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Multidrug resistance: Not as recent as we thought
Researchers from Osaka University have made the striking discovery that multidrug-resistant bacteria may have been around longer than we thought. In findings published this...
Initial repulsion in chemical bonding does not rule out subsequent attraction
The philosopher Arthur Schopenhauer formulated a metaphor called the porcupine dilemma, which explains a certain optimal distance between people. People feel alone at too...
Battery icons shape perceptions of time and space and define user...
New research from Cass Business School has found that battery icons on mobile phones shape how people view time and space, and how battery...
Engineers develop ‘blackest black’ material to date
With apologies to "Spinal Tap," it appears that black can, indeed, get more black.
MIT engineers report today that they have cooked up a material...
Why do birds migrate at night?
It was a puzzle about birds.
Migratory birds are known to rely on Earth's magnetic field to help them navigate the globe. And it was suspected that...
Researchers produce synthetic Hall Effect to achieve one-way radio transmission
Researchers at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign have replicated one of the most well-known electromagnetic effects in physics, the Hall Effect, using radio...
Bone, not adrenaline, drives fight or flight response
When faced with a predator or sudden danger, the heart rate goes up, breathing becomes more rapid, and fuel in the form of glucose...
Half-a-billion-year-old tiny predator unveils the rise of scorpions and spiders
Two palaeontologists working on the world-renowned Burgess Shale have revealed a new species, called Mollisonia plenovenatrix, which is presented as the oldest chelicerate. This discovery places...
Scientists detect the ringing of a newborn black hole for the...
If Albert Einstein's theory of general relativity holds true, then a black hole, born from the cosmically quaking collisions of two massive black holes,...
Scientists identify rare evolutionary intermediates to understand the origin of eukaryotes
A new study by Yale scientists provides a key insight into a milestone event in the early evolution of life on Earth—the origin of...
Black hole at the center of our galaxy appears to be...
The enormous black hole at the center of our galaxy is having an unusually large meal of interstellar gas and dust, and researchers don't...
