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Atomically thin magnetic device could lead to new memory technologies
Magnetic materials are the backbone of modern digital information technologies, such as hard-disk storage. A University of Washington-led team has now taken this one...
New proof reveals fundamental limits of scientific knowledge
A new proof by SFI Professor David Wolpert sends a humbling message to would-be super intelligences: you can't know everything all the time.
The proof...
Mystery solved: The bacterial protein that kills male fruit flies
In the fifties, geneticists were faced with a mystery: when two strains of the same fruit fly species (Drosophila) crossed, they only produced female...
A new giant virus found in the waters of Oahu, Hawaii
Researchers at the Daniel K. Inouye Center for Microbial Oceanography: Research and Education (C-MORE) at the University of Hawai'i (UH) at Mānoa have characterized...
No sperm or egg required: mouse proto-embryo made in the lab
Scientists have for the first time created embryo-like structures in the lab from stem cells, without recourse to eggs or sperm, they reported Wednesday.
In...
Solar powered sea slugs shed light on search for perpetual green energy
In an amazing achievement akin to adding solar panels to your body, a Northeast sea slug sucks raw materials from algae to provide its...
Helium detected in exoplanet atmosphere for the first time
Astronomers have detected helium in the atmosphere of a planet that orbits a star far beyond our solar system for the very first time.
An...
Math sheds light on how living cells ‘think’
How does the 'brain' of a living cell work, allowing an organism to function and thrive in changing and unfavourable environments?
Queensland University of Technology...
Flaw found in water treatment method—Process may unwittingly generate harmful chemicals
Public water quality has received a lot of attention in recent years as some disturbing discoveries have been made regarding lead levels in cities...
Scientists find the first bird beak, right under their noses
Researchers have pieced together the three-dimensional skull of an iconic, toothed bird that represents a pivotal moment in the transition from dinosaurs to modern-day...
New find shows early humans were in the Philippines 700,000 years ago
New archaeological evidence shows that humans were living in the Philippines by 709,000 years ago – hundreds of thousands of years earlier than previously...
