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Perfect NCAA Bracket? Near Impossible: Mathematician Says
Mar. 2, 2015 — The odds of picking a perfect bracket for the NCAA men’s basketball March Madness championship tournament are a staggering less than one in 9.2 quintillion (that’s 9,223,372,036,854,775,808), ... full story -
Is 'the Dress' White and Gold or Blue and Black? Visual Perception Expert Weighs in
Mar. 2, 2015 — On Feb. 26, a picture of a cocktail dress originally uploaded to the blog Tumblr swept the Internet and managed to divide the population over a simple question: What color is the dress? Some viewers ... full story -
Colon + Septic Tank = Unique, at Times Stinky, Study
Mar. 2, 2015 — What do a human colon, septic tank, copper nanoparticles and zebrafish have in common? They were the key components used by researchers to study the impact copper nanoparticles, which are found in ... full story -
Pens Filled With High-Tech Inks for Do-It-Yourself Sensors
Mar. 2, 2015 — A new simple tool developed by nanoengineers is opening the door to an era when anyone will be able to build sensors, anywhere, including physicians in the clinic, patients in their home and soldiers ... full story -
Swarmies Shuffle Through Field Tests
Mar. 2, 2015 — Months of lab work has led to this chilly day -- by Florida standards -- with four small, wheeled robots moving around the parking lot outside the Launch Control Center while their leader, Kurt ... full story -
First Ever Photograph of Light as a Particle and a Wave
Mar. 2, 2015 — Light behaves both as a particle and as a wave. Since the days of Einstein, scientists have been trying to directly observe both of these aspects of light at the same time. Now, scientists have ... full story -
Archaeologists Open Mysterious Lead Coffin Found Buried Just Feet from the Former Grave of King Richard III
Mar. 2, 2015 — Richard III is the only male to be discovered at infamous former car-park site. A mysterious lead coffin found close to the site of Richard III's hastily dug grave at the Grey Friars friary has ... full story -
First Detailed Microscopy Evidence of Bacteria at the Lower Size Limit of Life
Feb. 27, 2015 — Scientists have captured the first detailed microscopy images of ultra-small bacteria that are believed to be about as small as life can get. The existence of ultra-small bacteria has been debated ... full story -
Life 'Not as We Know It' Possible on Saturn's Moon Titan
Feb. 27, 2015 — A new type of methane-based, oxygen-free life form that can metabolize and reproduce similar to life on Earth has been modeled. It is theorized to have a cell membrane, composed of small organic ... full story -
Mystery of the Reverse-Wired Eyeball Solved
Feb. 27, 2015 — Counter-intuitively, in vertebrates photoreceptors are located behind the neurons in the back of the eye. Now physicists explain why the neural wiring seems to be ... full story -
Zombie Outbreak? Statistical Mechanics Reveals the Ideal Hideout; And Informs Real Disease Modeling
Feb. 27, 2015 — A team researchers focusing on a fictional zombie outbreak as an approach to disease modeling suggests heading for the hills, in the Rockies, to save your brains from the ... full story -
The Biobattery: Turning Sewage Sludge Into Electricity and Engine Oil
Feb. 27, 2015 — Sewage sludge, green waste, production residue from the food industry, straw or animal excrement – with the biobattery‘s modular concept a much larger range of biomass can be utilized for energy ... full story -
Neurons Controlling Appetite Made from Skin Cells
Feb. 27, 2015 — Researchers have for the first time successfully converted adult human skin cells into neurons of the type that regulate appetite, providing a patient-specific model for studying the neurophysiology ... full story -
Quantum Radar to Detect Objects Which Are Invisible to Conventional Systems
Feb. 27, 2015 — A prototype quantum radar that has the potential to detect objects which are invisible to conventional systems has now been ... full story -
Wind-Powered Freighters
Feb. 27, 2015 — To make ships more eco-efficient, engineers have been working with alternative fuels. A Norwegian engineer is currently pursuing a new approach: With VindskipTM, he has designed a cargo ship that is ... full story -
Talking Drone Offers Aviation Safety Boost
Feb. 27, 2015 — In a world first, researchers have developed a talking drone that can converse with air traffic controllers just like a normal ... full story -
Living in Genetic Comfort Zone: How to Avoid Influence of Genetic Variation
Feb. 26, 2015 — The phenotype of organisms is shaped by the interaction between environmental factors and their genetic constitution. A recent study by a team of population geneticists shows that fruit flies live in ... full story -
How Mantis Shrimp Evolved Many Shapes With Same Powerful Punch
Feb. 26, 2015 — The miniweight boxing title of the animal world belongs to the mantis shrimp, a cigar-sized crustacean whose front claws can deliver an explosive 60-mile-per-hour blow akin to a bullet leaving the ... full story -
Neurons That Help Predict What Another Individual Will Do Identified
Feb. 26, 2015 — Investigators have discovered two groups of neurons that play key roles in social interactions between primates -- one that is activated when deciding whether to cooperate with another individual and ... full story -
Bumblebees Make False Memories, Too
Feb. 26, 2015 — It's well known that our human memory can fail us. People can be forgetful, and they can sometimes also 'remember' things incorrectly, with devastating consequences in the classroom, ... full story
- 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
- Swarmies shuffle through field tests
- First ever photograph of light as a particle and a wave
- 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
- Bee disease reduced by nature's 'medicine cabinet'
- Scientists find strongest natural material known to humans
- Women seek greater variety in men and consumer products near ovulation
- Recent research provides new data on chemical gardens, whose formation is a mystery for science
- Even animals compose: What it means to be a musical species
- Closest known flyby of star to our solar system: Dim star passed through Oort Cloud 70,000 years ago
- Mystery Mars plume baffles scientists
- Complex nerve-cell signaling traced back to common ancestor of humans and sea anemones
- Ancient rocks show life could have flourished on Earth 3.2 billion years ago
- Genetic evidence shows penguins have 'bad taste'
- Mothers can pass traits to offspring through bacteria's DNA, mouse study shows
- Cold-blooded animals grow bigger in the warm on land, but smaller in warm water
- Female pumas kill more, eat less when humans are near
- Distant species produce 'love child' fern after 60-million-year breakup
- See here now: Telescopic contact lenses and wink-control glasses
- Self-stretching material: No limit to number of times material can change shape
- Harm and response: Plants recognize and respond to different insects
- Transforming silver into any color of the rainbow: Silver-glass sandwich structure acts as inexpensive color filter
- Seeing through sparklers: What happens to heat-treated diamonds
- Interstellar technology throws light on spinning black holes
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