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150-million-year old, piranha-like specimen is earliest known flesh-eating fish
Researchers reporting in Current Biology on October 18 have described a remarkable new species of fish that lived in the sea about 150 million...
New material, manufacturing process use sun’s heat for cheaper renewable electricity
Solar power accounts for less than 2 percent of U.S. electricity but could make up more than that if the cost of electricity generation...
Electrical properties of dendrites help explain our brain’s unique computing power
Neurons in the human brain receive electrical signals from thousands of other cells, and long neural extensions called dendrites play a critical role in...
First proof of quantum computer advantage
For many years, quantum computers were not much more than an idea. Today, companies, governments and intelligence agencies are investing in the development of...
Biological invisibility cloak: Elucidating cuttlefish camouflage
The unique ability of cuttlefish, squid and octopuses to hide by imitating the colors and texture of their environment has fascinated natural scientists since...
Working lands play a key role in protecting biodiversity
With a body the size of a fist and wings that span more than a foot, the big brown bat must gorge on 6,000...
Unprecedented look at electron: Size limit for undiscovered subatomic particles determined
A new study suggests that many theorized heavy particles, if they exist at all, do not have the properties needed to explain the predominance...
Massive organism is crashing on our watch
Utah State University researchers Paul Rogers and Darren McAvoy have conducted the first complete assessment of the Pando aspen clone and the results show...
Discovering a previously unknown role for a source of magnetic fields
Magnetic forces ripple throughout the universe, from the fields surrounding planets to the gasses filling galaxies, and can be launched by a phenomenon called...
Researchers confirm Earth’s inner core is solid
A new study by researchers at The Australian National University (ANU) could help us understand how our planet was formed.
Associate Professor Hrvoje Tkalčić and...
Breakthrough in accessing the tiny magnet within the core of a single atom
Researchers at the Center for Quantum Nanoscience (QNS) within the Institute for Basic Science (IBS) in South Korea have made a major scientific breakthrough...
