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  • Electronics you can wrap around your finger

    A new multiferroric film keeps its electric and magnetic properties even when highly curved, paving the way for potential uses in wearable devices.
  • Data-storage for eternity, stored in the form of DNA

    How can we preserve our knowledge today for the next millennia? Researchers have found a way to store information in the form of DNA, presumably preserving it for nearly an eternity.
  • Love online is about being real, not perfect

    How you fill out an online profile makes a big difference in how you're seen by others. New research shows it is better to be real with your information than trying to be perfect.
  • Neurogeneticists harness immune cells to clear Alzheimer's-associated plaques

    New research shows that the body's immune system may be able to clear the brain of toxic plaque build-up that is the hallmark of Alzheimer's disease, reversing memory loss and brain cell damage.
  • Ways to optimize the Socratic teaching method.

    The Socratic method is also called the midwife method (Someone on Linked In just taught me this). The teacher helps the student to deliver a thought.
    Conversation is a very helpful form of improving student memory. It works best one on one. I just ask...
  • Cheap and abundant chemical outperforms precious metals as a catalyst

    Chemists have discovered that a cheap, safe, and abundant potassium compound can be used instead of rare precious metals as a catalyst in the production of chemicals important for drug discovery, agricultural science, medical imaging, and the creation of...  more
  • Concerning the Keystone XL Pipeline

    Analysis shows that S. 1 (114th congress) is defective, more so than HR 4286 (113th congress), with little chance of policy success and high probability of unexpected consequences.
  • Expert panel recommends new sleep durations

    The National Sleep Foundation, along with a multi-disciplinary expert panel, issued its new recommendations for appropriate sleep durations. The NSF convened experts from sleep, anatomy and physiology, as well as pediatrics, neurology, gerontology and...  more
  • Walking on ice takes more than brains: 'Mini-brain' in spinal cord aids in balance

    Scientists have discovered how a "mini-brain" in the spinal cord aids in balance. Much of the balancing act that our bodies perform when faced with a task such as walking on an icy surface happens unconsciously, thanks to a cluster of neurons in our...  more
  • NASA, Microsoft collaboration will allow scientists to 'work on Mars

    NASA and Microsoft have teamed up to develop software called OnSight, a new technology that will enable scientists to work virtually on Mars using wearable technology called Microsoft HoloLens.