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Discovery of quantum behavior in insulators suggests possible new particle
In a surprising discovery, Princeton physicists have observed an unexpected quantum behavior in an insulator made from a material called tungsten ditelluride. This phenomenon,...
Future too warm for baby sharks
New research has found as climate change causes the world's oceans to warm, baby sharks are born smaller, exhausted, undernourished and into environments that...
Scientists make sustainable polymer from sugars in wood
Scientists from the University of Bath have made a sustainable polymer using the second most abundant sugar in nature, xylose.
Not only does the new...
Ocean acidification is transforming California mussel shells
The large mollusk known as the California mussel makes its home in the rocky shoreline along the Pacific Coast from Mexico to Alaska. Considered...
Engineers’ reactor converts gas directly into acetic acid
A sweet new process is making sour more practical.
Rice University engineers are turning carbon monoxide directly into acetic acid -- the widely used chemical...
Measurements of pulsar acceleration reveal Milky Way’s dark side
It is well known that the expansion of the universe is accelerating due to a mysterious dark energy. Within galaxies, stars also experience an...
Researchers perform largest-ever supersonic turbulence simulation
Early astronomers painstakingly studied the subtle movements of stars in the night sky to try and determine how our planet moves in relation to...
‘Galaxy-sized’ observatory sees potential hints of gravitational waves
't say yet that this is the gravitational wave background."
In 2017, scientists on an experiment called the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO) won the...
Galaxy mergers could limit star formation
Astronomers have looked nine billion years into the past to find evidence that galaxy mergers in the early universe could shut down star formation...
Inspired by kombucha tea, engineers create ‘living materials’
Engineers at MIT and Imperial College London have developed a new way to generate tough, functional materials using a mixture of bacteria and yeast...
New nanostructured alloy for anode is a big step toward revolutionizing energy storage
Researchers in the Oregon State University College of Engineering have developed a battery anode based on a new nanostructured alloy that could revolutionize the...
