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Mathematical monotsukuri: Summing a constant may help to detect synchronized brain activity
Scientists at Tokyo Institute of Technology found a simple, yet effective way to improve how synchronization is measured in chaotic systems. The technique consists...
What exactly is a black hole
What is a black hole? In an article that has just appeared in the journal Nature Astronomy, LMU philosopher Erik Curiel shows that physicists...
Orangutans make complex economic decisions about tool use depending on the current ‘market’ situation
Flexible tool use is closely associated with higher mental processes such as the ability to plan actions. Now a group of cognitive biologists and...
Researchers develop direct-write quantum calligraphy in monolayer semiconductors
Scientists at the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) and the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) have developed a way to directly write quantum light...
Mnyamawamtuka: New dinosaur with heart-shaped tail provides evolutionary clues for African continent
A new dinosaur that wears its "heart" on its tail provides new clues to how ecosystems evolved on the African continent during the Cretaceous...
Running an LED in reverse could cool future computers
In a finding that runs counter to a common assumption in physics, researchers at the University of Michigan ran a light emitting diode (LED)...
Newly isolated human gut bacterium reveals possible connection to depression
Research team studies the compelling connection between one of NIH's "most wanted" bacteria and mental health.
Researchers have established a correlation between depression and a...
Newly discovered turtle species is facing extinction
For decades, it has been assumed that the Chinese Softshell Turtles from East Asia all belonged to one and the same species, Pelodiscus sinensis....
Turning desalination waste into a useful resource
The rapidly growing desalination industry produces water for drinking and for agriculture in the world's arid coastal regions. But it leaves behind as a...
New study finds ecosystem changes following loss of great white sharks
A new study has documented unexpected consequences following the decline of great white sharks from an area off South Africa. The study found that...
Undersea gases could superheat the planet
The world's oceans could harbor an unpleasant surprise for global warming, based on new research that shows how naturally occurring carbon gases trapped in...
