Scientists discover new type of self-healing material
A research group from RIKEN and Kyushu University has developed a new type of material, based on ethylene, which exhibits a number of useful...
Scientists discover new type of magnet
A team of scientists has discovered the first robust example of a new type of magnet—one that holds promise for enhancing the performance of...
Bees have brains for basic math, study finds
Researchers have found bees can do basic mathematics, in a discovery that expands our understanding of the relationship between brain size and brain power.
Building...
When a generation loves a previous musical era: Millennials’ recognition of 1960s-1990s songs is...
Millennials' recognition of songs from the 1960s through the 1990s is relatively stable over this 40-year period, a team of researchers has found. By...
New physical effect demonstrated after 40 year search
A new physical effect has been demonstrated at the University of Bath after 40 years of pursuit by physicists around the world, which could...
Study shows that Vikings enjoyed a warmer Greenland
A new study may resolve an old debate about how tough the Vikings actually were.
Although TV and movies paint Vikings as robust souls, braving...
Solving a mystery: A new model for understanding how certain nuclei split
Scientists at Tokyo Institute of Technology have extended an existing mathematical model so that it can be used to more accurately predict the products...
Theoretical model may help solve molecular mystery
Spintronics is promising for future low-power electronic devices. Spin is a quantum-mechanical property of electrons that can best be imagined as electrons spinning around...
New anti-CRISPR proteins discovered in soil and human gut
Scientists from the Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Biosustainability (DTU) have found four new anti-CRISPR proteins that are distributed across different environments. The new...
Dying bacteria absorb antibiotic, allowing others to survive and grow
Bacteria have multiple strategies to survive antibiotics: developing genetic resistance to the drugs; delaying their growth; or hiding in protective biofilms. New results from...
Molecular Velcro helps illuminate DNA repair
Using a piece of molecular "Velcro" to attach a light-emitting probe to a protein molecule, University of Wollongong (UOW) researchers have unlocked the mystery...
