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Self Driving Cars Could Free Up Rush Hour Traffic
Mar. 6, 2015 — With the growing popularity of care share programs, self-driving technology could be a game changer for urban traffic systems. A new study looks at how the Swedish capital's transport grid could ... full story -
Urine Power to Light Camps in Disaster Zones
Mar. 6, 2015 — A toilet, conveniently situated near the Student Union Bar at the University of the West of England, is proving that urine can generate ... full story -
Novel Mechanism to Explain High Elevation of Denver Area
Mar. 6, 2015 — Researchers have proposed a new way to explain how the High Plains got so high. Water trapped deep below Earth's crust may have flooded the lower crust, creating buoyancy and ... full story -
Melting Glaciers Create Noisiest Places in Ocean, Study Says
Mar. 6, 2015 — Researchers measure underwater noise in Alaskan and Antarctic fjords and find them to be the noisiest places in the ocean. This leads researchers to ask how animals such as whales and seals use the ... full story -
'Habitable' Planet GJ 581d Previously Dismissed as Noise Probably Does Exist
Mar. 6, 2015 — A new report has dismissed claims made last year that the first super-Earth planet discovered in the habitable zone of a distant star was 'stellar activity masquerading as planets.' The ... full story -
New Flexible Films for Touch Screen Applications Achieve Longer Lasting Display
Mar. 6, 2015 — Today, touch screens are everywhere, from smart phones and tablets, to computer monitors, to interactive digital signage and displays. Many touch screens are made of layered thin (billionths of a ... full story -
Sap-Feeding Butterflies Join Ranks of Natural Phenomenon, the Golden Ratio
Mar. 6, 2015 — Researchers observed that the coiling action of the butterfly proboscis, a tube-like 'mouth' that many butterflies and moths use to feed on fluids, resembled a spiral similar to that of the ... full story -
Black Holes and Dark Sector Explained by Quantum Gravity
Mar. 6, 2015 — A quantum version of General Relativity demonstrates that dark energy and dark matter are different manifestations of gravity. The theory calculates the precise value of the cosmological constant, ... full story -
A New Way to Control Information by Mixing Light and Sound
Mar. 6, 2015 — For once, slower is better in a new piece of technology. Scientists have developed a new, radio frequency processing device that allows information to be controlled more effectively, opening the door ... full story -
Mice Don't Need the Cortex to Sing Their Songs
Mar. 6, 2015 — The human language is unique in that we can refer to objects, events and ideas. The combination of syllables and words enables humans to generate an infinite number of expressions. An important ... full story -
Mars: The Planet That Lost an Ocean's Worth of Water
Mar. 5, 2015 — A primitive ocean on Mars held more water than Earth's Arctic Ocean, and covered a greater portion of the planet's surface than the Atlantic Ocean does on Earth, according to new results ... full story -
Hubble Sees Supernova Split Into Four Images by Cosmic Lens
Mar. 5, 2015 — Astronomers have spotted for the first time a distant supernova split into four images. The multiple images of the exploding star are caused by the powerful gravity of a foreground elliptical galaxy ... full story -
Menopausal Whales Are Influential and Informative Leaders
Mar. 5, 2015 — Menopause is a downright bizarre trait among animals. It's also rare. Outside of the human species, only the female members of two whale species outlive their reproductive lives in such a major ... full storyMore: -
Baby Mantises Harness Mid-Air 'Spin' During Jumps for Precision Landings
Mar. 5, 2015 — High-speed videos reveal that, unlike other jumping insects, the juvenile praying mantis does not spin out of control when airborne. In fact, it both creates and controls angular momentum at ... full story -
Exposure to Endocrine Disruptors During Pregnancy Affects the Brain Two Generations Later, Rat Study Shows
Mar. 5, 2015 — Prenatal exposure to low doses of the environmental contaminants polychlorinated biphenyls, or PCBs, change the developing brain in an area involved in metabolism, and some effects are apparent even ... full story -
Reliance on Smartphones Linked to Lazy Thinking
Mar. 5, 2015 — Our smartphones help us find a phone number quickly, provide us with instant directions and recommend restaurants, but new research indicates that this convenience at our fingertips is making it easy ... full story -
Turning a Vole Into a Mighty Rodent
Mar. 5, 2015 — Take a wild, common forest-dwelling mouse-like rodent, known as a vole, and subject it to 13 rounds of selection for increased aerobic exercise metabolism, and what do you get? A mighty ... full story -
'Extinct' Bird Rediscovered: Last Seen in 1941
Mar. 5, 2015 — A scientific team has rediscovered a bird previously thought to be extinct. Jerdon's babbler (Chrysomma altirostre) had not been seen in Myanmar since July 1941, where it was last found in ... full story -
Breakthrough in Energy Harvesting Could Power 'Life on Mars'
Mar. 5, 2015 — Martian colonists could use an innovative new technique to harvest energy from carbon dioxide thanks to new research. The research proposes a new kind of engine for producing energy based on the ... full story -
Male Images Seen by Left Side of the Brain
Mar. 4, 2015 — A new study has found that people are quicker to categorize a face as being male when it is shown to the left side of the ... full story
- Self driving cars could free up rush hour traffic
- Urine power to light camps in disaster zones
- Novel mechanism to explain high elevation of Denver area
- Melting glaciers create noisiest places in ocean, study says
- 'Habitable' planet GJ 581d previously dismissed as noise probably does exist
- New flexible films for touch screen applications achieve longer lasting display
- Sap-feeding butterflies join ranks of natural phenomenon, the Golden Ratio
- Black holes and dark sector explained by quantum gravity
- A new way to control information by mixing light and sound
- Mice don't need the cortex to sing their songs
- Mars: The planet that lost an ocean's worth of water
- Hubble sees supernova split into four images by cosmic lens
- Menopausal whales are influential and informative leaders
- Baby mantises harness mid-air 'spin' during jumps for precision landings
- Exposure to endocrine disruptors during pregnancy affects the brain two generations later, rat study shows
- Reliance on smartphones linked to lazy thinking
- Turning a vole into a mighty rodent
- 'Extinct' bird rediscovered: Last seen in 1941
- Breakthrough in energy harvesting could power 'life on Mars'
- Male images seen by left side of the brain
- Strength in numbers: First-ever quantum device that detects and corrects its own errors
- Galactic 'rain' explains why some galaxies are better at creating stars
- Why isn't the universe as bright as it should be?
- Discovery of 2.8-million-year-old jaw sheds light on early humans
- 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
- When age matters: precise dating of ancient charcoal found near skull is helping reveal unique period in prehistory
- 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
- Loss of money for refusing a bribery generates more excitement than accepting it
- Bigger, brighter billboards? Large-surface light-emitting plastic film created
- Sad movies are fattening
- 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
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