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‘Topological’ graphene nanoribbons trap electrons for new quantum materials
Scientists are experimenting with narrow strips of graphene, called nanoribbons, in hopes of making cool new electronic devices, but University of California, Berkeley scientists...
Geoengineering: Blocking sunlight to cool Earth won’t reduce crop damage from global warming
Injecting particles into the atmosphere to cool the planet and counter the warming effects of climate change would do nothing to offset the crop...
Top 43 reasons why men remain single—according to Reddit
In the past, forced or arranged marriages meant that socially inept, unattractive men did not have to acquire social skills in order to find...
New study predicts warming climate will drive thousands to ER for heat illness
The heat is rising. As California battles another round of wildfires, and 2018 continues toward becoming one of the hottest years on record, a...
Astronomers report the most distant radio galaxy ever discovered
After nearly 20 years, the record of the most distant radio galaxy ever discovered has been broken. A team led by Ph.D. student Aayush...
Largest haul of extrasolar planets for Japan
Forty-four planets in solar systems beyond our own have been discovered in one go, dwarfing the usual number of confirmations from extrasolar surveys, which...
Elliptical elegance
A glittering host of galaxies populate this rich image taken with ESO's VLT Survey Telescope, a state-of-the-art 2.6-m telescope designed for surveying the sky...
Chemists discover how blue light speeds blindness
Blue light from digital devices and the sun transforms vital molecules in the eye's retina into cell killers, according to optical chemistry research at...
Discovery of copper band shows Native Americans engaged in trade more extensively than thought
A research team including Matthew Sanger, assistant professor of anthropology at Binghamton University, State University at New York, has found a copper band that...
Ricocheting radio waves monitor the tiniest movements in a room
Relief may be on the horizon for anyone who has ever jumped around a room like a jack-in-the-box to get motion-sensing lights to turn...
Iron-silica particles unlock part of the mystery of Earth’s oxygenation
The oxygenation of Earth's atmosphere was thanks, in part, to iron and silica particles in ancient seawater, according to a new study by geomicrobiologists...
