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New design of lithium-ion batteries mitigate the risk of battery failure
Researchers in the United States have modified the design of lithium-ion batteries to include slits along the electrodes, a feature which may mitigate the...
Soft power cells could run tomorrow’s implantables
Inspired by the electric eel, a flexible, transparent electrical device could lead to body-friendly power sources for implanted health monitors and medication dispensers, augmented-reality...
Deadly heart rhythm halted by noninvasive radiation therapy
Radiation therapy often is used to treat cancer patients.
Now, doctors at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have shown that radiation therapy...
Engineers program tiny robots to move, think like insects
While engineers have had success building tiny, insect-like robots, programming them to behave autonomously like real insects continues to present technical challenges.
A group of...
Nanotechnologies enables the design of complex single-stranded DNA and RNA origami
Nanotechnologists are using DNA, the genetic material present in living organisms, as well as its multifunctional cousin RNA, as the raw material in efforts...
NASA Data Used to Discover Eighth Planet Circling Distant Star
Our solar system now is tied for most number of planets around a single star, with the recent discovery of an eighth planet circling...
U.S. Ambassador announce that United States will give $120 mln to the Lebanese...
The United States will give the Lebanese army $120 million in aid, U.S. Ambassador to Lebanon Elizabeth Richard announced December 13.
The aid includes “six MD 530G...
The Fear of Losing Control and its Role in Anxiety Disorders
The fear of losing control over thoughts and actions can impact OCD behaviors and other anxiety disorders, researchers report.
Did you lock the front door?...
Cellular Self Digestion Process Triggers Autoimmune Disease
Autophagy refers to a fundamental recycling process of cells that occurs in yeast, fungi, plants, as well as animals and humans.
This process allows...
Healthy eating linked to kids happiness
Healthy eating is associated with better self-esteem and fewer emotional and peer problems, such as having fewer friends or being picked on or bullied,...
Protein structure could unlock new treatments for cystic fibrosis
Cystic fibrosis is a severe hereditary disease of the lung, for which there is currently no cure.
The underlying cause of the disease is a...
Robot investigators : AI will be used to examine documents in criminal cases
Robot investigators could be widely used in future to examine documents in complex cases, the head of the Serious Fraud Office (SFO) has suggested.
David...
New Jersey Imam Prays for Death of Jews
A New Jersey imam was caught on tape delivering a fiery sermon exhorting Allah to kill the Jews.
Imam Aymen Elkasaby delivered the sermon at...
Russia ready to consider easing arms embargo for Libya
Russia is ready to consider easing an arms embargo for Libya, the Interfax news agency cited Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Gennady Gatilov as saying...
Encouraging risk-taking in children may reduce the prevalence of childhood anxiety
A new international study suggests that parents who employ challenging parent behavioural (CPB) methods – active physical and verbal behaviours that encourage children to...
