Why Do British People Sound So Smart?
A recent study conducted by Rutgers University reveals that British and American English speakers use the word “right” differently in their daily conversations. Are the…
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The Power of a Negative Mood: How It Enhances Analytical Thinking
According to research from the University of Arizona, when you’re in a bad mood, you might want to focus on tasks that require attention to…
New Study Links Poverty With Social Media Addiction
According to research conducted by an international team including Professor Frank Elgar from McGill University, adolescents from lower-income backgrounds are more likely to report addictive…
Do You Speak Extraterrestrial?
A new research hub examines how to respond to life beyond Earth. What does humanity do when we realize we aren’t alone in the universe? A…
Science Reveals: Why Doesn’t Everybody View the World the Same Way?
UCLA psychologist Matthew Lieberman explains why people might see things differently. Why are we so certain that the way we view people, circumstances, and politics…
Hippos Recognize Each Other’s Voices – And Respond Differently to Calls of Strangers
Hippopotamuses are rather vocal animals. Their “wheeze honk” calls can be heard over long distances, leading researchers to suspect the calls play an important role…
Challenging “Rule Breakers” – Children Will Confront Their Peers, but How They Do So Varies Across Cultures
Led by the University of Plymouth, UK, and Freie Universität Berlin, Germany, the study analyzed the behavior of 376 children aged five to eight from…
What Makes a Voice Attractive? Researchers Find Surprising Differences Between Genders
Voices of reason? Study links acoustic correlations, gender to vocal appeal. What makes a voice attractive? The question is the subject of broad interest, with…
Wi-Fi Range for Smart-Home Devices Could Be Greatly Extended With Software Update
Innovation can be used with existing hardware, requires only a software update. A group of researchers led by a BYU computer engineering professor has created…
Innovative Process for ‘Extremely’ Energy-Efficient Logic Circuits
Data centers are processing data and dispensing the results at astonishing rates and such robust systems require a significant amount of energy — so much…
New Type of Signal Processing Created by Combining Sound and Light Waves in Silicon Chips
The slower the better when it comes to light and sound in silicon chips. Integrated circuits in silicon enable our digital era. The capabilities of…
Killer Whales Engage in Cross-Species Vocal Learning
A newly published study reveals that killer whales (Orcinus orca) can engage in cross-species vocal learning, revealing that they shifted the types of sounds they…
Rice Wireless Engineers Unveil a Multiuser, Multiantenna Transmission Scheme for UHF
By combining several proven technologies that are already widely used in wireless data transmission, engineers from Rice University have created a multiuser, multiantenna scheme to…
Brookhaven National Laboratory Scientists Explore Ways to Synchronize Magnetic Spins for Nanoscale Electronic Devices
Brookhaven National Laboratory researchers are working to develop ways to synchronize the magnetic spins in nanoscale devices to build tiny signal-generating or receiving antennas and…
Enhanced Hollow-Core Fiber Features Performance-Enabling Properties
Researchers from Honeywell International have modified hollow-core fiber, dramatically improving performance and making it the first hollow-core fiber to demonstrate single-spatial-mode, low-loss and polarization control….
Neuromorphic Chips: Microchips that Imitate the Brain
A newly published study demonstrates how complex cognitive abilities can be incorporated into electronic systems made with neuromorphic chips. Novel microchips imitate the brain’s information…
New Fiber Optic Technology Could Boost Internet Bandwidth
New fiber optic technology from researchers at Boston University and the University of Southern California could ease Internet congestion and boost Internet bandwidth. As rapidly…
Encoded Photons Using Quantum Cryptography Sent a Record Distance
Quantum encryption systems, which encode signals into a series of single photons, have had trouble sending them along optical fibers. Until now, it has been…
