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MIT develops self-shading windows
Researchers at MIT have developed a new way of making windows that can switch from transparent to opaque using electrochromic materials. Once the glass...
Frozen embryos more effective than fresh in women with polycystic ovary syndrome
Women with polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) who receive frozen embryos during in vitro fertilization have safer and more successful pregnancies than those who get...
Backup plans may keep you from achieving your goal, research shows
Credit: © newjon / Flickr
When it comes to setting organizational and personal goals, making a backup plan has been seen as a sensible way...
High and low levels of ‘good cholesterol’ may cause premature death
Commonly touted as "good cholesterol" for helping to reduce risk of stroke and heart attack, both high and low levels of high-density lipoprotein (HDL)...
Large human brain evolved as a result of ‘sizing each other up’
Humans have evolved a disproportionately large brain as a result of sizing each other up in large cooperative social groups, researchers have proposed.
A team...
Study establishes the first public collection of bacteria from the intestine of mice
76 different species included in the miBC collection, including 15 hitherto unknown taxa. Credit: Nature Microbiology
Mouse models are extensively used in pharmaceutical and medical...
Greenland shark lifespan at least 400 years
A Greenland shark slowly swimming away from the zodiac, returning to the deep and cold waters of the Uummannaq Fjord in northwestern Greenland. The...
Caught in the act: first videos of coral bleaching behaviour
Heliofungia behaviour as it's bleaching, captured by Brett Lewis and Dr Luke Nothdurft. Credit: Queensland University of Technology
Coral researchers have for the first time...
Researchers develop a low-power always-on camera with gesture recognition
Credit: Georgia Institute of Technology
Smart devices that wake up with voice commands have gained popularity in recent years, and now researchers at Georgia Institute...
Rare frescoes from the Roman period discovered at Zippori in the Galilee
A bull's head in a fresco from Zippori, dating from the early Second Century CE.Credit: Photo: G. Laron
A team from the Hebrew University of...
1967 solar storm nearly took US to brink of war
A view of the sun on May 23, 1967, in a narrow visible wavelength of light called Hydrogen-alpha. The bright region in the top...
