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Giant planets around young star raise questions about how planets form
Researchers have identified a young star with four Jupiter and Saturn-sized planets in orbit around it, the first time that so many massive planets...
Quantum computers tackle big data with machine learning
Every two seconds, sensors measuring the United States' electrical grid collect 3 petabytes of data – the equivalent of 3 million gigabytes. Data analysis...
Males have greater reproductive success if they spend more time taking care of kids
Males have greater reproductive success if they spend more time taking care of kids -- and not necessarily only their own, according to new...
Sea snail shells dissolve in increasingly acidified oceans, study shows
Shelled marine creatures living in increasingly acidified oceans face a fight for survival as the impacts of climate change spread, a new study suggests.
Researchers...
New study links common herbicides and antibiotic resistance
A new study finds that bacteria develop antibiotic resistance up to 100,000 times faster when exposed to the world's most widely used herbicides, Roundup...
A novel topological insulator
For the first time, physicists have built a unique topological insulator in which optical and electronic excitations hybridize and flow together. They report their...
Engineers develop process to 3-D print cells to produce human tissue such as ligaments...
With today's technology, we can 3-D-print sculptures, mechanical parts, prosthetics, even guns and food. But a team of University of Utah biomedical engineers have...
Newly described fossils could help reveal why some dinos got so big
This is a nearly complete skeleton of Sarahsaurus aurifontanalis; the only major missing piece is the skull. Paleontologist Adam Marsh used this skeleton and...
New catalyst opens door to carbon dioxide capture in conversion of coal to liquid...
World energy consumption projections predict that coal will remain one of the world's main energy sources in coming decades, and a growing share of...
The future of electronic devices: Strong and self-healing ion gels
Scientists at Yokohama National University and the University of Tokyo in Japan have designed an ion gel with excellent toughness and an ability to...
A new way to create molecules for drug development
Chemists at The Ohio State University have developed a new and improved way to generate molecules that can enable the design of new types...
