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Electromagnetic wave router could ease the traffic of cellphone signals

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Image Credit:University of California, Los Angeles Mobile phones and computers use electromagnetic waves to send and receive information—they're what enable our devices to upload photos...

One in 5 young people lose sleep over social media

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One in five young people regularly wake up in the night to send or check messages on social media, according to new research. Flickr/backonthebus. 1...

Astrophysicists discover dimming of binary star

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A team of University of Notre Dame astrophysicists led by Peter Garnavich, professor of physics, has observed the unexplained fading of an interacting binary...

Study tracks “memory” of soil moisture

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The SMAP observations are providing an unprecedented level of detailed, worldwide information on the amount of water in the top 2 inches (5 centimeters)...

A step toward renewable diesel

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“Diesel is the preferred fuel because of its high energy density and the high efficiency of the engines that run on diesel,” professor Gregory...

Self-assembling particles brighten future of LED lighting

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A new type of LED is made with crystalline substances known as perovskites. Credit: Sameer A. Khan/Fotobuddy Just when lighting aficionados were in a dark...

Golden mystery solved

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Unlocking the secrets of gold. Credit: Massey University Gold is prized for its preciousness and as a conductor in electronics, but it is also important...

Study finds links between swearing and honesty

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Swearing is often inappropriate but it can also be evidence that someone is telling you their honest opinion. Just as they aren't filtering their...

Link found between concussions, Alzheimer’s disease

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Researchers found that having a concussion was associated with lower cortical thickness in brain regions that are the first to be affected in...

World’s lightest mechanical watch revealed thanks to graphene

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An ultralight high-performance mechanical watch made with graphene is unveiled today in Geneva at the Salon International De La Haute Horlogerie thanks to a...

Nanoscale view of energy storage

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Using advanced electron microscope techniques, (left to right) graduate student Fariah Hayee, Professor Jen Dionne and senior research scientist Ai Leen Koh captured extremely...