Smithsonian Magazine

This Man Turned Human Corpses Into Popular Museum Displays. Now, the Creator of These Controversial ‘Body Worlds’ Has Donated His Own Body to Science

Gunther von Hagens, who invented plastination, a method of preserving bodies by replacing their natural fluids with polymers, ...
University of Utah Health

When False Beliefs Feel Real: Recognizing Delusional Disorder

Believing you're being watched or targeted can be a symptom of delusional disorder—not just a conspiracy belief. Here's how ...
C&EN

Mechanistic Basis of the Cu(OAc) 2 Catalyzed Azide-Ynamine (3 + 2) Cycloaddition Reaction

Department of Pure and Applied Chemistry, University of Strathclyde, Thomas Graham Building, 295 Cathedral Street, Glasgow G1 1XL, U.K. Department of Pure and Applied Chemistry, University of ...
C&EN

Prediction of Photochromism of Salicylideneaniline Crystals Using a Data Mining Approach

Department of Advanced Science and Engineering, Graduate School of Advanced Science and Engineering, Waseda University, 3-4-1 Okubo, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 169-8555, Japan Department of Advanced Science ...
Frontiers

Inhibition or Stimulation of Ochratoxin A Synthesis on Inoculated Barley Triggered by Diffuse Coplanar Surface Barrier Discharge Plasma

When crop is not stored properly after harvest, especially when moisture content and temperature are too high, different molds like, e.g., Aspergillus niger and Penicillium verrucosum can grow on its ...
Frontiers

iCub Whole-Body Control through Force Regulation on Rigid Non-Coplanar Contacts

This paper details the implementation of state-of-the-art whole-body control algorithms on the humanoid robot iCub. We regulate the forces between the robot and its surrounding environment to ...