A recent review discusses the various factors that promote bottled water as superior to tap water.
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Understanding Heat in Australia’s Monsoon Tropics
Australia is well known as a hot country, but how individuals and organizations understand ‘heat’ is surprisingly varied, and is explored in a recent review.
Photonic Crystals from Block Copolymer Brushes
Grubbs and co-workers review developments in brush block copolymer (BBCP) self-assembly toward photonic crystal applications. In this rapidly developing field, questions regarding the conformation of BBCPs and the formation of new morphologies provide further research opportunities.
Behavioral Tests for Autism Spectrum Disorders using a Mouse Model
Dr. Lucio Costa and co-workers describe six different behavioral tests in the three main areas affected in ASD (repetitive behavior, communication, social interactions).
Monolithic Low-Density Porous Au
A series of monolithic porous Au with different pore sizes were successfully synthesized.
Quantification of Epithelial Cell Proliferation, Cell Dynamics and Cell Kinetics In Vivo
A review of methods that can be applied to study the control of proliferation (and the proliferative hierarchy, especially the role of the elusive stem cells) in a wide variety of animal models.
The Scent of Recycled Plastic
Young researcher studies the smells of plastic waste used in manufacturing recycled plastics.
Perovskites Play New Tricks
The continued development of piezoelectric materials has led to a huge market of products (image credit: Csaba Deli/Shutterstock).
2.5D Circuits using Stretchable Interconnects
Several devices using flexible circuit boards were created to demonstrate the possibilities of this technology, showing the ability to create thermoplastic electronic devices.
Revealing Rare Failure-Critical Defects in Additive Manufacturing
A high-throughput tensile testing technique has been implemented, which utilizes high-resolution cameras to track the deformation during testing.
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