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Ancient molar points to interbreeding between archaic humans and Homo sapiens in Asia
An analysis of a 160,000-year-old archaic human molar fossil discovered in China offers the first morphological evidence of interbreeding between archaic humans and Homo sapiens in...
Research yields new clues to the origin of Tamu Massif
The discovery of Tamu Massif, a gigantic volcano located about 1,000 miles east of Japan, made big news in 2013 when researchers reported it...
Supercomputer shows ‘Chameleon Theory’ could change how we think about gravity
Supercomputer simulations of galaxies have shown that Einstein's theory of General Relativity might not be the only way to explain how gravity works or...
Snowball the dancing cockatoo has many moves
A sulphur-crested cockatoo named Snowball garnered YouTube fame and headlines a decade ago for his uncanny ability to dance to the beat of the...
New magnetic properties unlocked for future spintronic applications
A theoretical-experimental collaboration across two FLEET nodes has discovered new magnetic properties within 2-D structures, with exciting potential for researchers in the emerging field...
Snow algae thrive in high-elevation ice spires, an unlikely oasis for life
High in the Andes Mountains, dagger-shaped ice spires house thriving microbial communities, offering an oasis for life in one of Earth's harshest environments as...
‘Digital alchemy’ to reverse-engineer new materials
In work that upends materials design, researchers have demonstrated with computer simulations that they can design a crystal and work backward to the particle...
Neural nets to simulate molecular motion cast
New work from Los Alamos National Laboratory, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and the University of Florida is showing that artificial...
Scientists discover the biggest seaweed bloom in the world
Scientists led by the USF College of Marine Science used NASA satellite observations to discover the largest bloom of macroalgae in the world called...
Ultra-small nanoprobes could be a leap forward in high-resolution human-machine interfaces
Machine enhanced humans -- or cyborgs as they are known in science fiction -- could be one step closer to becoming a reality, thanks...
HIV eliminated from the genomes of living animals
In a major collaborative effort, researchers at the Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University and the University of Nebraska Medical Center (UNMC)...
