Microwaving your coffee changes it, and other lessons learned (while sipping espresso) in MIT’s coffee class
This February marks the second year of the MIT class “Coffee Matters: Using the Breakerspace to Make the Perfect Cup.” ...
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For Centuries, Indigenous People Lived in These Desert Canyons. Now, New Technology Reveals Extraordinary Details About This Sacred Site
In the Arizona desert, researchers are learning so much more about the peoples who have inhabited this land since antiquity ...
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University of Tennessee researchers among world’s most highly cited scientists
Seven faculty members from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville have been named to Clarivate’s Highly Cited Researchers ...
Between the Jurassic and the present: What connects plesiosaurs and turtles
Analysis of the fossil skin of a 183-million-year-old plesiosaur revealed that it had a mixture of smooth and scaly skin.
Digital Resurrection: Scientists Are on a Mission To Preserve the World’s Most Endangered Marine Mammal
FAU, SeaWorld San Diego, and the San Diego Natural History Museum have joined forces to scan the rare skeleton of the vaquita ...
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U of I’s annual Insect Fear Film Festival creeps closer
Hairy, scary spiders will be the focus of an annual film festival at the University of Illinois over the weekend. Feb. 22 ...
The $179 Million Race to Reinvent Microelectronics for AI and Energy Efficiency
The Department of Energy is investing in next-gen microelectronics to curb skyrocketing energy demands. SLAC and other top institutions are developing innovative materials, AI-powered sensing, and ...
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Megakaryocytes assemble a three-dimensional cage of extracellular matrix that controls their maturation and anchoring to the vascular niche
Megakaryocytes form a three-dimensional (3D) cage composed of laminin and collagen IV connected to the basement membrane surrounding them. This microarchitecture stabilizes megakaryocytes within their ...
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Patent filing landscape in 2024
Ben Lincoln of Potter Clarkson says monitoring the patent filings of competitors is a worthwhile strategic practice that can ...
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A debut for the native AlN transistor
Researchers from Arizona State University are claiming to have fabricated the first AlN transistor that’s grown on a native ...
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Electron Microscope Hack to see Graphene
Using a STEM-in-SEM conversion holder, we can convert a scanning electron microscope into a scanning transmission microscope.
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electron microscope
When all you’ve got is a hammer, everything looks like a nail. And when you’ve got a scanning electron microscope, everything must look like a sample that would be really, really interesting ...