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Chemists create faster and more efficient way to process information
University of Waterloo chemists have found a much faster and more efficient way to store and process information by expanding the limitations of how...
A giant ‘singing’ cloud in space will help us to understand how star systems...
We know that the birthplaces of stars are large molecular clouds of gas and dust found in space.
But what exactly determines the number and...
NICER mission finds an X-ray pulsar in a record-fast orbit
Scientists analyzing the first data from the Neutron star Interior Composition Explorer (NICER) mission have found two stars that revolve around each other every...
Record-breaking ocean heat fueled Hurricane Harvey
In the weeks before Hurricane Harvey tore across the Gulf of Mexico and plowed into the Texas coast in August 2017, the Gulf's waters...
Global trade spreads deadly frog disease from Asia
New research has revealed a deadly disease that threatens the survival of the world's frogs originated from East Asia, and global trade was almost...
Scientists uncover brain circuits behind putting up a fight or freezing in place
In a study of mice, National Institutes of Health-funded researchers describe a new circuit involved in fine-tuning the brain's decision either to hide or...
Radar reveals details of mountain collapse after North Korea’s most recent nuclear test
As North Korea's president pledges to "denuclearize" the Korean peninsula, an international team of scientists is publishing the most detailed view yet of the...
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...
