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This Super Sharp Image Of A Cell’s Insides Was Made With Glowing DNA
This looks like a bizarrely coloured aerial image of a city at night, but in reality it’s something much smaller, and much more fascinating: the tiny scaffolding and organelles that make up a single human cell. Harvard researchers caught this view using a new technique powered by light-up strands of custom-built DNA.
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After 120 Years, Doctors Develop New Brain Surgery Technique
A team of surgeons from Johns Hopkins recently came up with a safer, better method of replacing skull fragments after brain surgery. This is good news for anybody who might need a little work done on their noggin in the near future, as doctors have been using the same method since the 1890s.
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IBM’s Graphene Circuit: A Genius Reminder Of How Far Graphene Has To Go
IBM’s mad scientists have created a graphene-based circuit that’s 10,000 times more powerful than existing alternatives. This radio receiver is so sophisticated and futuristic, in fact, that it can… send a text message to your friends.
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Carbon Nanotubes Can Now Fireproof Your Furniture
If you’ve ever lamented the fact that putting your sofa right next to a warm crackling fireplace was dangerous, carbon nanotubes might one day come to the rescue — again. Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology — or NIST — have created a carbon nanotube-based coating that makes the foam used in…