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Researchers control the properties of graphene transistors using pressure
A Columbia University-led international team of researchers has developed a technique to manipulate the electrical conductivity of graphene with compression, bringing the material one...
Emissions of banned ozone-eating chemical somehow are rising
Something strange is happening with a now-banned chemical that eats away at Earth's protective ozone layer: Scientists say there's more of it—not less—going into...
How does a one-tonne dino hatch its eggs? Carefully
Most dinosaurs buried their eggs and hoped for the best, but some species—including a few hefty ones—built nests and pampered unhatched offspring much as...
Scientists predict number of undiscovered mammal species
There are probably 303 species of mammals left to be discovered by science, most of which are likely to live in tropical regions, according...
Entangled atoms shine in unison
A team led by Austrian experimental physicist Rainer Blatt has succeeded in characterizing the quantum entanglement of two spatially separated atoms by observing their...
Researcher warns China’s program ‘riskiest environmental project in history’
A global expert on infrastructure says that China's plan to crisscross half of the Earth with massive transportation and energy projects is environmentally the...
Scientists crack how primordial life on Earth might have replicated itself
Scientists have created a new type of genetic replication system which demonstrates how the first life on Earth -- in the form of RNA...
Study finds Amazonian rainforests gave birth to the world’s most diverse tropical region
A new study is suggesting many of the plants and animals that call Latin America home may actually have their roots in the Amazon.
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Making carbon nanotubes as usable as common plastics
Northwestern University's Jiaxing Huang is ready to reignite carbon nanotube research. And he's doing so with a common chemical that was once used in...
Forest loss in one part of US can harm trees on the opposite coast
Large swaths of U.S. forests are vulnerable to drought, forest fires and disease. Many local impacts of forest loss are well known: drier soils,...
Where hominid brains are concerned, size doesn’t matter
The recently-discovered species Homo naledi may have had a pint-sized brain, but that brain packed a big punch. New research by Ralph Holloway and...
