science
Experts find that stone tools connected communities
The tools -- mainly blades and backed knives from the Howiesons Poort -- were found in various layers in the Klipdrift Shelter, in the...
Can stimulating the brain treat chronic pain?
For the first time, researchers at the UNC School of Medicine showed they could target one brain region with a weak alternating current of...
Transforming carbon dioxide into industrial fuels
Imagine a day when -- rather than being spewed into the atmosphere -- the gases coming from power plants and heavy industry are instead...
Innovative experimental scheme can create mirror molecules
Exploring the mystery of molecular handedness in nature, scientists have proposed a new experimental scheme to create custom-made mirror molecules for analysis. The technique...
Physicists build fractal shape out of electrons
In physics, it is well-known that electrons behave very differently in three dimensions, two dimensions or one dimension. These behaviours give rise to different...
Innovative approach to controlling magnetism opens route to ultra-low-power microchips
A new approach to controlling magnetism in a microchip could open the doors to memory, computing, and sensing devices that consume drastically less power...
A two-atom quantum duet
Researchers at the Center for Quantum Nanoscience (QNS) within the Institute for Basic Science (IBS) achieved a major breakthrough in shielding the quantum properties...
Graphene on the way to superconductivity
Scientists at HZB have found evidence that double layers of graphene have a property that may let them conduct current completely without resistance. They...
Florida monarch butterfly populations have dropped 80 percent since 2005
A 37-year survey of monarch populations in North Central Florida shows that caterpillars and butterflies have been declining since 1985 and have dropped by...
Harvesting renewable energy from the sun and outer space at the...
Scientists at Stanford University have demonstrated for the first time that heat from the sun and coldness from outer space can be collected simultaneously...
History of early settlement and survival in Andean highlands revealed by...
A multi-center study of the genetic remains of people who settled thousands of years ago in the Andes Mountains of South America reveals a...
