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New study reveals the impact of handedness on bones
Studying ancient human skeletons enhances our understanding of bone chemistry changes as we age.
Fishing makes fish flee instead of mating
New research shows that fishing at squaretail grouper spawning sites disrupt mating. Males are repeatedly scared away during their short mating periods, losing time...
World’s coldest quantum detectors to search for most sensitive dark matter
One of the greatest mysteries of science could be one step closer to being solved.
Floating solar panels could supply total electricity needs of some countries
Global potential of deploying low-carbon floating solar arrays.
How does 2D quantum superfluid feel to touch?
Nobody has been able to answer this question during the 100-year history of quantum physics.
A New Antarctica study shows that levels of toxic chemicals increased markedly
Levels of ‘forever chemicals’ reaching the remote continent have been increasing.
Scientists created the first ”time-crystal” two-body system
Time crystals are “impossible” but obey quantum physics.
Precise measurement of a fundamental principle of the standard model of particle physics
Scientists discovered support for the disputed universal truth of particle physics.
Why objects moving through superfluid lack a speed limit?
The discovery may guide applications in quantum technology, even quantum computing.
A step towards producing heat-tolerant wheat
Plants have Rubisco activase (Rca) that tells the plant's energy-producing compound (Rubisco) to kick on in sunlight and signals it to stop when the...
A nano-electronic circuit that vibrates itself
A simple nano-device can generate motion directly from an electrical current.
Machine learning helps measure quantum dots automatically
Machine learning helps open up new possibilities for quantum devices.
There are more than 50 lakes lies beneath the Greenland Ice Sheet
By analyzing more than 500,000 km of airborne radio echo-sounding data, which provides pictures of the bed of the Greenland Ice Sheet, scientists from...
New material could unlock potential for hydrogen powered vehicles
As the world looks towards a continuous move far from fossil fuel powered cars and trucks, greener alternative advances are being investigated, for example,...
Listening to music ‘significantly impairs’ creativity
Background music is an environmental stimulus known to influence cognitive performance, which has also been claimed to enhance people's creativity for tasks involving spatial...
Wood type has little effect on guitars’ sound, study
When it comes to acoustic guitars, however, the wood configuration arguably plays a more crucial role. The wood choices for the body, neck and...
How missing appointments increases the risk of death
A surprising study just revealed that if you are missing your GP appointments of doctors, you are associated with early death. People with mental...
Your Phone Habits Are More Predictable Than You Think
According to a new study by Lancaster University and the University of Lincoln, checking your phone dozens of times a day indicates unconscious behavior....
Insight into how infants learn to walk
They gave the newborn children involvement with "reflex walking" which is a crude nature in babies which vanishes around 12 weeks of age. At the...