Cats and dogs aren't the only cute animals that rule the internet. We also coo over a video of someone snuggling a tiger cub, feeding a sloth or tickling a loris.
Plants & Animals
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High-performance golf clubs and airplane wings are made out of titanium, which is as strong as steel but about twice as light. These properties depend on the way a metal's atoms are stacked, but random defects that arise ...
Nanomaterials
Jan 28, 2019
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Texas A&M University professor Dr. Jodie L. Lutkenhaus is one step closer to realizing her goal of creating a battery made entirely of polymers, which has the potential to charge and discharge much faster than traditional ...
Materials Science
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On Jan. 4, 2019, at 4:37 a.m. EST the CAPER-2 mission launched from the Andøya Space Center in Andenes, Norway, on a 4-stage Black Brant XII sounding rocket. Reaching an apogee of 480 miles high before splashing down in ...
Space Exploration
Jan 28, 2019
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When you light up a metal nanoparticle, you get light back. It's often a different color. That's a fact—but the why is up for debate.
Nanomaterials
Jan 28, 2019
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Good neighbors often share resources: a cup of sugar, extra lawn chairs, a set of jumper cables. Researchers across campus at the University of Arizona will soon be able to share a less common—and far more valuable—resource ...
Quantum Physics
Jan 28, 2019
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A new big data analytic tool being developed by computer scientists at Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) will help businesses make sense, in real time, of the deluge of data that streams at them like water from a fire ...
Computer Sciences
Jan 28, 2019
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A team of researchers have solved a 20-year riddle of how a crucial step in the biosynthesis of 'last-resort' antibiotics occurs.
Biochemistry
Jan 28, 2019
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Fish and birds are able to move in groups, without separating or colliding, due to a newly discovered dynamic: the followers interact with the wake left behind by the leaders. The finding offers new insights into animal locomotion ...
General Physics
Jan 28, 2019
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Would you like to rid the internet of false political news stories and misinformation? Then consider using—yes—crowdsourcing.
Social Sciences
Jan 28, 2019
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