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The spin doctors: Researchers discover surprising quantum effect in hard disk...

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Scientists find surprising way to affect information storage properties in metal alloy. Sometimes scientific discoveries can be found along well-trodden paths. That proved the case...

New method proposed for studying hydrodynamic behavior of electrons in graphene

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By studying how electrons in two-dimensional graphene can literally act like a liquid, researchers have paved the way for further research into a material...

Researchers transmit data via a semiconductor laser, opening the door to...

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You've never heard Dean Martin like this. Researchers from the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences transmitted a recording of Martin's...

Mystery of the universe’s expansion rate widens with new Hubble data

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Astronomers using NASA's Hubble Space Telescope say they have crossed an important threshold in revealing a discrepancy between the two key techniques for measuring...

New nanomaterial to replace mercury

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The nano research team led by professors Helge Weman and Bjørn-Ove Fimland at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology's (NTNU) Department of Electronic...

Gene therapy restores immunity in infants with rare immunodeficiency disease

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A small clinical trial has shown that gene therapy can safely correct the immune systems of infants newly diagnosed with a rare, life-threatening inherited...

Fossils found in museum drawer in Kenya belong to gigantic carnivore

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Paleontologists at Ohio University have discovered a new species of meat-eating mammal larger than any big cat stalking the world today. Larger than a...

Holy Pleistocene Batman, the answer’s in the cave

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Let's say you wanted to solve a 20,000-year-old mystery, where would you start? Perhaps archaeology and geology come to mind. Or, you could sift...

Meet Callichimaera perplexa, the platypus of crabs

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The crab family just got a bunch of new cousins—including a 95-million-year-old chimera species that will force scientists to rethink the definition of a...

Human settlements in Amazonia much older than previously thought

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Humans settled in southwestern Amazonia and even experimented with agriculture much earlier than previously thought, according to an international team of researchers. "We have long...

Chemists invent new Lewis acidity test using fluorescence

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York University chemists have invented a new fluorescence-based method for accurately determining the strength of a range of Lewis acids, which could one day...