BOSTON--The quantum world and the everyday world of human experience are supposed to be two different realms. Quantum effects, as demonstrated in the lab, are usually confined to the tiniest scales.
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Image by Quentin Stipp, with permission. When I give talks on aging research someone usually asks, When will scientists develop true anti-aging drugs? My answer has little to do with what s happening in the lab, though it s about politics, perceptions and money.
Read More »‘Painless’ plasma brush is becoming reality in dentistry, engineers say
University of Missouri engineers and their research collaborators at Nanova, Inc. are one step closer to a painless way to replace fillings.
Read More »Congressional Paralysis Puts NIH Drug-Development Center in Limbo
From Nature magazine Francis Collins, director of the U.S.
Read More »Biochemistry of Bomb-Blast Brain Injuries Explained
ByGwyneth Dickey Zakaib of Nature magazine it Parker doesn't just study traumatic brain injury in the lab, he's also seen it at close range while serving in Afghanistan. [More]
Read More »Power cables light the future path of superconductivity
One hundred years ago this month, superconductivity was discovered in the lab of Dutch physicist Heike Kamerlingh Onnes. Since then many more materials have shown to be superconducting, providing new applications and creating a new realm of physics.
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