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In order to evaluate a material's ability to withstand the high-radiation environment inside a nuclear reactor, researchers have traditionally used a method known...
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Let's suppose you were allowed to blindfold German soccer star Timo Werner and turn him on his own axis several times. Then you'd...
Tech: Revolutionary insulator-like material also conducts electricity — (Report)
University of Wisconsin-Madison researchers have made a material that can transition from an electricity-transmitting metal to a nonconducting insulating material without changing its...
Tech: Custom-made artificial mother-of-pearl — (Report)
Natural mother-of-pearl, such as mussels, is one of the hardest, most stable and stiff natural materials. Researchers have always been fascinated by it....
Tech: Argonne to advance energy security and safety with funds from US-Israel Energy Center
The U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Argonne National Laboratory is part of a U.S.-Israeli research and industry partnership that was awarded $10.1 million over...
Tech: Physicists observe plasma acceleration with unprecedented precision — (Report)
When light pulses from an extremely powerful laser system are fired onto material samples, the electric field of the light rips the electrons...
Tech: Optical effect could be harnessed for light displays, litmus tests, and makeup products...
Engineers at MIT and Penn State University have found that under the right conditions, ordinary clear water droplets on a transparent surface can...
Tech: Is NASA looking at the wrong rocks for clues to Martian life? —...
In 2020, NASA and European-Russian missions will look for evidence of past life on Mars. But while volcanic, igneous rock predominates on the...
Tech: Widely used blood test could advance heart failure treatment
Biomedical experts believe that half of heart failure patients likely have low levels of the thyroid hormone T3 in their cardiac tissue. While heart...
Tech: Designer enzyme conquers sulfite reduction, a bottleneck in environmental cleanup — (Report)
Researchers have cleared one hurdle toward environmental cleanup of certain contaminants with a newly designed synthetic enzyme that reduces the compound sulfite to...
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Hey ISIS, You Suck: Local Muslims Post Anti-ISIS Billboard
A new billboard on Manchester Road in Missouri reads, "HEY ISIS, YOU SUCK!!! From: #ActualMuslims."
A group of Muslim-Americans have put up a blunt billboard...
