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Indestructible virus yields secret to creating incredibly durable materials
Virus' envelope. Its unusual structure, never before seen in nature, could let scientists develop super-durable materials and better treat disease.
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More than 8. 3 billion tons of plastics made: Most has now been discarded
This is an infographic on plastic pollution.
Credit: Janet A Beckley
Humans have created 8.3 billion metric tons of plastics since large-scale production of the synthetic...
Folding robots: No battery, no wire, no problem
A magnetic folding robot arm can grasp and bend thanks to its pattern of origami-inspired folds and a wireless electromagnetic field.
Credit: Wyss Institute at...
Manipulating electron spins without loss of information
Electrons rotate on their way through the chip in a spiral pattern. Adjustments in the voltage lead to changes in the wavelengths of this...
Eating at ‘wrong time’ affects body weight, circadian rhythms
Besides affecting weight, scientists believe the timing of food consumption affects one's circadian rhythms and may be the route by which dietary habits impact...
Brain’s iconic seat of speech goes silent when we actually talk
New findings will better help map out the brain's speech regions.
Credit: Adeen Flinker
For 150 years, the iconic Broca's area of the brain has been...
‘Doctor’ or ‘darling’ — Subtle differences of speech: Brain signals tell who someone is...
A recording site (grey dot) in a brain region responsible for social interaction showed clear differences in neural activity when the subject was talking...
Record-breaking marine heatwave powered by climate change cooks Tasmania’s fisheries
At its peak intensity, waters off Tasmania were 2.9°C above expected summertime temperatures. (Stock image)
Credit: © Daniel Poloha / Fotolia
Climate change was almost certainly...
Want to be seen as a leader? Get some muscle
Study participants in a series of experiments conducted by Cameron Anderson, a professor of management at UC Berkeley's Haas School of Business, and Aaron...
When sizing up potential friends and mates, the eyes of men and women move...
Beauty may not simply be in the eye of the beholder, but in his or her relational goals, suggests new research.
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To swallow food, some sharks shrug their shoulders
Shark model with the mouth on the left and shoulder bones to the right. With a bamboo shark, after food is swallowed the bones...
