogen that created the blight has been identified — and it may never be seen again.

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