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A new way to learn about learning
As a baby listens to her parents talk, her brain somehow sorts the sounds into specific sound categories. This happens even though mom and...
Neuroscientists reverse some behavioral symptoms of Williams Syndrome
Williams Syndrome, a rare neurodevelopmental disorder that affects about 1 in 10,000 babies born in the United States, produces a range of symptoms including...
Salt takes a quick step before falling out of water
When a drop of sea spray lands on a rock and heats under the midday sun, the salt crystallizes and falls out of the...
New way to probe primordial universe before the big bang
Most everybody is familiar with the Big Bang — the notion that an impossibly hot, dense universe exploded into the one we know today....
Pig brains kept alive outside body for hours after death
In a challenge to the idea that brain death is final, researchers have revived the disembodied brains of pigs four hours after the animals...
The universe’s first type of molecule is found at last
The first type of molecule that ever formed in the universe has been detected in space for the first time, after decades of searching....
Unrivaled View of the Southern Crab Nebula
This incredible image of the hourglass-shaped Southern Crab Nebula was taken to mark the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope’s 29th anniversary in space. The nebula,...
Green material for refrigeration identified
When put under pressure, plastic crystals of neopentylglycol yield huge cooling effects – enough that they are competitive with conventional coolants. In addition, the...
Using Edge AI to listen to the silent voices of cattle
A joint project team led by Tokyo Institute of Technology (hereinafter, "Tokyo Tech"), Shinshu University and Information Services International-Dentsu, Ltd. (hereinafter, "ISID") developed cattle...
How long do neutrons live? Physicists close in on decades-old puzzle
Physicists are drawing closer to answering a long-standing mystery of the Universe: how long neutrons live.
Neutrons are electrically neutral particles that usually combine with...
NASA’s Cassini reveals surprises with Titan’s lakes
On its final flyby of Saturn's largest moon in 2017, NASA's Cassini spacecraft gathered radar data revealing that the small liquid lakes in Titan's...
New Neptune-to-Saturn-size planet orbiting between two previously known planets
Astronomers have discovered a third planet in the Kepler-47 system, securing the system’s title as the most interesting of the binary-star worlds. Using data...