Tech: New way to sense earthquakes could help improve early warning systems — ...
Every year earthquakes worldwide claim hundreds or even thousands of lives. Forewarning allows people to head for safety and a matter of seconds...
Tech: Vapor drives a liquid-solid transition in a molecular system — (Report)
The transition between a solid and a liquid phase, a key process in daily life and materials science, is generally driven by a...
Tech: General rule for the energy of water-induced traps in organic semicondutors — ...
Poor-quality organic semiconductors can become high-quality semiconductors when manufactured in the correct way. Researchers at Linköping University show in an article in Nature...
Tech: Earth recycles ocean floor into diamonds — (Report)
The diamond on your finger is most likely made of recycled seabed cooked deep in the Earth.
Traces of salt trapped in many diamonds...
Tech: Reflecting antiferromagnetic arrangements — (Report)
A team led by Rutgers University and including scientists from the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Brookhaven National Laboratory has demonstrated an x-ray...
Tech: New insights into magnetic quantum effects in solids — (Report)
Atoms and molecules in crystalline solids are arranged in regular three-dimensional lattices. The atoms interact with each other via various forces, finally reaching...
Tech: Mechanical ‘training’ produces strong, fatigue-resistant, yet soft hydrogels with possible uses in medicine...
Human skeletal muscles have a unique combination of properties that materials researchers seek for their own creations. They're strong, soft, full of water,...
Tech: When the structure of tunneling nanotubes (TNTs) challenges the very concept of cell...
Cells in our bodies have the ability to speak with one another much like humans do. This communication allows organs in our bodies...
Tech: Transparent wood can store and release heat — (Report)
Wood may seem more at home in log cabins than modern architecture, but a specially treated type of timber could be tomorrow's trendy...
Tech: Discovery illuminates how bacteria turn methane gas into liquid methanol — (Report)
Known for their ability to remove methane from the environment and convert it into a usable fuel, methanotrophic bacteria have long fascinated researchers....
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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...
