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Organs on Demand: Bioprinting Will Be the Answer to Donor Shortages

3D bioprinting technology can be used to custom-build organs, tissues, bones, and more using a patient's own cells, decreasing the chances of rejection. An average of 22 people lose their…

December 25, 2016
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Money & Science: How Do We Ensure Research Isn’t Being Influenced by Outside Factors?

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In a computer simulation, lab groups received greater rewards for publishing findings deemed ‘novel.' Over time, effort decreased and the rate of false discoveries rose. If we want to ensure…

December 24, 2016
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The Edge of Physics: Do Gravitons Really Exist?

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In an attempt to marry gravity with quantum theory, physicists came up with a hypothetical particle—the graviton, which is said to be a massless particle that travels at the speed…

December 24, 2016
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Drive on This: France Has Opened the World’s First Solar Road

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A village in Normandy, France has opened a kilometer-long road covered in solar panels, a project that took $5.2 million and five years to complete. While the project is expensive…

December 24, 2016
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Renewable Energy

New Ebola Vaccine Proves to Be 100% Effective

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None of the nearly 6,000 individuals vaccinated with rVSV-ZEBOV in Guinea, a country with more than 3,000 confirmed cases of Ebola, showed any signs of contracting the disease. With an…

December 24, 2016
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Genetic Modification is Helping to Treat the “Worst Disease You’ve Never Heard Of”

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Gene therapy is being used to treat epidermolysis bullosa, a disease categorized by blistering of the skin that can be caused by simple irritations that wouldn't affect normal skin. In…