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See How Arctic Sea Ice Is Losing Its Bulwark Against Warming...
Compare the extension of older sea ice in the Arctic in September 1984 and September 2016. The older ice is thicker and more resistant...
Making computers explain themselves
Researchers from MIT’s Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL) have devised a way to train neural networks so that they provide not only...
New surfaces repel water in oil as well as oil in...
Oil droplet in Water. Dual superlyophobic surface keeps oil droplet separate in water when it is against the surface.
Credit: Xuelin Tian, Robin Ras
Researchers of...
How sharks recycle toxic ammonia to keep their skin moist
The Pacific spiny dogfish is one of the most common species of sharks in the northern Pacific.Credit: Doug Costa, NOAA/SBNMS
The Pacific spiny dogfish shark...
Blood test for early osteoarthritis diagnosis unveiled
Test could find arthritis before your joints hurt. Image Credit: Flickr/bestrated1
Patients could soon be diagnosed with early-stage arthritis several years before the onset of...
Metamaterial device allows chameleon-like behavior in the infrared
This is an infrared image of metadevice composed of vanadium dioxide with gold patterned mesh. (Top) Device without any electric current showing the PSU...
Weakness found in common computer chip
Researchers from Binghamton University -- State University of New York and the University of California, Riverside have found a weakness in the Haswell central...
Physicists make it possible to 3D print your own baby universe
Researchers have created a 3D printed cosmic microwave background - a map of the oldest light in the universe - and provided the files...
Researchers uncover origin of atmospheric particles
Cloud Experiment. View inside the chamber.Credit: CERN PhotoLab
In a study led by the University of Leeds, scientists have solved one of the most long-standing...
New Horizons returns last bits of 2015 flyby data to Earth
Artist’s illustration of NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft transmitting data back to Earth.Credit: NASA/JHUAPL/SwRI
NASA's New Horizons mission reached a major milestone this week when the...
New tool detects malicious websites before they cause harm
Image Credit: Flickr/cyberhades
Malicious websites promoting scams, distributing malware and collecting phished credentials pervade the web. As quickly as we block or blacklist them, criminals...
