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Optical fibers that can 'feel' the materials around them

(Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne) EPFL researchers have developed an optical fiber capable of detecting what sort of material or liquid they have come into contact with. Their research has been published in Nature Communications.
Source: https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2018-07/epfd-oft072818.php

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Better way found to determine the integrity of metals

(University of Waterloo) Researchers at the University of Waterloo have found a better way to identify atomic structures, an essential step in improving materials selection in the aviation, construction and automotive industries.
Source: https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2018-07/uow-bwf073018.php

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Yves De Koninck to receive 2019 BPS Emily Gray Award

(Biophysical Society) The Biophysical Society (BPS) has named Yves De Koninck, Professor, Psychiatry and Neuroscience, Laval University, Quebec City, Canada, its 2019 Emily M. Gray Award winner.
Source: https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2018-07/bs-ydk073018.php

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3D printing the next generation of batteries

(College of Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University) 3D printing can be used to manufacture porous electrodes for lithium-ion batteries--but because of the nature of the manufacturing process, the design of these 3D printed electrodes is limited to just a few possible architectures. Until now, the internal geometry that produced the best porous electrodes through additive manufacturing was what's known as an interdigitated geometry--metal prongs interlocked like the fingers of two clasped hands, with the lithium shuttling between the two sides.
Source: https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2018-07/coec-3pt073018.php

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Sequencing a malaria mosquito's motherline

(Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health) A team led by scientists from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health has sequenced and annotated the first complete mitochondrial genome of Anopheles funestus, one of the main vectors of malaria in sub-Saharan Africa.
Source: https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2018-07/jhub-sam073018.php

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'Smart' machine components alert users to damage and wear

(University of Connecticut) Scientists at the United Technologies Research Center and UConn used advanced additive manufacturing technology to create 'smart' machine components that alert users when they are damaged or worn.
Source: https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2018-07/uoc-mc073018.php

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Trapping light that doesn't bounce off track for faster electronics

(Purdue University) A new protective metamaterial 'cladding' prevents light from leaking out of the very curvy pathways it would travel in a computer chip.
Source: https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2018-07/pu-tlt073018.php

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Microfluidic system incorporates neuroinflammation into 'Alzheimer's in a dish' model

(Massachusetts General Hospital) Building on their development of the first culture system to replicate fully the pathology behind Alzheimer's disease, a Massachusetts General Hospital research team has now produced a system that includes neuroinflammation, the key biological response that leads to the death of brain cells.
Source: https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2018-07/mgh-msi073018.php

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NASA finds development of Tropical Depression 16W

(NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center) Tropical Depression 16W formed in the northwestern Pacific Ocean despite vertical wind shear. Wind shear was elongating the newly formed tropical depression when NASA's Terra satellite passed overhead and analyzed the storm in infrared light.
Source: https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2018-07/nsfc-nfd073018.php

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NASA sees Tropical Depression Jongdari stretched out

(NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center) Wind shear is stretching out Tropical Storm Jongdari and NASA's Aqua satellite captured and image that showed the oval-shaped storm.
Source: https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2018-07/nsfc-nst073018.php

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