Dark Energy Experiment 16 Years in the Making Could Illuminate Origin, Evolution, Fate of Universe
The universe we see is only the very tip of the vast cosmic iceberg. The hundreds of billions of galaxies it contains, each of them…
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Soft, Mechanical Metamaterial That Can “Think” Offers Potential of Helpful “Living” Machines in the Future
New soft, responsive metamaterial holds potential for wide variety of societal benefits. Engineered, autonomous machines combined with artificial intelligence have long been a staple of…
Competing Evolutionary Forces Drive Rapid Evolution of Salamander Coloration
Two opposing evolutionary forces explain the presence of the two different colors of spotted salamander egg masses at ponds in Pennsylvania, according to a new…
The Muon’s Magnetic Moment Fits Just Fine: Strength of the Sub-Atomic Particle’s Magnetic Field Aligns
A new estimate of the strength of the sub-atomic particle’s magnetic field aligns with the standard model of particle physics. A new estimation of the…
Harvesting Energy From Radio Waves to Power Wearable Electronic Devices
From microwave ovens to Wi-Fi connections, the radio waves that permeate the environment are not just signals of energy consumed but are also sources of…
Mummified Parrots Found by Archaeologists Point to Trade in the Ancient Atacama Desert
Ancient Egyptians mummified cats, dogs, ibises, and other animals, but closer to home in the South American Atacama desert, parrot mummies reveal that between 1100…
Wharton Professor Explains All the Buzz About Bitcoin
Mauro Guillén, a professor of international management at the Wharton School answers the questions surrounding the sudden interest. Bitcoin stock surged earlier this month when…
Weird Strike-Slip Earthquake Reveals Hidden Mechanism
The wrong type of earthquake in an area where there should not have been an earthquake led researchers to uncover the cause for this unexpected…
Breakthrough Means a Sustainable, Powerful Micro-Supercapacitor May Be on the Horizon
A sustainable, powerful micro-supercapacitor may be on the horizon, thanks to an international collaboration of researchers from Penn State and the University of Electronic Science…
2D Heterostructures Rolled Like Sushi May Lead to Ultra Miniaturized Electronics
The recent synthesis of one-dimensional van der Waals heterostructures, a type of heterostructure made by layering two-dimensional materials that are one atom thick, may lead…
Apparent Atlantic Warming Cycle Likely an Artifact of Climate Forcing by Humans and Volcanos
Volcanic eruptions, not natural variability, were the cause of an apparent “Atlantic Multidecadal Oscillation,” a purported cycle of warming thought to have occurred on a…
Lead Up to Volcanic Eruption in Galapagos Captured in Rare Detail – Ground Rose More Than 6 Feet in an Instant!
Hours before the 2018 eruption of Sierra Negra, the Galápagos Islands’ largest volcano, an earthquake rumbled and raised the ground more than 6 feet in…
Genetic Analysis Reveals Evolution of the Enigmatic Y Chromosome in Great Apes
Researchers reconstruct the ancestral great ape Y and show its rapid evolution in bonobo and chimpanzee. New analysis of the DNA sequence of the male-specific…
Controlling the Nanoscale Structure of Desalination Membranes Is Key for Clean Water
A desalination membrane acts as a filter for salty water: push the water through the membrane, get clean water suitable for agriculture, energy production and…
Breakthrough Allows Inexpensive Electric Vehicle Battery to Charge in Just 10 Minutes
Range anxiety, the fear of running out of power before being able to recharge an electric vehicle, may be a thing of the past, according…
How Zombie Movies Prepared You for the COVID-19 Pandemic
Tales of post-apocalyptic landscapes in which few survivors emerge into a new and much different world have long been popular tales woven by screenwriters and…
Climate Change Reduces the Abundance and Diversity of Wild Bees
Wild bees are more affected by climate change than by disturbances to their habitats, according to a team of researchers led by Penn State. The…
HETDEX Dark Energy Experiment Begins Full Operations
Three years after its initial test observations, the Hobby-Eberly Telescope Dark Energy Experiment (HETDEX) is now training its full suite of instrumentation to reveal the…