Advance could mean stain-busting super scrub brushes and other new laundry products

Advance could mean stain-busting super scrub brushes and other new laundry products

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Opens the door to new laundry products Scientists are reporting development and successful testing of a way to reuse — hundreds of times — the expensive, dirt-busting enzymes that boost the cleaning power of laundry [...]

First blood test to diagnose major depression in teens

First blood test to diagnose major depression in teens

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Breakthrough test identifies depression and its subtypes with promise of individualized treatment A Northwestern Medicine scientist has developed the first blood test to diagnose major depression in teens, a breakthrough approach that allows an objective [...]

Wireless window contacts -- no maintenance, no batteries

Wireless window contacts — no maintenance, no batteries

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“Our wireless window contacts draw all their energy from ambient radio signals,”   It is 7:30 a.m. and high time she left the house; she mustn’t be late for her 8 o’clock appointment. But the [...]

Iron 'Veins' Are Secret of Promising New Hydrogen Storage Material

Iron ‘Veins’ Are Secret of Promising New Hydrogen Storage Material

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The iron veins may transform magnesium from a promising candidate for hydrogen storage into a real-world winner With a nod to biology, scientists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have a new [...]

ORNL discovers amazing electrical properties in polymers

ORNL discovers amazing electrical properties in polymers

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The extraordinarily large response could revolutionize the field of electro-active devices Crystals and ceramics pale when compared to a material researchers at Oak Ridge National Laboratory discovered that has 10 times their piezoelectric effect, making [...]

Oxygen sensor invention could benefit fisheries to breweries

Oxygen sensor invention could benefit fisheries to breweries

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Monitoring oxygen levels in water has applications for oil spills, fish farming, brewing beer and more – and a professor at Michigan State University is poised to help supply that need. The concept of oxygen [...]