science
Helium detected in exoplanet atmosphere for the first time
Astronomers have detected helium in the atmosphere of a planet that orbits a star far beyond our solar system for the very first time.
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Math sheds light on how living cells ‘think’
How does the 'brain' of a living cell work, allowing an organism to function and thrive in changing and unfavourable environments?
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Flaw found in water treatment method—Process may unwittingly generate harmful chemicals
Public water quality has received a lot of attention in recent years as some disturbing discoveries have been made regarding lead levels in cities...
Scientists find the first bird beak, right under their noses
Researchers have pieced together the three-dimensional skull of an iconic, toothed bird that represents a pivotal moment in the transition from dinosaurs to modern-day...
New find shows early humans were in the Philippines 700,000 years...
New archaeological evidence shows that humans were living in the Philippines by 709,000 years ago – hundreds of thousands of years earlier than previously...
Plants can use underground communication to find out when neighbors are...
Corn seedlings that grow close together give off underground signals that impact the growth of nearby plants, reports a study published May 2, 2018...
A physical basis for the cognitive process of decision-making
In experiments studying how fruit flies distinguish between ever closer concentrations of an odour, the researchers led by Professor Gero Miesenböck had previously identified...
Climate change will boost global lake evaporation—with ‘extreme’ consequences
Global lake evaporation will increase 16 percent by the end of the century as a consequence of climate change, a new Yale study finds....
Guardians of the Ring—Researchers reveal structure of protein involved in inflammatory...
When the body detects a threat, be it a viral invader or an Alzheimer's disease plaque, guardian proteins on the cell surface kick into...
Is nature exclusively left handed? Researchers study chilled atoms to find...
The study of how atoms radioactively decay has played a critical role in developing the standard model, our modern understanding of our universe's evolution...
Physicists find signs of a time crystal
Yale physicists have uncovered hints of a time crystal—a form of matter that "ticks" when exposed to an electromagnetic pulse—in the last place they...
