Looking for an adequate explication of the concept of a biological function, several authors have proposed to link function to design. Unfortunately, known explications of biological design in turn ...

A study was conducted to investigate the effect on concept difficulty of: a.) the number of defining attributes, and b.) the level of conceptualization (LC) of the concepts' attributes. One hundred ...

Jillian Rine, applications engineer at injection molder MMI Engineered Solutions Inc. in Saline, Mich., created a concept design for a gear tray that was designed to hold 144 parts. She had other ...

Researchers describe how they have improved the ability of a protein to repair oxidative DNA damage and created a new protein function. Their innovative technique can lead to improved drugs for ...

Even though it's one of the tiniest cell phones you've probably ever seen, it would be difficult to lose this one. As its name implies, the "ring-cellphone" is worn on the finger, and includes all the ...