Ancient skull shows early ‘baleen whale’ had teeth
Today's baleen whales (Mysticetes) support their massive bodies by filtering huge volumes of small prey from seawater using comb-like baleen in their mouths much...
New Magnetic Process in Turbulent Space
Though close to home, the space immediately around Earth is full of hidden secrets and invisible processes. In a new discovery reported in the...
Neuroscientists find first evidence animals can mentally replay past events
Neuroscientists at Indiana University have reported the first evidence that non-human animals can mentally replay past events from memory. The discovery could help advance...
For how long will the USA remain the Nobel Prize leader?
Since first being awarded in 1901, most Nobel Prizes for science have gone to the U.S., the United Kingdom, Germany and France. An empirical...
Liquid crystals self-regulate the release of drugs in precise, repeating doses with simple nudge...
Liquid crystals—much like the ones forming these words on computer monitors—could be tuned to fight bacteria or scuttle compromised electronics by reacting to subtle...
Light could make semiconductor computers a million times faster or even go quantum
A technique to manipulate electrons with light could bring quantum computing up to room temperature.
A team of researchers in Germany and at the University...
Stone Age hepatitis B virus decoded
An international team of scientists led by researchers at the Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History and the University of Kiel...
New polymer manufacturing process saves 10 orders of magnitude of energy
Makers of cars, planes, buses - anything that needs strong, lightweight and heat resistant parts - are poised to benefit from a new manufacturing...
Reconnection tames the turbulent magnetic fields around Earth
When the solar wind - which is really a driving rain of charged particles from the sun - strikes Earth's protective magnetic field, the...
Method assembles cellulose nanofibres into a material stronger than spider silk
Researchers in Sweden have produced a bio-based material that is reported to surpass the strength of all known bio-based materials whether fabricated or natural,...
Eggs not linked to cardiovascular risk, despite conflicting advice
University of Sydney researchers aim to help clear up conflicting dietary advice around egg consumption, as a new study finds eating up to 12...
