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New tractor beam has potential to tame lightning
Lightning never strikes twice, so the saying goes, but new technology may allow us to control where it hits the ground, reducing the risk...
Conservatives and liberals motivated by different psychological factors, new study shows
Liberalism and conservatism are associated with qualitatively different psychological concerns, notably those linked to morality, shows a new study that explores how political ideology...
Researchers 3-D print biomedical parts with supersonic speed
Forget glue, screws, heat or other traditional bonding methods. A Cornell University-led collaboration has developed a 3D printing technique that creates cellular metallic materials...
Black hole or no black hole: On the outcome of neutron star collisions
A new study lead by GSI scientists and international colleagues investigates black-hole formation in neutron star mergers. Computer simulations show that the properties of...
Nanomedicine crosses into brain, eradicates recurring brain cancer in mice
'I've worked in this field for more than 10 years and have not seen anything like this.'
A new synthetic protein nanoparticle capable of slipping...
Microbe ‘rewiring’ technique promises a boom in biomanufacturing
Researchers from Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) have achieved unprecedented success in modifying a microbe to efficiently produce a compound of interest using...
Researchers develop DNA approach to forecast ecosystem changes
When wolves returned to Yellowstone in 1995, no one imagined the predators would literally change the course of rivers in the national park through...
Hundreds of copies of Newton’s Principia found in new census
In a story of lost and stolen books and scrupulous detective work across continents, a Caltech historian and his former student have unearthed previously...
Scientists uncover secrets to designing brain-like devices
Even with decades of unprecedented development in computational power, the human brain still holds many advantages over modern computing technologies. Our brains are extremely...
Researchers model source of eruption on Jupiter’s moon Europa
On Jupiter's icy moon Europa, powerful eruptions may spew into space, raising questions among hopeful astrobiologists on Earth: What would blast out from miles-high...
The universe is getting hot, hot, hot, a new study suggests
The universe is getting hotter, a new study has found.
The study, published Oct. 13 in the Astrophysical Journal, probed the thermal history of the universe over...
