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Plasticity
Plasticity is the ability of certain solids to flow or to change shape permanently when subjected to stresses of intermediate magnitude between those producing temporary deformation, or elastic behaviour. It is also the quality of being soft enough to be changed into a new shape.
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MAR 26, 2018Genetics & Genomics
Tumors tend to consist of a chaotic mix of cells; new research has shown how far cancer tumors will go to survive.Written By: Carmen LeitchMAR 19, 2018Earth & The Environment
Roughly one million plastic water bottles are bought around the world every minute. That’s 20,000 per second. Less ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanMAR 15, 2018Videos
Microplastics have turned up in drinking water of all kinds, research has shown. Bottled water was found to have an aver ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAR 13, 2018Earth & The Environment
It’s no news that microplastics are invading our oceans and through biomagnification, our food chains. But a recen ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanMAR 09, 2018Cell & Molecular Biology
A chemical commonly found in the linings of food cans and plastics, bisphenol A or BPA, has raised many concerns over th ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAR 08, 2018Videos
Bali entered an unusual state of emergency last month when ginormous quantities of trash overwhelmed several tourist-pop ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanFEB 22, 2018Videos
Nerve cells or neurons in the brain carry our memories. But how those memories form is still not well understood. One wa ...Written By: Carmen LeitchFEB 16, 2018Videos
There are trillions and trillions of bacteria on earth, and some of them have unique talents. One, Geobacter metalliredu ...Written By: Carmen LeitchFEB 15, 2018Technology
Out of every 113 people around the globe, one is now a refugee.Written By: Julia TraversFEB 07, 2018Plants & Animals
Seagulls aren’t particularly picky eaters; they frequently loiter around dumps and landfills in search of tasty tr ...Written By: Anthony BouchardFEB 06, 2018Earth & The Environment
A new study published in the journal Trends in Ecology and Evolution had sounded an alarm on the state of microplastics, ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanFEB 06, 2018Clinical & Molecular DX
Two key factors implicated in the development of bipolar disorder (BD) are connected, researchers involved in a new stud ...Written By: Kara MarkerFEB 06, 2018Chemistry & Physics
Scientists are good at finding connections between two seemingly unrelated concepts to generate new ideas and invent new ...Written By: Daniel DuanJAN 31, 2018Videos
It takes hundreds of years of sitting in a landfill emitting methane into the atmosphere for your plastic plate to decom ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanJAN 31, 2018Videos
With all the litter in the world, you would think that we would have figured out a smart way to start collecting it, rig ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanJAN 25, 2018Neuroscience
After a loud rock concert or a day spent in a noisy environment, some people can have a ringing sound in their ears. It ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimJAN 19, 2018Technology
The stores Aldi, Lidl, Morrisons, Asda, Budgens, Tesco, Sainsbury's, Waitrose and Marks & Spencer were addressed in the ...Written By: Julia TraversJAN 19, 2018Videos
Your phone is probably one of your most closely-held possessions, literally and figuratively. But what happens after one ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanJAN 14, 2018Drug Discovery & Development
It is well known exercise can prevent heart-related health issues, but recently researcher show it can actually reverse ...Written By: Courtney SchaalJAN 09, 2018Health & Medicine
Eat right. Get regular exercise. Don't smoke, don't use drugs and avoid stress. These pieces of advice are the m ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimJAN 07, 2018Drug Discovery & Development
The use of epigenetic profiling for diagnostics and predictive therapy is on the rise, here are 5 recommendations as th ...Written By: Courtney SchaalJAN 07, 2018Earth & The Environment
To add another problem to ocean life, on top of plastic waste and overfishing, let’s introduce dead zones! Dead zo ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanJAN 04, 2018Earth & The Environment
This new year rang in a Chinese regulation banning the import of 24 different types of waste, from household plastic was ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanDEC 29, 2017Technology
Rao's Tethys device is named after the Greek Titan Goddess of Fresh Water.Written By: Julia Travers
MAR 26, 2018
Genetics & Genomics
Tumors tend to consist of a chaotic mix of cells; new research has shown how far cancer tumors will go to survive.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAR 19, 2018
Earth & The Environment
Roughly one million plastic water bottles are bought around the world every minute. That’s 20,000 per second. Less
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
MAR 15, 2018
Videos
Microplastics have turned up in drinking water of all kinds, research has shown. Bottled water was found to have an aver
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAR 13, 2018
Earth & The Environment
It’s no news that microplastics are invading our oceans and through biomagnification, our food chains. But a recen
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
MAR 09, 2018
Cell & Molecular Biology
A chemical commonly found in the linings of food cans and plastics, bisphenol A or BPA, has raised many concerns over th
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAR 08, 2018
Videos
Bali entered an unusual state of emergency last month when ginormous quantities of trash overwhelmed several tourist-pop
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
FEB 22, 2018
Videos
Nerve cells or neurons in the brain carry our memories. But how those memories form is still not well understood. One wa
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
FEB 16, 2018
Videos
There are trillions and trillions of bacteria on earth, and some of them have unique talents. One, Geobacter metalliredu
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
FEB 15, 2018
Technology
Out of every 113 people around the globe, one is now a refugee.
Written By:
Julia Travers
FEB 07, 2018
Plants & Animals
Seagulls aren’t particularly picky eaters; they frequently loiter around dumps and landfills in search of tasty tr
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
FEB 06, 2018
Earth & The Environment
A new study published in the journal Trends in Ecology and Evolution had sounded an alarm on the state of microplastics,
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
FEB 06, 2018
Clinical & Molecular DX
Two key factors implicated in the development of bipolar disorder (BD) are connected, researchers involved in a new stud
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
FEB 06, 2018
Chemistry & Physics
Scientists are good at finding connections between two seemingly unrelated concepts to generate new ideas and invent new
...
Written By:
Daniel Duan
JAN 31, 2018
Videos
It takes hundreds of years of sitting in a landfill emitting methane into the atmosphere for your plastic plate to decom
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
JAN 31, 2018
Videos
With all the litter in the world, you would think that we would have figured out a smart way to start collecting it, rig
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
JAN 25, 2018
Neuroscience
After a loud rock concert or a day spent in a noisy environment, some people can have a ringing sound in their ears. It
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
JAN 19, 2018
Technology
The stores Aldi, Lidl, Morrisons, Asda, Budgens, Tesco, Sainsbury's, Waitrose and Marks & Spencer were addressed in the
...
Written By:
Julia Travers
JAN 19, 2018
Videos
Your phone is probably one of your most closely-held possessions, literally and figuratively. But what happens after one
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
JAN 14, 2018
Drug Discovery & Development
It is well known exercise can prevent heart-related health issues, but recently researcher show it can actually reverse
...
Written By:
Courtney Schaal
JAN 09, 2018
Health & Medicine
Eat right. Get regular exercise. Don't smoke, don't use drugs and avoid stress. These pieces of advice are the m
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
JAN 07, 2018
Drug Discovery & Development
The use of epigenetic profiling for diagnostics and predictive therapy is on the rise, here are 5 recommendations as th
...
Written By:
Courtney Schaal
JAN 07, 2018
Earth & The Environment
To add another problem to ocean life, on top of plastic waste and overfishing, let’s introduce dead zones! Dead zo
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
JAN 04, 2018
Earth & The Environment
This new year rang in a Chinese regulation banning the import of 24 different types of waste, from household plastic was
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
DEC 29, 2017
Technology
Rao's Tethys device is named after the Greek Titan Goddess of Fresh Water.
Written By:
Julia Travers