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'Dancing' holes in droplets submerged in water-ethanol mixtures

(Tokyo Metropolitan University) Researchers from Tokyo Metropolitan University have observed the formation of holes that move by themselves in droplets of ionic liquids (IL) sitting inside water-ethanol mixtures. This curious, complex phenomenon is driven by an interplay between how ionic liquids dissolve, and how the boundary around the droplet fluctuates. Self-driven motion is a key feature of active matter, materials that use ambient energy to self-propel, with potential applications to drug delivery and nano-machine propulsion.
Source: https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2018-06/tmu-hi062718.php

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Research center at UC Riverside receives additional funding from Department of Energy

(University of California - Riverside) The Spins and Heat in Nanoscale Electronic Systems center, known as SHINES, at the University of California, Riverside, has received funding for two more years from the Department of Energy. SHINES received $12 million from the department in 2014. The new funding of $1.9 million is part of $100 million in funding for 42 Energy Frontier Research Centers, or EFRCs, that Secretary of Energy Rick Perry announced today.
Source: https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2018-06/uoc--rca062918.php

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NASA's GPM finds heavy rainfall on Tropical Storm Prapiroon's southwestern side

(NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center) When the Global Precipitation Measurement mission or GPM core satellite passed over the Northwestern Pacific Ocean, it saw very heavy rainfall occurring in one part of Tropical Storm Prapiroon.
Source: https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2018-06/nsfc-ngf062918.php

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NASA infrared data reveals Tropical Storm Emilia is strengthening

(NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center) Infrared NASA satellite imagery provided cloud top temperatures of thunderstorms that make up Tropical Storm Emilia. Comparing those NASA temperature readings with another satellite's data obtained the following day, forecasters determined that Emilia had strengthened.
Source: https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2018-06/nsfc-nid062918.php

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First-of-its-kind biofabrication research lab opens at University of Illinois

(University of Illinois College of Engineering) The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign will open the first state-of-the-art interdisciplinary biofabrication hub in the world. This new facility will enable non-specialists and specialists alike from a wide range of disciplines to rapidly transform new ideas into prototypes and characterize these prototypes with state-of-the-art tools, empowering the Illinois community to leverage out-of-the-box thinking and challenge the status quo.
Source: https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2018-06/uoic-foi062918.php

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MDI Biological Laboratory President Kevin Strange awarded $12 million NIH grant

(Mount Desert Island Biological Laboratory) The MDI Biological Laboratory has announced that President Kevin Strange, Ph.D., has been awarded a five-year, $12 million National Institutes of Health Center of Biomedical Research Excellence (COBRE) grant. The highly competitive COBRE funding will support the continued growth and development of the Kathryn W. Davis Center for Regenerative Biology and Medicine, which was founded by Strange in 2012.
Source: https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2018-06/mdib-mbl062918.php

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Researchers apply computing power to track the spread of cancer

(Princeton University, Engineering School) Princeton researchers have developed a new computational method that increases the ability to track the spread of cancer cells from one part of the body to another. This migration of cells can lead to metastatic disease, which causes about 90 percent of cancer deaths from solid tumors -- masses of cells that grow in organs such as the breast, prostate or colon. Understanding the drivers of metastasis could lead to new treatments aimed at blocking the process of cancer spreading through the body.
Source: https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2018-06/pues-rac062918.php

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Timing is key for bacteria surviving antibiotics

(Princeton University, Engineering School) For bacteria facing a dose of antibiotics, timing might be the key to evading destruction. In a series of experiments, Princeton researchers found that cells that repaired DNA damaged by antibiotics before resuming growth had a much better chance of surviving treatment.
Source: https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2018-06/pues-tik062918.php

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The culprit of some GaN defects could be nitrogen

(American Institute of Physics) As silicon-based semiconductors reach performance limits, gallium nitride is becoming the next go-to material for several technologies. Holding GaN back, however, is its high numbers of defects. Better understanding how GaN defects form at the atomic level could improve the performance of the devices made using this material. Researchers have taken a significant step by examining and determining six core configurations of the GaN lattice. They present their findings in the Journal of Applied Physics.
Source: https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2018-06/aiop-tco062918.php

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NIST researchers simulate simple logic for nanofluidic computing

(National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)) Invigorating the idea of computers based on fluids instead of silicon, researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have shown how computational logic operations could be performed in a liquid medium by simulating the trapping of ions (charged atoms) in graphene (a sheet of carbon atoms) floating in saline solution. The scheme might also be used in applications such as water filtration, energy storage or sensor technology.
Source: https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2018-06/nios-nrs062918.php

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