Science: 3-D Printed Materials Resemble Biological Tissues

VIDEO: Time-lapse movie of a flower-shaped printed droplet network spontaneously folding to form a hollow sphere. [Credit: Gabriel Villar, Alexander D. Graham and Hagan Bayley (University of Oxford)] A printed, three-dimensional material could one day mimic the behavior of cells in tissues, new research in the 5 April issue of the journal Science shows.The tissue-like materials developed by Gabriel Villar at Balliol College and colleagues have the consistency of soft rubber, with an elasticity similar to brain and fat tissues. . .

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Marcia McNutt Named New Editor-in-Chief of Science

Marcia McNutt, former director of the U.S. Geological Survey, has been named by the Board of Directors of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) to serve as editor-in-chief of theScience family of journals beginning 1 June 2013. McNutt, who will be the first woman to serve in this position since the journal’s inception in 1880, will become the 19th editor-in-chief of Science. . .

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Art and Science Converge in "Images of Our Solar System"

Photographer Michael Benson was interested in space exploration as a child coming of age during the space race between the United States and the former Soviet Union. But, he didn't pursue this interest until the 1990s, when he became fascinated by images on the Internet from Galileo, the NASA spacecraft orbiting Jupiter. .

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Gastric Bypass Surgery Alters Gut Microbes

Gastric bypass surgery in mice alters the microbial makeup of their gut, and these changes may contribute to the rapid weight loss experienced after the surgery, according to a new study appearing in the 27 March issue of the journal Science Translational Medicine. .

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