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Oriented hexagonal boron nitride foster new type of information carrier
Today's computers use the presence or absence of charge (0s and 1s) to encode information, where the physical motion of charges consume energy and...
Migration patterns reveal an Eden for ancient humans and animals
Home to some of the richest evidence for the behavior and culture of the earliest clearly modern humans, the submerged shelf called the Palaeo-Agulhas...
ALMA spots twinkling heart of Milky Way
Astronomers using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) found quasi-periodic flickers in millimeter-waves from the center of the Milky Way, Sagittarius (Sgr) A*. The...
Bumblebees speed up flowering by piercing plants
When pollen is in short supply, bumblebees damage plant leaves in a way that accelerates flower production, as an ETH research team headed up...
CRISPR a tool for conservation, not just gene editing
The gene-editing technology CRISPR has been used for a variety of agricultural and public health purposes—from growing disease-resistant crops to, more recently, a diagnostic...
The European viper uses cloak-and-dazzle method to escape predators
A study by researchers at the University of Jyväskylä demonstrate that the characteristic zig-zag pattern on a viper's back performs seemingly opposing functions during...
Earliest evidence of Italians’ extraordinary genetic diversity dates back to 19,000 years ago
In Europe, Italians have the highest genetic diversity. The gradient of their genetic variability, scattered all over the peninsula, encloses on a small scale...
World can likely capture and store enough carbon dioxide to meet climate targets
The capture and storage of carbon dioxide (CO2) underground is one of the key components of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change's (IPCC) reports...
Cosmic rays may have left indelible imprint on early life, physicists say
Before there were animals, bacteria or even DNA on Earth, self-replicating molecules were slowly evolving their way from simple matter to life beneath a...
Parents with degrees give their children significant advantage in maths
Children of parents with a degree are almost a year of schooling ahead in maths by the age 11 than peers whose parents have...
Study finds microplastics in Florida’s birds of prey for first time
A new study from the University of Central Florida has confirmed and quantified, for the first time, the presence of microplastics in terrestrial and...
