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Farming, cheese, chewing changed human skull shape
UC Davis anthropologist David Katz measured specific points on hundreds of human skull bones (top) to create a wire frame model of...
No batteries required: Energy-harvesting yarns generate electricity
Coiled carbon nanotube yarns, created at the University of Texas at Dallas and imaged here with a scanning electron microscope, generate electrical...
Origami-inspired robot
Assistant professors Aimy Wissa and Sameh Tawfick, along with graduate student Alexander Pagano and undergraduates Tongxi Yan, and Brian Chien helped on...
How new behaviors appear and spread among capuchin monkeys
Not all new behaviors catch on, but UCLA scientists saw the practice of inserting a finger in a friend’s nostril spread to...
More than expected hidden beneath Andean Plateau
A true-color image of the Central Andes and surrounding landscape acquired by the Moderate-resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS), flying aboard NASA’s Terra spacecraft.
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Black holes: Scientists ‘excited’ by observations suggesting formation scenarios
The black hole named Cygnus X-1 formed when a large star caved in. This black hole pulls matter from the blue star...
Major leap towards data storage at the molecular level
The potential for molecular data storage is huge. (stock image)
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From smartphones to supercomputers, the growing need for smaller...
Use of brain-computer interface, virtual avatar could help people with gait...
In work showing the potential to use a brain-computer interface and virtual avatar to treat people with gait disabilities, researchers collected data...
First X-rays detected from mystery supernovas
Scientists have detected the first X-rays from what appears to be a type Ia supernova, located inside the spiral-shaped galaxy ESO 336-G009,...
Wing shape helps swifts glide through storms, study suggests
Common swift.
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They are among nature's best fliers, spending most of their time in flight ... now scientists have...
You and some ‘cavemen’ get a genetic checkup
Charted data clearly illustrate a progressive improvement over the millennia in the genetic foundations of health, in nearly all diseases examined. Smaller...
