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Inventing the world’s strongest silver
A team of scientists has made the strongest silver ever—42 percent stronger than the previous world record. But that's not the important point.
"We've discovered...
Groundwater pumping could ‘devastate’ river systems
Rampant and unsustainable extraction of groundwater reserves crucial for food production will "critically impact" rivers, lakes and wetlands in half of Earth's drainage basins...
Researchers repurpose failed cancer drug into printable semiconductor
Many potential pharmaceuticals end up failing during clinical trials, but thanks to new research from the University of Illinois, biological molecules once considered for...
Scientists recreate in flies the mutations that let monarch butterfly eat toxic milkweed with...
The fruit flies in Noah Whiteman's lab may be hazardous to your health.
Whiteman and his University of California, Berkeley, colleagues have turned perfectly palatable fruit...
The violent history of the big galaxy next door
Astronomers have pieced together the cannibalistic past of our neighbouring large galaxy Andromeda, which has now set its sights on the Milky Way as...
A metronome for quantum particles
A new measurement protocol, developed at TU Wien (Vienna), makes it possible to measure the quantum phase of electrons—an important step for attosecond physics.
It...
Why magnetism in certain materials is different in atomically thin layers and their bulk...
Researchers led by MIT Department of Physics Professor Pablo Jarillo-Herrero last year showed that rotating layers of hexagonally structured graphene at a particular "magic...
Climate change could pit species against one another as they shift ranges
Species have few good options when it comes to surviving climate change—they can genetically adapt to new conditions, shift their ranges, or both.
But new...
Printed electronics open way for electrified tattoos and personalized biosensors
Electrical engineers at Duke University have devised a fully print-in-place technique for electronics that is gentle enough to work on delicate surfaces including paper...
Exposure to air pollution increases violent crime rates, study finds
Breathing dirty air can make you sick. But according to new research, it can also make you more aggressive.
That's the conclusion from a set...
Plants alert neighbors to threats using common ‘language’
New research from Cornell University shows that plants can communicate with each other when they come under attack from pests.
The study shows that plants...
