Vibration-absorbing, sound-damping materials such as sheets of rubber and expanded foam tend to be thick, bulky and soft. A new material is a big exception to that tendency, however, as it absorbs vibrations while staying stiff and thin.Continue ReadingCategory: Materials, ScienceTags: ETH Zurich, Sound, vibration, Glass
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New material combines strength and stiffness with sound-damping properties
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Fasting supercharges the cancer-killing properties of immune cells
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Things that help the body fight cancer are good, especially if they're easy to implement and don’t require a doctor’s prescription. In a recent study, researchers from the Memorial Sloan Kettering (MSK) Cancer Center in New York investigated how fasting boosts the immune system’s cancer-fighting abilities.Continue ReadingCategory: Medical, ScienceTags: Fasting, The Immune System, Cancer
Harvard's bizarre "metafluid" packs programmable properties
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Harvard engineers have created a strange new “metafluid” – a liquid that can be programmed to change properties, like its compressibility, transparency, viscosity and even whether it’s Newtonian or not.Continue ReadingCategory: Materials, ScienceTags: Fluid, Fluid Dynamics, Metamaterials, Harvard, Liquid
Examples of practical and playful paper packaging were presented at this exhibition curated by designer Makoto Umebara as part of the Takeo Paper Show in Tokyo, Japan. Read more
South Australian seaweed found to have anti-skin-aging properties
Posted by ArielTechGeek 496 days ago (https://newatlas.com)
A new study has found that bioactive compounds in brown seaweed, local to South Australia, inhibited the breakdown of essential skin proteins and significantly increased collagen levels compared to commercially available anti-skin-aging agents. It paves the way for more effective natural health and skincare products.Continue ReadingCategory: Health & Wellbeing, LifestyleTags: Seaweed, anti-ag
the chapel composes a small nave and an altar with just enough space for a person to sit, pray and lie down.
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Humble tea’s antidepressant properties confirmed
Posted by ArielTechGeek 686 days ago (https://newatlas.com)
A tea that’s been around for more than 900 years might be just what the doctor ordered as a treatment for depression, a new study has revealed. Already renowned for its health benefits, researchers have now demonstrated matcha tea’s antidepressant-like effects.Continue ReadingCategory: Health & Wellbeing, LifestyleTags: Depression, Stress, Brain, Tea
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