Using Green Solvents To Extract Oil From Wet Yeast Cells
As a young boy, I have always had an innate curiosity to understand the world around me. From my time in academia I was able…
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Enzyme-free Ligation Of Oligonucleotides In A DNA Nanostructure
Modern methods in medicine and synthetic biology require very long DNA strands, in particular with the advent of the increasingly popular CRISPR/Cas9 system in recent…
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The Importance Of Physiology On Insect Geographical Distribution: The Role Of Desiccation Resistance For The Geographical Distribution Of Chagas Disease Vectors
Why do we not find polar bears in the tropics? Why are fewer insect species at higher latitudes (e.g., closer to the poles) or altitudes…
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Yolk / Shell Nanocrystals: A Novel Approach To Catalysis and Drug Release
Yolk/shell (Y–S) hybrid nanocrystals (HNCs) has become an emerging hot-spot material towards space-confined nanocatalysis, nanoreactors, drug release, and energy conversion, storage applications. The interior voids…
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Mesocrystal Formation Of Calcite Crystals In Solution
Crystals ─ which are a ubiquitous form of matter in the environment, within living organisms, and throughout technology ─ are created along many pathways. Some…
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Investigating Low-load Resistance Training With Blood Flow Restriction
The KAATSU training method, now better known as blood flow restriction (BFR) training was created in 1966 by Japanese sports scientist and bodybuilder Yoshiaki Sato….
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Sickle Cells Direct Cytotoxics And Oncolytic Virus To Hypoxic Tumor Niches And Induce A Tumoricidal Response
Sickle erythrocytes are a unique mammalian erythroid lineage that under hypoxic conditions alter their shape becoming rigid and adherent to blood vessels resulting in vaso-occlusion. …
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The Driving Forces Of Grain Growth And Densification During Sintering Evolution
Manufactured ceramics are one of the first technological achievements of humankind, and after thousands of years, although their spectrum of applications extends far beyond pottery…
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A Model Of Space-based And Object-centered Attention In The Brain
Shifting attention in space is a fundamental biological function. Without attention, it would be impossible to scan the environment and to detect prey, predators, or…
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Exploring The Discrepancies Between General Relativity And Scalar-Tensor-Vector Gravity Theory
General Relativity is, currently, the best theory to explain gravitational phenomena. Published by Albert Einstein in 1915, the theory found agreement with known astronomical observations,…
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Can Machine Learning fMRI Be A Computer Aided Diagnosis Tool For Brain Diseases?
Recent statistics show that about half of the population in the US suffers from at least one type of health problem including mental illness, substance…
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