Rice production in Brazil is a multi-billion-dollar industry. It employs hundreds of thousands of people, directly…
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Flexible solar cells: Will they someday power your devices?
Researchers are looking at the challenges of mass producing and commercializing the now-experimental technology.
Increased electrical activity in eye may relieve short-term dry eye pain
A boost of electrical activity in the eye's mucous membranes may lead to new treatments for…
Distracted people can be ‘smell blind’
'Inattentional smell blindness,' or inattentional anosmia, has been proven to exist. Just as it has previously…
Injuries and loss of life boost religious faith after disasters
Weather-related disasters can make people more religious but it depends on the toll they inflict, suggests…
A step closer to developing a DNA test for liver cancer
Researchers have completed a phase II study comparing a set of DNA markers to alpha fetoprotein…
Sticky situation: New process turns wood scraps into tape
A team of chemical engineers has developed a more sustainable way of making high-performance adhesives. Their…
First artificial human prion created
Researchers have synthesized the first artificial human prion, a dramatic development in efforts to combat a…
Mono-energetic neutrinos with enough energy to produce a muon
Scientists recently reexamined data from the MiniBooNE experiment at Fermilab taken between 2009 and 2011, and…
Dogs prefer to eat fat, and cats surprisingly tend toward carbs
Dogs gravitate toward high-fat food, but cats pounce on carbohydrates with even greater enthusiasm, according to…