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Digesting Waste
To get rid of your plastic bags And help reduce your waste Buy yourself some nice wax worms, They have exquisite taste.
May 5, 2017
Bloggers
Ancient Cooling
Humid summer sun… The pores of the city clogged With our human sweat – You deftly sprinkle water Cool our streets and cleanse our sins This is a Tanka…
Apr 27, 2017
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First-ever direct observation of chiral currents in quantum Hall atomic simulation
Using an atomic quantum simulator, scientists at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign have achieved the first-ever direct observation of chiral currents in the model topological insulator, the 2-D integer quantum Hall system.
Apr 24, 2017
Brain & Behavior
Brands dedicated to positive social change use social media to primarily promote products
Social media has greatly changed how all sorts of companies can interact with their audiences and customers.
Apr 24, 2017
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Wonder material? Novel nanotube structure strengthens thin films for flexible electronics
Reflecting the structure of composites found in nature and the ancient world, researchers at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign have synthesized…
Apr 21, 2017
Health
Fecal microbiota transplants improve cognitive impairment caused by severe liver disease
A study presented today found that faecal transplantation of bacteria from one healthy donor into patients that suffer from hepatic encephalopathy (decline in…
Apr 21, 2017
Health
Investigational dose of oral interferon-free treatment can cure hepatitis C in children
A study presented today that evaluated an investigational dosage of once-daily ledipasvir 45 mg/sofosbuvir 200 mg (LDV/SOF) in children aged six to 11 years…
Apr 21, 2017
Bloggers
An Artificial Transfusion
The blood that flows beneath our skin Is turned red by haemoglobin, Which binds with oxygen in part, Transferring life from lungs to heart.
Apr 21, 2017
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The Inverse Faraday Effect, Laser Light and Magnetization of Metals: Addressing Fundamental Limits of Ultrafast Devices
Researchers at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and the Korean Institute of Science and Technology (KIST) have uncovered physical mechanisms that enable laser light to alter the magnetization of a metal.
Apr 20, 2017
Health
Mutant HIV complicates disease monitoring, distracts immune system from the functional virus
Researchers at Johns Hopkins and George Washington universities report new evidence that proteins created by defective forms of HIV long previously believed to…
Apr 19, 2017
Earth & Environment
Atlanta, Houston and Phoenix seen as top destinations for those forced to relocate due to climate change
When Hurricane Katrina struck Louisiana in 2005, cities inland saw an influx of evacuees escaping the storm and its aftermath.
Apr 18, 2017
Brain & Behavior
Why do we buy food we don’t intend to eat—and what can be done about it?
Back in college, when Norbert Wilson would buy a jar of pasta sauce at the supermarket, he had every intention of using it up.
Apr 15, 2017
Bloggers
Across White Fields
Across white fields of mounting snow You sense the winds begin to slow, Then feel them bite into your side; Your ashen snout will be your guide Amongst the zephyr’s gentle flow.
Apr 14, 2017
Bloggers
DHM attenuates obesity-induced slow-twitch-fiber decrease via FLCN/FNIP1/AMPK pathway
Obesity is often associated with decreases in the proportion of skeletal muscle slow-twitch fibers and insulin sensitivity.
Apr 14, 2017