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Positive attitude toward math predicts math achievement in kids
For the first time, scientists have identified the brain pathway that links a positive attitude toward math to achievement in the subject.
In a study...
High-res imaging gives an unparalleled view of how fungi grow
Fungi are a diverse group of organisms that are ever-present in daily life; from the yeast used to ferment beer and the mushrooms at...
New type of virus found in the ocean
A type of virus that dominates water samples taken from the world's oceans has long escaped analysis because it has characteristics that standard tests...
New discovery could improve organic solar cell performance
While there is a growing market for organic solar cells - they contain materials that are cheaper, more abundant, and more environmentally friendly than...
Engineers develop flexible, water-repellent graphene circuits for washable electronics
New graphene printing technology can produce electronic circuits that are low-cost, flexible, highly conductive and water repellent.
The nanotechnology "would lend enormous value to self-cleaning...
Is your sandwich bad for the environment?
Do you take a packed lunch to work or buy a sandwich from the shop? The carbon footprint of your sandwich could be having...
Scientists achieve high power with new smaller laser
An international team of scientists has produced the first high-powered, randomly polarised laser beam with a "Q switch" laser, which typically emits pulses of...
New ‘big-armed fly’ species named after former California governor Arnold Schwarzenegger
New species can be named for all types of attributes, but Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County entomologist Brian Brown knew exactly what...
A new ‘atmospheric disequilibrium’ could help detect life on other planets
As NASA's James Webb Space Telescope and other new giant telescopes come online they will need novel strategies to look for evidence of life...
Rise in severity of hottest days outpaces global average temperature increase
While our planet's average annual temperature has increased at a steady pace in recent decades, there has been an alarming jump in the severity...
Meet Zhong Zhong and Hua Hua, the first monkey clones produced by method that...
The first primate clones made by somatic cell nuclear transfer are two genetically identical long-tailed macaques born recently at the Chinese Academy of Sciences...
