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Scientists find upper limit for the speed of sound
A research collaboration between Queen Mary University of London, the University of Cambridge and the Institute for High Pressure Physics in Troitsk has discovered...
Ants adapt tool use to avoid drowning
Researchers have observed black imported fire ants using sand to draw liquid food out of containers, when faced with the risk of drowning. This...
Feline friendly? How to build rap-paw with your cat
A team of psychologists at the Universities of Sussex and Portsmouth have purr-fected the art of building a bond with cats.
The new study "The...
Astronomers find evidence planets start to form while infant stars are still growing
Astronomers have found compelling evidence that planets start to form while infant stars are still growing. The high-resolution image obtained with the Atacama Large...
Aerodynamicists reveal link between fish scales and aircraft drag
The team's findings have been published in Nature: Scientific Reports: "Transition delay using biomimetic fish scale arrays," and in the Journal of Experimental Biology: "Streak formation...
Intelligent nanomaterials for photonics
Since the Nobel Prize in Physics was awarded for research on graphene in 2010, 2-D materials—nanosheets with atomic thickness—have been a hot topic in...
A step toward a universal flu vaccine
Each year, the flu vaccine has to be redesigned to account for mutations that the virus accumulates, and even then, the vaccine is often...
Nitrous oxide emissions pose an increasing climate threat, study finds
Rising nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions are jeopardizing the climate goals of the Paris Agreement, according to a major new study by an international team...
New 3-D model could explain the formation of a hexagon storm on Saturn
With its dazzling system of icy rings, Saturn has been a subject of fascination since ancient times. Even now the sixth planet from the...
14 million tonnes of microplastics on sea floor: Australian study
The world's sea floor is littered with an estimated 14 million tonnes of microplastics, broken down from the masses of rubbish entering the oceans...
Mind and space bending physics on a convenient chip
Thanks to Einstein, we know that our three-dimensional space is warped and curved. And in curved space, normal ideas of geometry and straight lines...
