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Physicists mash quantum and gravity and find time, but not as we know it
A University of Queensland-led international team of researchers say they have discovered "a new kind of quantum time order."
UQ physicist Dr Magdalena Zych said...
How memories form and fade
Why is it that you can remember the name of your childhood best friend that you haven't seen in years yet easily forget the...
How microbes generate and use their energy to grow
How do cells generate and use energy? This question might seem simple, but the answer is far from simple. Furthermore, knowing how microbial cell...
Scratching the surface of how your brain senses an itch
Light touch plays a critical role in everyday tasks, such as picking up a glass or playing a musical instrument. The sensation is also...
Crows consciously control their calls
Crows can voluntarily control the release and onset of their calls, suggesting that songbird vocalizations are under cognitive control, according to a study published...
Mysterious cloud ‘absorbers’ seen to drive Venusian albedo, climate
As planets in our solar system go, Venus is one for the textbooks.
Although about the same size as Earth, Venus is a terrestrial planet with a...
The dark sides of extrasolar planets share surprisingly similar temperatures
A new study by McGill University astronomers has found that the temperature on the nightsides of different hot Jupiters is surprisingly uniform, suggesting the...
Climate change is altering winter precipitation across the Northern Hemisphere
A team of scientists has successfully teased out the influence of human-caused climate change on wintertime precipitation over much of the last century, showing...
These albino lizards are the world’s first gene-edited reptiles
Meet the world's first gene-edited reptiles: albino lizards roughly the size of your index finger. Researchers used CRISPR-Cas9 to make the lizards, providing a...
Researchers create breathalyzer that can detect marijuana
As recreational marijuana legalization becomes more widespread throughout the U.S., so has concern about what that means for enforcing DUI laws. Unlike a breathalyzer...
New threat from ocean acidification emerges in the Southern Ocean
The oceans act as a carbon sink and have already absorbed more than 40% of anthropogenic carbon emissions. The majority of this CO2 has...
