Author: Jim Lynch
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Solar Orbiter mission to track the sun’s active regions, improve space weather prediction
Latest ESA launch will be the first mission to get hi-res images of the sun’s poles
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‘Aged’ urine won’t transfer antibiotic resistance when converted to fertilizer
Findings raise prospects for recycled urine as a more environmentally-friendly fertilizer.
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Parker Solar Probe: ‘We’re missing something fundamental about the sun’
First data holds clues to a decades-old mystery, and major implications for space weather prediction
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Simulation of how E. coli-killer operates is a roadmap for targeted treatments
Bacteriophages provide a how-to for taking over bacteria.
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How an AI solution can design new tuberculosis drug regimens
A new method could replace trial and error drug development.
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How everyday products are supercharging methane, and what that means.
“Siloxanes” could be key to deriving bolstered energy production from biogas.
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Implantable cancer traps could provide earlier diagnosis and help monitor treatment
Synthetic scaffolding could detect multiple types of cancers before they start to spread.
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U-M team to build synthetic neurons – first challenge in making synthetic cells
Seven U.S. research institutions look to build synthetic cells.
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Errors found in a bedrock contract bidding model—and how to solve them. A Q&A with Photios Ioannou
A flaw has been uncovered in construction’s best known and most cited competitive bidding model.
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Shoe-box size breath-analyzer spots deadly lung disease faster, more accurately than doctors
The device could also be used to detect other diseases such as pneumonia, sepsis, asthma and others associated with lung or systemic blood inflammation.
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Injectable ‘bone spackling’: A cell therapy approach to heal complex fractures
A Q&A with biomedical engineering professor Jan Stegemann, whose work in mice shows the promise of ‘microtissues.’
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Climate change: Why removing CO2 from the air isn’t enough
Switching to large scale renewable resources is the only way to curb extreme carbon capture costs.