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Proton-hydrogen collision model could impact fusion research
The motions of plasmas may be notoriously difficult to model, but they can be better understood by analysing what happens when protons are scattered...
Secrets of orangutan language revealed
"Climb on me", "climb on you" and "resume play" are among the requests wild orangutans make to each other, researchers say.
In the first in-depth...
A tech jewel: Converting graphene into diamond film
Can two layers of the "king of the wonder materials," i.e. graphene, be linked and converted to the thinnest diamond-like material, the "king of...
Researchers identify ‘Achilles’ heel’ of drug-resistant superbug
A deadly superbug that infects an estimated 54,500 Americans a year has a secret weapon, a protein, that allows it to defy antibiotic treatment...
In a split second, clothes make the man more competent in the eyes of...
People perceive a person's competence partly based on subtle economic cues emanating from the person's clothing, according to a study published in Nature Human Behaviour by...
Newly identified jet-stream pattern could imperil global food supplies, says study
Scientists have identified systematic meanders in the globe-circling northern jet stream that have caused simultaneous crop-damaging heat waves in widely separated breadbasket regions-a previously...
How Enceladus got its stripes
Saturn's icy moon Enceladus is of great interest to scientists due to its subsurface ocean, making it a prime target for those searching for...
CRISPR-resistant viruses build ‘safe rooms’ to shield genomes from DNA-dicing enzymes
Bacteria and the viruses that infect them are engaged in a molecular arms race as ancient as life itself. Evolution has equipped bacteria with...
In surprise breakthrough, scientists create quantum states in everyday electronics
After decades of miniaturization, the electronic components we've relied on for computers and modern technologies are now starting to reach fundamental limits. Faced with...
You create your own false information, study finds
Along with partisan news outlets and political blogs, there's another surprising source of misinformation on controversial topics—it's you.
A new study found that people given...
Researchers develop new method to remove dust on solar panels
Taking a cue from the self-cleaning properties of the lotus leaf, researchers at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev have shed new light on microscopic...
