4 Awesome Discoveries You Probably Didn't Hear About This Week
4 Awesome Discoveries You Probably Didn't Hear About This Week
National Science Foundation
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Rock-n-roll bridges, blinking eye-on-a-chip, high-flying low metabolism, and urban air “re-leaf.” It’s four awesome discoveries you probably didn’t hear about.
Guitar hydro dipping
http://guitarbuilding.website/
The STEM Guitar Project
TXRX Labs
Blinking eye-on-a-chip used for disease modeling and drug testing
https://www.nsf.gov/discoveries/disc_summ.jsp?cntn_id=299115
University of Pennsylvania
New way for bridges to withstand earthquakes: support column design
https://www.nsf.gov/discoveries/disc_summ.jsp?cntn_id=299100
Texas A&M University
University of Colorado Boulder
Slowed metabolism helps geese fly high
https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0855669
University of British Columbia
University of Texas at Austin
University of Exeter, UK
Oak trees in southern U.S. cities are natural urban air filters
https://www.nsf.gov/discoveries/disc_summ.jsp?cntn_id=299154
University of North Texas
Baylor University
Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies