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Invention
A nano-electronic circuit that vibrates itself
A simple nano-device can generate motion directly from an electrical current.
Science
Unlocking a 140-year-old secret mystery in physics
Unlocking the physical characteristics of semiconductors in much greater detail.
Space
NASA’s LRO performed second flyby over Vikram’s landing site
Continuing effort to locate Vikram lander.
Technology
Scientists have first 3-D view of life’s processes in liquid
The world's first nanoscale CAT scan in a liquid environment.
Health
Slower walkers have older brains
Retrospective analysis shows the slower walkers could have been identified at age 3.
Health
Drinking tea has significant impact on brain efficiency
The researchers recruited healthy older participants into two groups according to their history of drinking tea frequency and investigated both functional and structural networks to reveal the role of tea drinking on brain organization.
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Space
Black holes have a significant impact on the evolution of galaxies
UC Riverside astronomers find large-scale winds associated with active black holes in small galaxies suppress star formation.
Space
Ice on moon’s south pole may be much more recent
Information that could help identify the sources of the deposits and help in planning future human exploration.
Health
Viagra offers a new hope to cancer patients
A new, rapid method to obtain donor stem cells for bone marrow transplant.
Space
An unexplained surplus of gas flowing into our home galaxy
The new gas could be coming from the intergalactic medium.
Science
Right whale mothers whisper to their babies to protect them
As new moms, North Atlantic right whales tone down their underwater vocalizations and “whisper” to their young calves to avoid attracting predators.
Space
Scientists created a high frame-rate movie of a growing black hole
Violent flaring revealed at the heart of a black hole system.
Space
There is an unexpected pressure at the edge of the solar system
It was found to be greater than expected.
Technology
Measuring the strength of electromagnetic radiation in real time
Radiation detector with the lowest noise in the world boosts quantum work