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Two genes regulate social dominance
Rank in social hierarchy is a condition not solely claimed by humans. In the animal kingdom, male peacocks exhibit brightly colored plumes to illustrate...
Sticky electrons: When repulsion turns into attraction
Materials can assume completely different properties -- depending on temperature, pressure, electrical voltage or other physical quantities. In theoretical solid-state physics, state-of-the-art computer models...
New airflow videos show why masks with exhalation valves do not slow the spread...
Many people wear masks in public to slow the spread of COVID-19, as recommended by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). However,...
Mining rocks in orbit could aid deep space exploration
The first mining experiments conducted in space could pave the way for new technologies to help humans explore and establish settlements on distant worlds,...
Plasma treatments quickly kill coronavirus on surfaces
Researchers from UCLA believe using plasma could promise a significant breakthrough in the fight against the spread of COVID-19.
In Physics of Fluids, by AIP Publishing,...
Scientists develop catalyst to convert ethanol into high-value chemicals and fuels
Though we usually think of ethanol as fuel for the gas tank, it can also be transformed into valuable chemicals that could help replace...
Sorting out viruses with machine learning
The ongoing global pandemic has created an urgent need for rapid tests that can diagnose the presence of the SARS-CoV-2 virus, the pathogen that...
New research explores the thermodynamics of off-equilibrium systems
Almost all truly intriguing systems are ones that are far away from equilibrium—such as stars, planetary atmospheres, and even digital circuits. But, until now,...
A new and efficient way to create nanographene for power and display devices
Nanographene is a material that is anticipated to radically improve solar cells, fuel cells, LEDs and more. Typically the synthesis of this material has...
New fossil seal species rewrites history
The discovery, published today in the Proceedings of the Royal Society B, radically changes scientists' understanding of how seal species evolved around the world.
It came...
Puzzled otters learn from each other
Asian short-clawed otters learn from each other when solving puzzles to get food, a new study shows.h
University of Exeter researchers gave groups of otters...
