Science news articles about 'versatility'

  • Test of maturity for stem cells

    Stem cells are extremely versatile: They can develop in 220 different ways, transforming themselves into a correspondingly diverse range of specialized body cells. Biologists and medical scientists ...
  • Record-setting laser may aid searches for Earthlike planets

    ... , and on-the-fly precision control of high-speed optical communications to provide greater versatility in data and time transmissions. The application of frequency combs to planet searches is of ...
  • Silicon's effect on sunflowers studied

    Vibrant, showy sunflowers are revered worldwide for their beauty and versatility. While many varieties of sunflower are grown specifically for their nutritional benefits, ornamental sunflowers have ...
  • Warming up for magnetic resonance imaging

    ... way to study chemical exchange in nanostructures like zeolites, which are important in catalysis, or in versatile carbon nanotubes. Temperature-controlled depolarization is a breakthrough for NMR and ...
  • MagnaLab And NazcaLab - Two New Machines That Make Stem Cell Research Easier

    Stem cells, the body's wonder tool, are extremely versatile. They can develop in 220 different ways, transforming themselves into a correspondingly diverse range of specialized body cells. ...
  • Deep sea methane scavengers captured

    ... expensive processes and the energy gained by AOM is low. The potential for metabolic versatility combined with the ability to form partnerships with other microorganisms, might be the secret to the ...
  • Study: Carbon nanotubes mimic asbestos

    Strong, versatile little "nanotubes" made out of carbon are considered future stars in nanotechnology research in medicine and industry. Now a study finds that longer threads of the stuff mimic the ...
  • Scientists discover a molecular scaffold that guides connections between brain cells

    ... of capacity for variety” in immunoglobulin molecules, Dr. Huang explains. In the nervous system, their versatility may help them guide cells to form synapses with specific partners. Intriguingly, Dr. ...
  • Robots go where scientists fear to tread

    ... needed to take measurements specified by the scientist. While Howard’s team works on versatile robots with the mobility and Artificial Intelligence (A.I.) skills to complete missions, Lampkin’s team ...
  • New iron-based and copper-oxide high-temperature

    ... is that they belong to a comprehensive class of materials where many chemical substitutions are possible. This versatility is already opening up new research avenues to understand the origin of the ...
  • Digital printers pursuing more of world's pages

    (AP) -- Commercial printing, where traditional offset still reigns, could be transformed with the introduction of a bevy of versatile, high-speed digital presses.
  • Caltech scientists decipher the neurological basis of timely movement

    ... this brain area an attractive target for neural prosthesis. Not only does this increase the versatility and the number of prosthetic applications, but it also makes the decoding easier since the ...
  • Caution on stem cell therapy

    ... may contain more than one type of adult stem cell – a discovery that complicates prospects for using the versatile cells to replace damaged tissue as a treatment for disease, according to a new study ...
  • UC San Diego physicists reveal secrets of newest form of carbon

    ... report that they used the Advanced Light Source at the Berkeley lab—one of the most powerful and versatile sources of electromagnetic radiation, from the infrared to x-ray region, in the world—to ...
  • Physicists produce quantum-entangled images

    ... beams, the researchers' technique for producing quantum images—unprecedented in its simplicity, versatility, and efficiency—may someday be useful for storing patterns of data in quantum computers and ...

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