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Scientists build world’s ‘smallest violin’ inside a human hair
The violin is made of platinum and measures just 35 microns long and 13 microns wide. The post Scientists build world’s ...
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Video: World's smallest violin fits inside a single human hair
A platinum fiddle that's just 35 microns in length and 13 microns in width is believed to be the world's smallest violin, ...
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NASA’s budget crisis presents an opportunity for change
“A 25% budget cut is the most significant NASA has seen ever,” said Alex MacDonald, a former NASA chief economist who is now a senior associate at the Center for Strategic and International Studies ...
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Lens 40 times thinner than human hair halves infrared wavelength, makes it visible
Swiss scientists have developed an ultra-thin lens that turns infrared light into visible light using lithium niobate and ...
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The Integrin Very Late Antigen-4 Is Expressed in Human Smooth Muscle Cell
In the present study, we show that α 4 and VCAM-1 are coexpressed in SMCs during human physiological embryonic development and pathological atherosclerotic neointimal development. Using a cell culture ...
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First study of Single Event Burnout in very-thin planar silicon sensors
This paper investigates the Single-Event Burnout (SEB) effect in thin irradiated PiN diodes and Low-Gain Avalanche ... a significant ionization event caused by the particle's passage and a very high ...
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Pfizer CEO: HHS claims of ‘concealed safety concerns’ on mRNA vaccines are ‘completely inaccurate’
Pharmaceutical rivals don’t often come to each other’s defense. But after the US Department of Health and Human Services terminated a contract with drugmaker Moderna to develop an mRNA bird flu ...
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Growth of NiO Thin Films in the Presence of Water Vapor: Insights from Experiments and Theory
Department of Chemical Sciences, Padova University and INSTM, 35131 Padova, Italy CNR-ICMATE and INSTM, Department of Chemical Sciences, Padova University, 35131 Padova, Italy ...
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Dems in Congress deal with string of deaths — and it’s helping the Republicans’ razor-thin vote margins: ‘Fundamentally broken’
The death of Rep. Gerry Connolly (D-Va.), announced Wednesday, marks the third sitting member of the House Democratic caucus to pass away this year alone. Since March, the Dems have lost Connolly ...
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A political prisoner dies in Belarusian prison, human rights activists say
TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — A Belarusian man has died in prison while serving a sentence for insulting the country’s authoritarian president, a human rights group said Thursday, adding to a ...
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How Plato and Kylie Jenner are shaping modern marketing—and have more in common than you might think
Together, they form an ancient marketing playbook that still makes sense today. Aristotle’s ancient rhetoric is wildly ...
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Ancient human remains found returned to tribe for ceremonial burial
NYE COUNTY, Nevada (KTNV) — After 15 years, ancient human remains of a child found in Nevada will be returned to their tribe of origin, according to the Nye County Sheriff’s Office.