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The sun may have started its life with a binary companion
A new theory published today in the Astrophysical Journal Letters by scientists from Harvard University suggests that the sun may once have had a binary companion...
A touch of gold sends crystals electric with excitement
A touch of gold—or another noble metal—can change the structure of a crystal and its intrinsic properties, physicists at the University of Warwick have...
Mother bats use baby talk to communicate with their pups
When talking to babies, humans slow down their speech, raise their pitch and change the "color" of their voice. This 'baby talk,' as people...
Alaska’s salmon are getting smaller, affecting people and ecosystems
The size of salmon returning to rivers in Alaska has declined dramatically over the past 60 years because they are spending fewer years at...
World record: Plasma accelerator operates right around the clock
A team of researchers at DESY has reached an important milestone on the road to the particle accelerator of the future. For the first...
Toward an ultrahigh energy density capacitor
Capacitors that rapidly store and release electric energy are key components in modern electronics and power systems. However, the most commonly used ones have...
Study finds clues to aging in ‘junk’ DNA
For decades, greater than 60% of the human genome was believed to be "junk DNA" that served little or no purpose in the course...
Zebra stripes and their role in dazzling flies
The mystery of why zebras have their characteristic stripes has perplexed researchers for over a century.
Over the last decade, Professor Tim Caro at the...
First genome comparison gives insight into penguin origins, evolution
From the four-foot-tall emperor penguin to the aptly named foot-long little penguin, these unique flightless birds have invaded habitats from Antarctica to the equator,...
Desire to be in a group leads to harsher judgment of...
If you're reluctant to identify as a Democrat or Republican even though you are staunchly liberal or conservative, you're probably also less prone to...
Study reveals how two sex chromosomes communicate during female embryo development
Researchers at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) have solved a mystery that has long puzzled scientists: How do the bodies of female humans and all...
