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In a process as simple as stirring eggs and flour into pancakes, University of Oregon researchers have mixed fluorescent ring ...

Scientists at Sanford Burnham Prebys have developed a clearer picture of how crucial machinery in the human cell's recycling ...

Scientists have used pressure with a twisting shear to permanently deform silicon, an important material for electronics. The resulting changes in silicon's microstructure produce material phases that ...

It should be as obvious as can be what the purpose of things is. If you make people think, you make them unhappy. Users don’t want to treat your site or app like some sort of cryptic crossword – they ...