science
Valleytronics discovery could extend limits of Moore’s Law
Research appearing today in Nature Communications finds useful new information-handling potential in samples of tin(II) sulfide (SnS), a candidate "valleytronics" transistor material that might...
Daily emissions from personal care products comparable to car emissions: study
When people are out and about, they leave plumes of chemicals behind them—from both car tailpipes and the products they put on their skin...
Brown widow male spiders prefer sex with older females likely to...
Male brown widow spiders seek to mate with older, less-fertile females that are 50 percent more likely to eat them after sex, according to...
Earth’s magnetic field is not about to reverse, study finds
A study of the most recent near-reversals of the Earth's magnetic field by an international team of researchers, including the University of Liverpool, has...
Calcium-based MRI sensor enables more sensitive brain imaging
MIT neuroscientists have developed a new magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) sensor that allows them to monitor neural activity deep within the brain by tracking...
Research demonstrates new approach to study properties of nanodroplets
Researchers have found new methods to measure the internal pressure and surface tension of nano-sized drops of liquid like those involved in cloud formation...
Butterfly wings inspire light-manipulating surface for medical implants
Inspired by tiny nanostructures on transparent butterfly wings, engineers at Caltech have developed a synthetic analogue for eye implants that makes them more effective...
Genes might play unrecognized role in aging, intervention
While aging is familiar to all of us, exactly how it occurs on a molecular basis has been an area of intense study and...
Scientists pinpoint energy flowing through vibrations in superconducting crystals
Manipulating the flow of energy through superconductors could radically transform technology, perhaps leading to applications such as ultra-fast, highly efficient quantum computers. But these...
New carbon-dioxide-adsorbing crystals for biomedical materials that rely on shape-memory effect
Kyoto University scientists are one step closer to designing porous materials that can change and retain their shapes—a function known as shape-memory effect.
Shape-memory materials...
Dinosaurs’ tooth wear sheds light on their predatory lives
Predatory, bird-like theropod dinosaurs from the Upper Cretaceous (100.5-66 million years ago) of Spain and Canada all relied on a puncture-and-pull bite strategy to...
