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How to store information in your clothes invisibly, without electronics
Using magnetic properties of conductive thread, University of Washington researchers are able to store data in fabric. In this example, the code to unlock...
Later start times better for high school students: Poor self-regulation in teens linked to...
Daytime sleepiness and a tendency to be a "night owl," referred to as an evening chronotype, appear to be strongly associated with poor self-regulation.
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Children uniquely vulnerable to sleep disruption from electronic screens
A preschooler is exposed to light at night as part of a CU Boulder study measuring the impact of screens on sleep.
Credit: CU Boulder
With...
Chimpanzees shown spontaneously ‘taking turns’ to solve number puzzle
Chimps working on the number sequencing task.
Credit: Christopher F Martin
A new study from Kyoto and Oxford universities and Indianapolis Zoo has shown chimpanzees spontaneously...
New Greenland maps show more glaciers at risk
UCI’s BedMachine ice mapping technique enabled the creation of a three-dimensional image of a portion of the northwest coast of Greenland. Ocean bathymetry is...
How life arose from primordial muck: Experimental evidence overturns accepted theory
In the beginning, there were chemicals.
Credit: Illustration by Max Englund
Life on Earth originated in an intimate partnership between the nucleic acids (genetic instructions...
Scientists use marine robots to detect endangered whales
Chief scientist Mark Baumgartner secures a glider (with its wings removed) after it was recovered Dec. 4 from its three-week mission. The gliders are...
What do leeches, limpets and worms have in common? Now, a sequenced genome
Helobdella robusta, a tiny freshwater leech that attacks and kills snails.
Credit: Photo by Ajna S. Rievra/UC Berkeley
Leeches, despite the yuck factor, have captured...
Genomic frontier — The unexplored animal kingdom: Genomes of limpet, leech and worm put...
The genomes of the owl limpet (pictured), a freshwater leech and an ocean-dwelling worm are among the first sequenced genomes from a vast, understudied...
Minor merger kicks supermassive black hole into high gear
The deep image of Messier 77 taken with the Hyper Suprime-Cam (HSC) mounted at the Subaru Telescope. The picture is created by adding the...
Uncomfortable sight from an ancient reflex of the eye
These are the three lead investigators -- left to right: Geoffrey Aguirre, Manuel Spitschan, David Brainard.
Credit: Tommy Leonardi
The eyes are for seeing, but...
