The University of Osaka researcher shows that solid-state hysteresis can be described using thermodynamic state variables When the input variable X is changed as X0→X1→X0, the response Y of the system varies as A→B→C →D→A.…
Sick street dogs failed by medical donations
The diseases affecting street dogs are badly understood, resulting in wasteful medication of dog populations in Nepal, according to a study. [caption id="attachment_9930" align="alignnone" width="598"] Source: scidev.net[/caption] The diseases affecting street dogs are badly understood,…
How Machine Learning Can Help with Voice Disorders
There’s no human instinct more basic than speech, and yet, for many people, talking can be taxing. One in 14 working-age Americans suffer from voice disorders that are often associated with abnormal vocal behaviors —…
Scientists Engineer Stem Cells to Find Potential Therapy…
[caption id="attachment_9910" align="alignnone" width="600"] Neural stem cells transformed with cancer-causing genes found in high-risk medulloblastoma grow as translucent spheres in cell culture (left panel). Transformed neural stem cells (blue) invading and destroying normal brain tissue…
Getting real with nanotubes
Carbon nanotubes show potential, but also many challenges, for the manufacture of flexible, wearable electronics, according to a research review in Science and Technology of Advanced Materials. [caption id="attachment_9907" align="alignnone" width="603"] Figure Progress of pristine…