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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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SEP 22, 2016Neuroscience
With autism statistics at 1 in 68 children, the search for information on the causes and possible treatments is a ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimSEP 21, 2016Earth & The Environment
Last year at this time a Dutch construction company called VolkerWessels released their plans to build roads from plasti ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanSEP 20, 2016Earth & The Environment
Researchers have known for decades that women tend to beat men on environmental metrics. They generally&n ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanSEP 18, 2016Videos
This week, technology giant Samsung made an unprecedented decision to recall every single of the Note 7 smartphone that' ...SEP 03, 2016Videos
So you recycle. Good, we all must! But are you aware of what happens to your plastics directly after you toss them into ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanSEP 01, 2016Earth & The Environment
Hungry after you’ve already eaten the last spoonful? Eat the spoon! According to City Lab, 40 billion utens ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanAUG 29, 2016Neuroscience
It’s well know that sleep deprivation can cause a host of problems from inattention to depression and even certain ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimAUG 12, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
When science experiments work as planned, researchers are overjoyed. And in the rare instances when the results actually ...AUG 08, 2016Technology
Robots are cool, and what’s even cooler than robots are cybernetic organisms. Although we’re not quite there ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAUG 03, 2016Earth & The Environment
Morocco's ban on the production and use of plastic bags went into effect July 1 after the plastic ban bill was passe ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanAUG 02, 2016Neuroscience
In terms of learning a second language, the standard has always been that the younger a person is when attempting a new ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimJUL 26, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
Fifty-seven year old Chris King recently became the first recipient of a double hand transplant in the United Kingdom. K ...JUL 20, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
Wouldn’t it be nice if brain surgeons had a window to your brain? Well, scientists at the University of California ...JUL 20, 2016Cell & Molecular Biology
Organic electronics was established as a field of study relatively recently; much of the early work was simply establish ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 12, 2016Immunology
Researchers developing temporary implants for facial reconstruction are incorporating a unique way to deliver time-relea ...Written By: Futurity (futurity.org)JUL 11, 2016Videos
When he was just 19 years old, Boyan Slat came up with an idea big enough to confront one of the most intimidating envir ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanJUL 10, 2016Earth & The Environment
Winner of the Young Entrepreneur Awards,34 year old Oscar Andres Mendez Gerardino is a go-getter Colombian out to make a ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanJUL 05, 2016Cell & Molecular Biology
An international consortium of researchers has published four related papers, in Nature Biotechnology here and here, and ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 28, 2016Videos
Old standbys for tick removal include household products like matches, nail polish remover and petroleum jelly. But what ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 27, 2016Cancer
Medical imaging can offer surgeons tremendous knowledge before going into the operating room. But there’s a limit ...JUN 20, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
A new way to detect antibodies in blood opens the door to developing simple diagnostic tests for diseases for which ...Written By: Futurity (futurity.org)JUN 19, 2016Videos
Chiral molecules are "handed" molecules that are mirror images of each other - one is a right-handed version, the other ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 15, 2016Videos
While it was a very small study, and it's early days, research from Stanford University suggests that stem cells injecte ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimMAY 28, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
In a medical first, doctors from Houston, Texas reported a simultaneous scalp, skull, kidney, and pancreas transplant fr ...
SEP 22, 2016
Neuroscience
With autism statistics at 1 in 68 children, the search for information on the causes and possible treatments is a
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
SEP 21, 2016
Earth & The Environment
Last year at this time a Dutch construction company called VolkerWessels released their plans to build roads from plasti
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
SEP 20, 2016
Earth & The Environment
Researchers have known for decades that women tend to beat men on environmental metrics. They generally&n
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
SEP 18, 2016
Videos
This week, technology giant Samsung made an unprecedented decision to recall every single of the Note 7 smartphone that'
...
SEP 03, 2016
Videos
So you recycle. Good, we all must! But are you aware of what happens to your plastics directly after you toss them into
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
SEP 01, 2016
Earth & The Environment
Hungry after you’ve already eaten the last spoonful? Eat the spoon! According to City Lab, 40 billion utens
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
AUG 29, 2016
Neuroscience
It’s well know that sleep deprivation can cause a host of problems from inattention to depression and even certain
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
AUG 12, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
When science experiments work as planned, researchers are overjoyed. And in the rare instances when the results actually
...
AUG 08, 2016
Technology
Robots are cool, and what’s even cooler than robots are cybernetic organisms. Although we’re not quite there
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
AUG 03, 2016
Earth & The Environment
Morocco's ban on the production and use of plastic bags went into effect July 1 after the plastic ban bill was passe
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
AUG 02, 2016
Neuroscience
In terms of learning a second language, the standard has always been that the younger a person is when attempting a new
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
JUL 26, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
Fifty-seven year old Chris King recently became the first recipient of a double hand transplant in the United Kingdom. K
...
JUL 20, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
Wouldn’t it be nice if brain surgeons had a window to your brain? Well, scientists at the University of California
...
JUL 20, 2016
Cell & Molecular Biology
Organic electronics was established as a field of study relatively recently; much of the early work was simply establish
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 12, 2016
Immunology
Researchers developing temporary implants for facial reconstruction are incorporating a unique way to deliver time-relea
...
Written By:
Futurity (futurity.org)
JUL 11, 2016
Videos
When he was just 19 years old, Boyan Slat came up with an idea big enough to confront one of the most intimidating envir
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
JUL 10, 2016
Earth & The Environment
Winner of the Young Entrepreneur Awards,34 year old Oscar Andres Mendez Gerardino is a go-getter Colombian out to make a
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
JUL 05, 2016
Cell & Molecular Biology
An international consortium of researchers has published four related papers, in Nature Biotechnology here and here, and
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 28, 2016
Videos
Old standbys for tick removal include household products like matches, nail polish remover and petroleum jelly. But what
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 27, 2016
Cancer
Medical imaging can offer surgeons tremendous knowledge before going into the operating room. But there’s a limit
...
JUN 20, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
A new way to detect antibodies in blood opens the door to developing simple diagnostic tests for diseases for which
...
Written By:
Futurity (futurity.org)
JUN 19, 2016
Videos
Chiral molecules are "handed" molecules that are mirror images of each other - one is a right-handed version, the other
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 15, 2016
Videos
While it was a very small study, and it's early days, research from Stanford University suggests that stem cells injecte
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
MAY 28, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
In a medical first, doctors from Houston, Texas reported a simultaneous scalp, skull, kidney, and pancreas transplant fr
...