Nov. 7, 2016 — Researchers have not only built microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) devices the size of insects, but have also created them to move just like real ...
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Nov. 4, 2016 — Scientists are driving three-wheeled, single-molecule "nanoroadsters" with light and, for the first time, seeing how they ...
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Nov. 4, 2016 — In the unlikely event of the zombie apocalypse, it would take less than two months for the undead to take control of the city, says a new ...
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Nov. 4, 2016 — Herbivorous mammals have bigger bellies than their usually slim carnivorous counterparts, an international study based on 3D reconstructions of animal skeletons reveals for the first time. In ...
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Nov. 3, 2016 — The GRAPES-3 muon telescope recorded a burst of galactic cosmic rays of about 20 GeV, on 22 June 2015 lasting for two hours. The burst occurred when a giant cloud of plasma ejected from the solar ...
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Nov. 3, 2016 — For centuries, artists, biologists and mathematicians have been inspired by the recurring patterns of the plant world: the exquisite symmetry of flowers, the sweeping spirals of seeds, spines and ...
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Nov. 3, 2016 — Climate change is currently one of the greatest threats to biodiversity, and one of the groups of animals most affected by the increase in temperature is amphibians. A team of scientists studied how ...
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Nov. 2, 2016 — The first unbiased genetic screen for sleep defects in mice has yielded two interesting mutants, Sleepy, which sleeps excessively, and Dreamless, which lacks rapid eye movement (REM) sleep. The ...
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Nov. 2, 2016 — Would you dress in diamond nanothreads? It's not as far-fetched as you might think. And you'll have a carbon chemist and engineer to thank for ...
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Nov. 2, 2016 — It may sound like science fiction, but wastewater treatment plants across the United States may one day turn ordinary sewage into biocrude oil, thanks to new research. The technology, hydrothermal ...
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Nov. 2, 2016 — With residential solar energy ramping up, consumers are looking for ways to store extra energy without breaking the bank. To help solve this problem, a team of scientists has come up with a novel ...
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Nov. 2, 2016 — Researchers have discovered how to make high-performance batteries using scraps of metal from the junkyard and common household ...
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Nov. 1, 2016 — We humans may be more aligned with the universe than we realize. Scientists have discovered that neutron stars and cell cytoplasm have something in common: structures that resemble multistory parking ...
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Nov. 1, 2016 — Spinach is no longer just a superfood: By embedding leaves with carbon nanotubes, engineers have transformed spinach plants into sensors that can detect explosives and wirelessly relay that ...
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Nov. 1, 2016 — While fungi are well known for being essential in cycling carbon and nutrients, there are only about 100,000 described species in contrast to the 1.5 to 3 millions, assumed to exist on Earth. Of ...
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Nov. 1, 2016 — A study's participants who were asked to think about their own death before taking to the basketball court scored more points than those in a control ...
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Oct. 31, 2016 — Is social media good for you, or bad? Well, it's complicated. A study of 12 million Facebook users suggests that using Facebook is associated with living longer -- when it serves to maintain and ...
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Oct. 28, 2016 — Astronomers have discovered a batch of rapidly spinning stars that produce X-rays at more than 100 times the peak levels ever seen from the sun. The stars, which spin so fast they've been ...
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Oct. 28, 2016 — Researchers have created a 3D printed cosmic microwave background - a map of the oldest light in the universe - and provided the files for ...
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Oct. 27, 2016 — A new kind of bioluminescent sensor causes individual brain cells to imitate fireflies and glow in the dark. The probe is a genetically modified form of luciferase, the enzyme that a number of other ...
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