‘Smart’ transformers could make reliable smart grid a reality
Solid-state transformers, developed at NC State, can make the smart grid concept a reality.
Credit: NC State University
A new study using complex computational models finds...
Sticking your neck out: How did plesiosaurs swim with such long necks?
This is a side view of the plesiosaur model in the hydrodynamic simulation.
Credit: Ms Pernille V Troelsen
When dinosaurs ruled the land, plesiosaurs ruled the...
Neutrons detect elusive Higgs amplitude mode in quantum material
During the neutron scattering experiment, the sample containing copper ions exhibited exotic quantum properties as certain quasiparticles spin in a wave-like configuration, eventually revealing...
From dry to wet: Rainfall might abruptly increase in Africa’s Sahel
Farming in Africa (stock image).
Credit: © klevit / Fotolia
Climate change could turn one of Africa's driest regions into a very wet one by suddenly...
Obstructing the ‘inner eye’
While under hypnosis, the test participants had to react on various symbols. In order to observe brain activity, the participants were linked up to...
Fern fossil data clarifies origination and extinction of species
Tree ferns still occupy the tropical moist forests in Australia, even though they shared their 'golden age' with dinosaurs.
Credit: Samuli Lehtonen
Throughout the history of...
Strange silk: Why rappelling spiders don’t spin out of control
The golden silk orb weaver (Nephila pilipes) creates dragline silk that prevents it from spinning while hanging from its web.
Credit: Kai Peng of Huazhong...
Motivation through punishment may not work
Scolding does not necessarily cause a change of behaviour as researchers at the Institute of Psychology of the University of Würzburg have found.
Credit: ©...
The LHCb experiment is charmed to announce observation of a new particle with two...
XICC_LHCb discovery (00006)
Credit: Copyright CERN
Today at the EPS Conference on High Energy Physics in Venice, the LHCb experiment at CERN's Large Hadron Collider has...
Changes in brain regions may explain why some prefer order and certainty
A UCLA study has identified changes in brain regions that may hold a key to why some people prefer order and organization and others...
Winging it: How do bats out-maneuver their prey?
Brown long-eared bat swooping in for a tasty treat.
Credit: Prof Anders Hedenström
Bats catch food 'on the wing' without touching the ground, but how do...
