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Planet 'Reared' by Four Parent Stars
Mar. 4, 2015 — Growing up as a planet with more than one parent star has its challenges. Though the planets in our solar system circle just one star -- our sun -- other more distant planets, called exoplanets, can ... full story -
Taking Madness out of March Madness
Mar. 4, 2015 — A business professor takes the madness out of the month with his "Dance Card" Method for determining NCAA March Madness brackets, also known as ... full story -
Experiments Support Conductivity Claims for Microbial Nanowires
Mar. 4, 2015 — Scientific debate has been hot lately about whether microbial nanowires, the specialized electrical pili of the mud-dwelling anaerobic bacterium Geobacter sulfurreducens, truly possess metallic-like ... full story -
Energy-Generating Cloth Could Replace Batteries in Wearable Devices
Mar. 4, 2015 — From light-up shoes to smart watches, wearable electronics are gaining traction among consumers, but these gadgets' versatility is still held back by the stiff, short-lived batteries that are ... full story -
Determining Recipes for Some of the World's Oldest Preserved Beers
Mar. 4, 2015 — Some breweries have taken to resurrecting the flavors of ages past. Adventurous beer makers are extrapolating recipes from clues that archeologists have uncovered from old and even ancient brews ... full story -
Kids and Robots Learn to Write Together
Mar. 4, 2015 — Who is the teacher: the student or the machine? By showing a robot how to write letters, children improve their writing skills and gain ... full story -
Hurricanes Helped Accelerate Spread of Lionfish
Mar. 4, 2015 — Just when you thought hurricanes couldn't get any scarier, think again. Their names roll of the tongue like a rogues' gallery: Floyd, Frances, Irene, Wilma and Andrew. But these aren't ... full story -
Men Tend to Be More Narcissistic Than Women, Study Finds
Mar. 4, 2015 — With three decades of data from more than 475,000 participants, a new study on narcissism reveals that men, on average, are more narcissistic than ... full story -
Grand Tree of Life Study Shows a Clock-Like Trend in New Species Emergence and Diversity
Mar. 4, 2015 — Researchers have assembled the largest and most accurate tree of life calibrated to time, and surprisingly, it reveals that life has been expanding at a constant rate. The study also challenges the ... full story -
Analysis of Spider Venom Reveals Seven Promising Compounds With Potential to Relieve Chronic Pain
Mar. 4, 2015 — New research shows that seven compounds of the countless found in spider venom block a key step in the body's ability to pass pain signals to the ... full story -
Vampire Bats: Who Bit Whom?
Mar. 4, 2015 — Scientists discovered a new retrovirus “fossil” found in the common vampire bat which is homologous to retroviruses in rodents and primates. The results suggest the recent circulation of an ... full story -
Flexible Sensors Turn Skin Into a Touch-Sensitive Interaction Space for Mobile Devices
Mar. 4, 2015 — If a mobile phone rings during a meeting, its owner often has to dig it out before it can be muted. A more discreet method would be to decline the incoming call by pressing on one of your fingers. ... full story -
Creative Genius Driven by Distraction
Mar. 3, 2015 — The literary great Marcel Proust wore ear-stoppers because he was unable to filter out irrelevant noise -- and lined his bedroom with cork to attenuate sound. Now new research suggests why the ... full story -
Far from Home: Wayward Star Cluster Is Both Tiny and Distant
Mar. 3, 2015 — Like the lost little puppy that wanders too far from home, astronomers have found an unusually small and distant group of stars that seems oddly out of place. The cluster, made of only a handful of ... full story -
3-D Printed Parts Provide Low-Cost, Custom Alternatives for Lab Equipment
Mar. 3, 2015 — The 3-D printing scene, a growing favorite of do-it-yourselfers, has spread to the study of plasma physics. With a series of experiments, researchers have found that 3-D printers can be an important ... full story -
Cloudy, With a Wisp of Liquid Rock: Clouds Around Exoplanets Analyzed
Mar. 3, 2015 — Meteorologists sometimes struggle to accurately predict the weather here on Earth, but now we can find out how cloudy it is on planets outside our solar system, thanks to new ... full story -
Nice to Sniff You: Handshakes May Engage Our Sense of Smell
Mar. 3, 2015 — Why do people shake hands? A new study suggests one of the reasons for this ancient custom may be to check out each other's odors. Even if we are not consciously aware of this, handshaking may ... full storyMore: -
Modeling Chimp Behavior? Try Using Laws That Govern Matter
Mar. 3, 2015 — To simulate chimp behavior, scientists created a computer model based on equations normally used to describe the movement of atoms and molecules in a confined space. An interdisciplinary research ... full story -
In Hot and Cold Water: The Private Lives of 'Hoff' Crabs Revealed
Mar. 3, 2015 — Researchers have shed light on the private life of a new species of deep-sea crab, previously nicknamed the 'Hoff' crab because of its hairy ... full story -
Giant Virus Revealed in 3-D Using X-Ray Laser
Mar. 2, 2015 — For the first time, researchers have produced a 3-D image revealing part of the inner structure of an intact, infectious virus, using a unique X-ray laser. The virus, called Mimivirus, is in a ... full story
- Planet 'reared' by four parent stars
- Taking madness out of March Madness
- Experiments support conductivity claims for microbial nanowires
- Energy-generating cloth could replace batteries in wearable devices
- Determining recipes for some of the world's oldest preserved beers
- Kids and robots learn to write together
- Hurricanes helped accelerate spread of lionfish
- Men tend to be more narcissistic than women, study finds
- Grand tree of life study shows a clock-like trend in new species emergence and diversity
- Analysis of spider venom reveals seven promising compounds with potential to relieve chronic pain
- Vampire bats: Who bit whom?
- Flexible sensors turn skin into a touch-sensitive interaction space for mobile devices
- Creative genius driven by distraction
- Far from home: Wayward star cluster is both tiny and distant
- 3-D printed parts provide low-cost, custom alternatives for lab equipment
- Cloudy, with a wisp of liquid rock: Clouds around exoplanets analyzed
- Nice to sniff you: Handshakes may engage our sense of smell
- Modeling chimp behavior? Try using laws that govern matter
- In hot and cold water: The private lives of 'Hoff' crabs revealed
- Giant virus revealed in 3-D using X-ray laser
- Perfect NCAA bracket? Near impossible: Mathematician says
- Is 'the dress' white and gold or blue and black? Visual perception expert weighs in
- Colon + septic tank = unique, at times stinky, study
- Pens filled with high-tech inks for do-it-yourself sensors
- Black phosphorus is new 'wonder material' for improving optical communication
- Unlocking key to immunological memory in bacteria
- Scientists crack piece of neural code for learning, memory
- Swarmies shuffle through field tests
- First ever photograph of light as a particle and a wave
- Alzheimer amyloid clumps found in young adult brains
- Archaeologists open mysterious lead coffin found buried just feet from the former grave of King Richard III
- First detailed microscopy evidence of bacteria at the lower size limit of life
- Life 'not as we know it' possible on Saturn's moon Titan
- Mystery of the reverse-wired eyeball solved
- Zombie outbreak? Statistical mechanics reveals the ideal hideout; and informs real disease modeling
- The biobattery: Turning sewage sludge into electricity and engine oil
- Neurons controlling appetite made from skin cells
- Quantum radar to detect objects which are invisible to conventional systems
- Wind-powered freighters
- Talking drone offers aviation safety boost
- Living in genetic comfort zone: How to avoid influence of genetic variation
- How mantis shrimp evolved many shapes with same powerful punch
- Neurons that help predict what another individual will do identified
- Bumblebees make false memories, too
- Building blocks of the future defy logic: New logic-defying mathematical model
- Could squirmy livestock dent africa's protein deficit?
- New insight found in black hole collisions
- Beliefs can regulate effects of nicotine on the human brain
- Optical features embedded in marine shells may help develop responsive, transparent displays
- Pockets of calm protect molecules around a supermassive black hole
- Sewage provides insight into human microbiome
- Monster black hole discovered at cosmic dawn
- Consideration of costs can reduce moral objections to human organ sales and other 'repugnant' transactions, says researcher
- Physicists offer a solution to the puzzle of the origin of matter in the universe
- Blockbusters: Can EEGs predict a movie's success better than surveys?
- Norway rats reciprocate help according to the quality of the help they received
- Easy on the eyes: Optimum length of eyelashes is one third width of eye
- Boy or girl? Lemur scents have the answer
- Bionic reconstruction lets patients use a robotic prosthetic hand controlled by the mind
- Tissue engineering: Scientists grow leg muscle from cells in a dish
- Sensor-packed smartphones can read your mood, guard your data, and wreak havoc in the wrong hands
- Yellowstone: Geysers erupt periodically because they have loops in their plumbing
- Climate-change clues from turtles of tropical Wyoming
- Why a latte is less likely to spill than a coffee
- Great Barrier Reef corals eat plastic
- Mapping lizard venom makes it possible to develop new drugs
- Preventing diabetic heart condition in mice by amplifying effect of exercise: Potential for benefits of exercise in a pill?
- Neuroscientists literally change the way we think: Advantages of a wandering mind
- Sobering effect of the love hormone
- Bacteria in marine sponges harvest phosphorus for reef community
- Hidden in plain sight: Amazonian bird chick mimics toxic caterpillar to avoid being eaten
- Carnivorous plant packs big wonders into tiny genome
- Sauna use associated with reduced risk of cardiac, all-cause mortality
- Wisdom teeth stem cells can transform into cells that could treat corneal scarring
- New assistive equipment to maximize human sensorimotor function
- Perfect colors, captured with one ultra-thin lens
- New nanogel for drug delivery: Self-healing gel can be injected into the body and act as a long-term drug depot
- Mouse embryo with big brain: Evolving a bigger brain with human DNA
- A new view of the solar system: Astrophysical jets driven by the sun
- Atomically thin gas and chemical sensors
- Does dark matter cause mass extinctions and geologic upheavals?
- Cheap solar cells made from shrimp shells
- Moths shed light on how to fool enemy sonar
- Fearless birds and big city spiders: Is urbanization pushing Earth's evolution to a tipping point?
- Feasibility of tracking parrots with GPS telemetry confirmed
- Where ants go when nature calls: Ants use corners of their nest as 'toilets'
- Keeping atherosclerosis in-check with novel targeted inflammation-resolving nanomedicines
- Hair dye 'CSI' could help police solve crimes
- For the first time, spacecraft catch solar shockwave in the act: 'Ultrarelativistic, killer electrons' made in 60 seconds
- Mutant bacteria that keep on growing
- Can you judge a man by his fingers? Link between relative lengths of index and ring fingers in men and behavior towards women
- Brain's iconic seat of speech goes silent when we actually talk
- Scientists turn the tables on drug-resistant bacteria by infecting them with bacteriophages (bacterial viruses)
- New species, the Ruby Seadragon, discovered
- In the city, rabbits build more densely
- Igniting the air for atmospheric research
- The strange case of the missing dwarf
- Mulling the marijuana munchies: How the brain flips the hunger switch
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