Long Considered Impossible in Physics: Nonlinear Circuit Harvests Clean Power Using Graphene
The discovery overturns more than a century of physics orthodoxy by identifying a new form of energy that can be extracted from ambient heat using…
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The Future of Farming on Mars – Gene-Edited Rice
During the 54th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, an abstract was presented by researchers from the University of Alberta proposing that rice modified genetically could grow…
Reversing the Clock – How Exercise Can Mimic the Effects of Youthful Cells
Evidence suggests that exercise creates a molecular profile in muscle that is consistent with the expression of youthful-promoting Yamanaka factors. A recent study published in…
New Theory Suggests That the Origin of Life on Earth-Like Planets Is Likely
According to a recent paper by a math professor at the University of Arkansas, the existence of life on Earth provides proof that abiogenesis is…
New Species Discovered: The Youngest Pangolin From Europe
The humerus bone of a new pangolin species was found at Graunceanu, a famous Pleistocene fossil deposit in Romania, confirming its existence in Europe. Deeper…
New Moon Map Created to Help Guide Future Lunar Exploration Missions
The map, along with proposed paths for robotic rovers, provides new details on a scientifically important region of the moon’s south pole. A new map…
New Research Shows Water on Mars Not As Widespread as Previously Thought
Researchers considered more variables and took global weather patterns into account to create maps of where water might be found. Water on Mars, in the…
Researchers Investigate Giant Holes in Greenland Ice Sheet
Researchers climbed into moulins, which drain meltwater from the ice sheet, to better understand how volume relates to ice movement. Holes that carry surface meltwater…
Physicists Harness the Atomic Motion of Graphene to Generate Clean, Limitless Power
Researchers build circuit that harnessed the atomic motion of graphene to generate an electrical current that could lead to a chip to replace batteries. A…
Search For Intelligent Alien Life: Galaxies That Are More Likely to Harbor Technologically Advanced Civilizations
Galaxies such as our own Milky Way are more likely to harbor intelligent, technologically advanced civilizations. Giant elliptical galaxies are not as likely as previously…
Mysterious New State of Matter – Quantum Spin Liquids – Could Enable Next-Generation Quantum Computing
A recent discovery by University of Arkansas physicists could help researchers establish the existence of quantum spin liquids, a new state of matter. They’ve been…
Paleontologists Find Evidence of Dog Domestication During Last Ice Age – 28,500 Years Ago
Analysis of Paleolithic-era teeth from a 28,500-year-old fossil site in the Czech Republic provides supporting evidence for two groups of canids – one dog-like and…
Contradiction of a Fundamental Law? Physicists Find Evidence of an Inverse Transition in Ferroelectrics
The transition could lead to advances in data storage, microelectronics, and sensors. Inverse transitions seem to contradict the fundamental law that disorder increases with temperature….
“A Strange Sight to Behold” – Giant Kangaroo Had Crushing Bites
A new study by a University of Arkansas anthropologist suggests feeding habits of an extinct kangaroo species were similar to the modern-day giant panda. An…
Scientists Find Evidence of Briny Water at Gale Crater
Data from NASA’s Curiosity rover reveals transient liquid water and water activity at Gale Crater on Mars. Fayatteville, Arkansas – Data collected on Mars by…
Researchers Discover a New Form of Liquid
Scientists have discovered that “supercooled” water transforms into a new form of liquid, a “liquid-liquid” phase transition that is important for understanding basic processes during…
