How humans’ sense of ‘intuitive physics’ touches fictional worlds
It’s not something most Harvard faculty spend much time contemplating, but Tomer Ullman likes to think about magic. In particular,
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Big energy savings for tiny machines
Inside all of us are trillions of tiny molecular nanomachines that perform a variety of tasks necessary to keep us
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Mini microscope for studies of brain disease in living mice
Working with mice, a team of Johns Hopkins Medicine researchers has developed a relatively inexpensive, portable mini microscope that could
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Patterns in STEM grades of girls versus boys
A new study, led by UNSW Sydney PhD student Rose O’Dea, has explored patterns in academic grades of 1.6 million
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Neutrons produce first direct 3-D maps of water during cell membrane fusion: Research could provide new insights into diseases in which normal cell fusion is disrupted
New 3D maps of water distribution during cellular membrane fusion are accelerating scientific understanding of cell development, which could lead
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‘Blink’ and you won’t miss amyloids: Engineering team just found new way to see proteins that cause Alzheimer’s, other diseases
Tiny protein structures called amyloids are key to understanding certain devastating age-related diseases. Aggregates, or sticky clumped-up amyloids, form plaques
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Two methods for measuring children’s exposure to radio frequencies are compared
A study has quantified emissions coming from radio frequency sources, and by means of personal and spot measurements has analysed
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