How does our brain form creative and original ideas?
According to the researchers, creativity is our ability to think in new and original ways to solve problems.
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Developing an original...
Prehistoric humans are likely to have formed mating networks to avoid inbreeding
Detail of one of the burials from Sunghir, in Russia. The new study sequenced the genomes of individuals from the site and discovered that...
Creative use of noise brings bio-inspired electronic improvement
This is a rendering of what the Osaka University research team's SR device entails.
Credit: Megumi Akai-Kasaya
In conventional electronics, a great deal of effort is...
Nobel Prize in Physics 2017: Gravitational waves
Aerial view of the LIGO Hanford Observatory.
Credit: Caltech/MIT/LIGO Laboratory
The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has decided to award the Nobel Prize in Physics 2017...
Air pollution: Diesel is now better than gas, emitting fewer carbonaceous particulates
New results challenge the existing paradigm that late model diesel cars are associated, in general, with far higher PM emission rates.
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Bumblebees shed light on why some individuals are smarter than others
Bee training on artificial flowers.
Credit: Clint Perry
By examining the brains of bees trained to different tasks, the researchers found that the number of connections...
Anxiety and depression caused by childhood bullying decline over time
More than one in five UK young people say they've recently been bullied. (stock image)
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A new UCL-led study has...
Astrophysicist predicts detached, eclipsing white dwarfs to merge into exotic star
Mukremin Kilic, OU astrophysicist, and team have discovered two detached, eclipsing double white dwarf binaries with orbital periods of 40 and 46 minutes, respectively....
High-resolution modeling assesses impact of cities on river ecosystems
A new study from ORNL shows the far-reaching impacts of US cities' energy consumption on regional ecosystems. Urban areas cover only about 5 percent...
Compound from oilseeds may be high-value product
Researchers at South Dakota State University are looking at the nonfood oilseed, carinata, as a potential biofuel feedstock.
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Wind turbines: The strength test
Dross in thick-walled cast iron with spheroidal graphite: casting surface after the fluorescent magnetic powder test.
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Wind turbines rise into the...
