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As CAS Beckman Fellow, Gao Gains Time for Optimizing GPS for UAVs

As CAS Beckman Fellow, Gao Gains Time for Optimizing GPS for UAVs

Assistant Prof. Grace Gao’s fundamental work in honing reliable and robust positioning, navigation, and timing for the Global Positioning System contributes significantly to the ever-growing technologies of unmanned aerial vehicles, power systems, and robotics.

Recognizing her groundbreaking research, the University of Illinois Center for Advanced Study (CAS) has chosen Gao, an Aerospace Engineer…

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Singapore Scientists Grow Mini Human Brains

Singapore Scientists Grow Mini Human Brains

Scientists in Singapore have made a big leap on research on the ‘mini-brain‘. These advanced mini versions of the human midbrain will help researchers develop treatments and conduct other studies into Parkinson’s Disease[1] (PD) and ageing-related brain diseases.

These mini midbrain versions are three-dimensional miniature tissues that are grown in the laboratory and they have certain properties…

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New bone calcium dissolution mechanism discovered

New bone calcium dissolution mechanism discovered

The world’s first observation: the phenomenon which calcium seeping out from the inside of bones is observed by high sensitivity three-dimensional X-ray microscope.

Key Points A new bone calcium dissolution mechanism is found with a high sensitivity three-dimensional X-ray microscope by the research group of Dr. Nobuhito Nango (RATOC System EngineeringCo., Ltd.), Assistant Prof. Tomoka Hasegawa…

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A Muscle is Born

A Muscle is Born

A Technion study sheds light on the embryonic development of the connection between muscles and tendons, which is vital to the organism’s motor activity A study conducted by Assistant Prof. Peleg Hasson at the Technion’s Rappaport Faculty of Medicine and recently published in Developmental Cell sheds light on the embryonic development of the muscle-tendon interface, the myotendinous junction,…

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