Researchers at The University of Manchester’s National Graphene Institute in the UK have succeeded in making artificial channels just one atom in size for the first time. Now, a team of researchers at the University of Arkansas has found evidence…
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The universe is still full of mystery! The history of general relativity as a science is actually rather dismal. These elusive ripples in the fabric of space – time were first predicted by Albert Einstein a century ago. The galaxy…
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Communication, Education and Outreach
A Human Brain Is A Colony Of Billions Of Neurons
by Lukas Norberg January 10, 2019The function of the brain is based on the connections between nerve cells. The brains of creative people are wired differently than most, finds a new study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. People hadn’t been thinking…
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Biology and Life
Stem Cell Therapy | Cells Were Counted Manually
by Gabriela Martins January 9, 2019According to the Office of the Surgeon General, 1.5 million Americans suffer fractures from bone disease every year. In experiments in rats and human cells, Johns Hopkins Medicine researchers say they have added to evidence that a cellular protein signal…
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Health, Medicine, and Veterinary
Immune System Support | Natural antibiotics
by Steffen Kohl January 9, 2019Garlic cloves are one of the best natural antibiotics out there. While people have used remedies like these for hundreds of years, most treatments have not been thoroughly tested. Garlic’s antimicrobial properties are strongest when it’s raw. Research has found…
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In an advance that makes a more flexible, inexpensive type of solar cell commercially viable, University of Michigan researchers have demonstrated organic solar cells that can achieve 15 percent efficiency. At 15 percent efficiency and given a 20-year lifetime, researchers…
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Outer space
Milky Way Black Hole | The Two Galaxies Will Inevitably Collide
by George Cronk January 8, 2019Astronomers have long predicted that as many as 20,000 black holes could be hiding in our galaxy’s center, but so far no one has been able to spot them. For the first time, scientists have detected a gravitational wave produced by…
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Biology and Life
Roughly Three Million Years Ago, Human Brains Began To Expand
by Gabriela Martins January 7, 2019Even fifteen years after the human genome has been sequenced, researchers are still unsure about much of the data. Frank Jacobs of the University of Amsterdam was comparing gene expression patterns in cortical organoids grown from embryonic stem cells of…
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Physics and Astronomy
Digital Quantum Computing | Today’s Computers Are Binary
by George Cronk January 7, 2019The feat is a step toward making quantum computing devices from silicon, the same material used in today’s smartphones and computers. The team created qubits from single electrons trapped in silicon chambers known as double quantum dots. Scientists have shown…
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Outer space
Navigating To The Far Side Poses A Unique Communications Challenge
by George Cronk January 7, 2019The rover touched the lunar surface at 10:22pm ( local time ) on Thursday, leaving a trace on the soft, snow-like surface. After reaching a predetermined point, the Yutu-2 rover has entered a standby mode to protect itself from temperatures…