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Some black holes erase your past
In the real world, your past uniquely determines your future. If a physicist knows how the universe starts out, she can calculate its future...
‘Ultramassive’ black holes discovered in far-off galaxies
Thanks to data collected by NASA's Chandra X-ray telescope on galaxies up to 3.5 billion light years away from Earth, an international team of...
Low-fat or low-carb? It’s a draw, Stanford study finds
New evidence from a study at the Stanford University School of Medicine might dismay those who have chosen sides in the low-fat versus low-carb...
Using a laser to wirelessly charge a smartphone safely across a room
Although mobile devices such as tablets and smartphones let us communicate, work and access information wirelessly, their batteries must still be charged by plugging...
Scientists deliver high-resolution glimpse of enzyme structure
Using a state-of-the-art type of electron microscopy, an MIT-led team has discovered the structure of an enzyme that is crucial for maintaining an adequate...
Researchers find tweeting in cities lower than expected
Studying data from Twitter, University of Illinois researchers found that less people tweet per capita from larger cities than in smaller ones, indicating an...
Continental interiors may not be as tectonically stable as geologists think
A University of Illinois-led team has identified unexpected geophysical signals underneath tectonically stable interiors of South America and Africa. The data suggest that geologic...
Data detectives shift suspicions in Alzheimer’s to inside villain
The mass pursuit of a conspicuous suspect in Alzheimer's disease may have encumbered research success for decades. Now, a new data analysis that has...
First video of ‘Dumbo’ octopod hatchling shows that they look like mini-adults
Researchers who've gotten the first look at a deep-sea "dumbo" octopod hatchling report in Current Biology on February 19 that the young octopods look and act...
Add-on clip turns smartphone into fully operational microscope
Australian researchers from the ARC Centre of Excellence for Nanoscale BioPhotonics (CNBP) have developed a 3D printable 'clip-on' that can turn any smartphone into...
Fifteen new genes identified that shape our face
Researchers from KU Leuven (Belgium) and the universities of Pittsburgh, Stanford, and Penn State (US) have identified fifteen genes that determine our facial features....
