Mechanoluminescence (ML), also called triboluminescence (TL), refers to the phenomenon/process that materials could emit light under mechanical stimuli, e.g., friction, stretch, compression, impact, etc. The…
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Let’s say you live in front of your favorite restaurants. How often would you be chasing around an ordinary food truck meal? Theory predicts that…
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Medicine has gone through enormous innovations over the past centuries which have been driven by excellent clinical research, comparing different treatments to decide which one…
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Studies show time and again that people who sleep poorly are more often overweight. A Spanish study has now examined what is behind it in…
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The chemical industry influences all our lives daily, everything from the components in the screen you are reading this article on to the fertilizer used…
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The development of new materials using natural polymers provides an opportunity to meet industry demand and at the same time mitigate adverse environmental impacts associated…
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If we don’t somehow stem the tide of childhood obesity, we’re going to have a huge problem. —Lance Armstrong Comprehensive lifestyle management like diet, physical…
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Due to the biological importance of the dense microbial communities that reside in the digestive tract of humans and animals (the gut microbiota), there is…
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Escherichia coli is a component of the normal bacterial flora of the human digestive tract, but, on the other hand, it is an important opportunistic…
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Today, nearly half of the world’s population lives within 150 km from the coast and, in an increasingly urbanized world, most people experience marine environment…
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In oncology, the development of new efficient treatments is still a challenge, even today. Indeed, besides the complexity to discover good anticancer candidates, the process…
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