Famous Battle of Britain ‘What If’ Scenarios Put to the Test by Mathematicians
Mathematicians have used a statistical technique to interrogate some of the big “what if” questions in the Second World War battle for Britain’s skies. What…
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Sewage Plants Can Remove Medicines From Wastewater – Here’s How
New research shows that technologies are available, but the upgrades can be expensive. A study of seven wastewater treatment plants in the Eastern United States…
New Ultrathin Coating Uses Trickery to Hide Temperature Changes From Infrared Cameras
An ultrathin coating developed by University of Wisconsin–Madison engineers upends a ubiquitous physics phenomenon of materials related to thermal radiation: The hotter an object gets,…
Making Stronger 3D-Printed Alloys Using Ultrasound
Researchers have used sound vibrations to shake metal alloy grains into tighter formation during 3D printing. A study just published in Nature Communications on January…
Scientists Have Mapped 13 Key Emotions Evoked by Music
Music really is a universal language, according to a new study of how people in the U.S. and China respond to different genres of sounds….
Study Shows Dogs and Wolves Are Both Good at Cooperating [Video]
Basic cooperation skills appear to be shared by dogs and wolves, suggesting that this ability was present in a common ancestor and was not lost…
More Efficient Thermal Cooling Method Bioinspired by Plants
McKelvey Engineering Mechanical Engineer Creates Bioinspired Evaporation Technique When drops of water touch the surface of a lotus flower leaf, they form beads and roll…
Researchers Discover Walruses Were Involved in the Mysterious Disappearance of Greenland’s Norse Colonies
Over-Hunting Walruses Contributed to the Collapse of Norse Greenland The mysterious disappearance of Greenland’s Norse colonies sometime in the 15th century may have been down…
Clusters of Gold Atoms Form Peculiar Pyramidal Shape – First Time Remarkable Structure Imaged
Clusters composed of a few atoms tend to be spherical. They are usually organized in shells of atoms around a central atom. This is the…
Record-Number of US States Growing Hops As Craft-Beer Booms
Craft breweries aren’t just a fun place to meet up with friends. They may be fueling an unprecedented geographic expansion of hop production across the…
What Exactly Makes One Knot Better Than Another Has Not Been Well-Understood – Until Now
How Strong Is Your Knot? With help from spaghetti and color-changing fibers, a new mathematical model predicts a knot’s stability. In sailing, rock climbing, construction,…
Fat & Cholesterol Levels at Birth Linked to Psychological Problems at Age 5
Cord blood measures could predict children’s social, emotional development. Babies born with high levels of bad cholesterol and a certain type of fat may face…
Carbon Nanotubes Show a Love/Hate Relationship With Water
Carbon nanotubes (CNTs) are valuable for a wide variety of applications. Made of graphene sheets rolled into tubes 10,000 times smaller than a human hair,…
Growing Up Tyrannosaurus Rex: Researchers Learn More About Teen-Age T.Rex
A study of two juvenile T.rex skeletons show how the large predator grew up. Without a doubt, Tyrannosaurus rex is the most famous dinosaur in…
Medieval England Birch Bark Tar Usage Revealed in New Archaeological Discoveries
Scientists from the University of Bristol and the British Museum, in collaboration with Oxford Archaeology East and Canterbury Archaeological Trust, have, for the first time,…
Distinctive Primal Acoustics of the Human Scream
Researchers Hone In on What Makes Screams Distinctive Screams are prompted by a variety of emotions — from joyful surprise to abject terror. No matter…
In the Next 50 Years Our Place in the Universe Will Change Dramatically – Here’s How
In 1900, so the story goes, prominent physicist Lord Kelvin addressed the British Association for the Advancement of Science with these words: “There is nothing…
New Tomato Ideal for Urban Gardens and Even Outer Space Created Through Genetic Editing
Genetic editing is moving tomato crops from the field to the city skyline, or even outer space. Researchers used CRISPR gene editing to optimize tomatoes…