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Magnetic fields at the crossroads
From compasses used in ancient overseas navigation to electrical motors, sensors, and actuators in cars, magnetic materials have been a mainstay throughout human history....
It’s a bird, it’s a plane, it’s — a key discovery about human memory
Johns Hopkins University cognitive psychologists are the first to link human's long-term visual memory with how things move.Image Credit:Flickr/amy leonard
As Superman flies over the...
The cold exterminated all of them
Permian-Triassic boundary in shallow marine sediments, characterised by a significant sedimentation gap between the black shales of Permian and dolomites of Triassic age. This...
Study suggests complex life was present on Earth 2.33 billion years ago
MIT earth scientists have found evidence that eukaryotes — the domain of life comprising animals, plants, and protists — were present on Earth as...
Blueberry concentrate improves brain function in older people
Drinking concentrated blueberry juice improves brain function in older people, a new study says. Image Credit: Flickr/arsheffield
Drinking concentrated blueberry juice improves brain function in...
World’s largest autism genome database shines new light on many ‘autisms’
Latest study identifies 18 new autism-linked genes, deepening understanding of autism's broad spectrum
The newest study from the Autism Speaks MSSNG project -- the world's...
How nature creates forest diversity
In the new study, the researchers combined tree physiology, ecology, and evolution to construct a new model in which tree species and their niches...
Study shows how skates, rays and sharks sense electrical fields
This is an Ampullary bundle with afferent nerve.Credit: Julius Lab, UCSF
Sharks, rays and skates can hunt for prey hidden in the sandy sea floor...
Researchers create new tool that measures active learning in classrooms
San Francisco State University researchers used an optimized computer program to classify sound into three categories in classroom audio recordings. Credit: San Francisco State...
New materials could turn water into the fuel of the future
The Molecular Foundry. Credit: Berkeley Lab
Scientists at the Department of Energy's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) and the California Institute of Technology (Caltech)...
Scientists discover how animals measure time of year to reproduce
A new study has unravelled the mechanism through which animals measure time of year to allow their physiological adaptation to a changing environment.Image Credit:Flickr/umer...
