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Detection System Reads Biomolecules in Barcoded Microgels

WASHINGTON, D.C., December 19, 2016 — Single-stranded, noncoding micro-ribonucleic acids (microRNAs), consisting of 18-23 nucleotides, play a key role in regulating gene expression. Levels of microRNAs circulating […]

Laboratory-on-a-Chip Technique Simplifies Detection of Cancer DNA Biomarkers

WASHINGTON, D.C., December 13, 2016 — Cancer is the second leading cause of death in the U.S., making early, reliable diagnosis and treatment a priority for researchers. […]

“Listening” to Signals Traveling Through Bridges for Diagnosing Damage

WASHINGTON, D.C., November 29, 2016 – A group of Clarkson University mathematicians and a civil engineer developed a passive and noninvasive approach to “listen” to a collection […]

Uncovering the Secrets of Water and Ice As Materials

WASHINGTON, D.C., December 7, 2016 — Water is vital to life on Earth and its importance simply can’t be overstated — it’s also deeply rooted within our […]

Blocks of Ice Demonstrate Levitated and Directed Motion

WASHINGTON, D.C., December 6, 2016 — Resembling the Leidenfrost effect seen in rapidly boiling water droplets, a disk of ice becomes highly mobile due to a levitating […]

Improving the Resolution of Lithography

WASHINGTON, D.C., December 6, 2016 – Flow-lithography is a lithographic method for continuously generating polymer microstructures for various applications such as bioassays, drug-delivery, cell carriers, tissue engineering […]

Synchronized Swimming: How Startled Fish Shoals Effectively Evade Danger

Washington, D.C., November 29, 2016 — As panic spreads, an entire shoal (collective) of fish responds to an incoming threat in a matter of seconds, seemingly as […]

Understanding the Way Liquid Spreads Through Paper

WASHINGTON, D.C., November 29, 2016 – Molecules move randomly, colliding with each other in continual motion. You can even smell this process at times; it’s how perfume […]

Creating New Physical Properties in Materials

WASHINGTON D.C., November 29, 2016 – A collaborative effort between research groups at the Technical University of Freiberg and the University of Siegen in Germany demonstrates that […]