Fingerprints’ moisture-regulating mechanism strengthens human touch
Human fingerprints have a self-regulating moisture mechanism that not only helps us to avoid dropping our smartphone, but could help scientists to develop better...
New platform generates hybrid light-matter excitations in highly charged graphene
Graphene, an atomically thin carbon layer through which electrons can travel virtually unimpeded, has been extensively studied since its first successful isolation more than...
Greenland ice sheet faces irreversible melting
In a study published this week in The Cryosphere, researchers from the National Centre for Atmospheric Science and University of Reading demonstrate how climate change...
Supernova surprise creates elemental mystery
Michigan State University (MSU) researchers have discovered that one of the most important reactions in the universe can get a huge and unexpected boost...
Researchers improve the measurement of a fundamental physical constant
The validation and application of theories in physics require the measurement of universal values known as fundamental constants.
A team of French researchers has just...
Tomato’s wild ancestor is a genomic reservoir for plant breeders
Thousands of years ago, people in South America began domesticating Solanum pimpinellifolium, a weedy plant with small, intensely flavored fruit. Over time, the plant...
Researchers explore population size, density in rise of centralized power in antiquity
Early populations shifted from quasi-egalitarian hunter-gatherer societies to communities governed by a centralized authority in the middle to late Holocene, but how the transition...
Memories create ‘fingerprints’ that reveal how the brain is organized
While the broad architecture and organization of the human brain is universal, new research shows how the differences between how people reimagine common scenarios...
Zebra finches amazing at unmasking the bird behind the song
If songbirds could appear on "The Masked Singer" reality TV competition, zebra finches would likely steal the show. That's because they can rapidly memorize...
Not just lizards: Alligators can regrow their tails too, new study reveals
An interdisciplinary team of scientists using advanced imaging technology have answered the question of whether alligators share any of the same regenerative capabilities as...
Scientists call for decade of concerted effort to enhance understanding of the deep seas
The deep seas—vast expanses of water and seabed hidden more than 200 meters below the ocean surface to depths up to 11,000 meters—are recognized...
