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While some pet owners may disagree, it’s widely accepted that around 80% of dogs will engage in fetching ‘play’ behaviors with their humans. But scientists have now found out that almost half of domesticated cats will also chase and return objects to t… Continue reading Nearly half of all cats want you to play fetch with them
Physicists at Purdue University have levitated nanoscale diamonds, hit them with lasers to make them flash and sent them spinning at an incredible 1.2 billion rpm. The experiments aren’t just about creating the “world’s smallest disco” but could help t… Continue reading Levitating nanodiamonds spin at 1.2 billion rpm in a vacuum
Physicists at Purdue University have levitated nanoscale diamonds, hit them with lasers to make them flash and sent them spinning at an incredible 1.2 billion rpm. The experiments aren’t just about creating the “world’s smallest disco” but could help t… Continue reading Levitating nanodiamonds spin at 1.2 billion rpm in a vacuum
The ravages of smoking cigarettes on human health have long been established. Now a new study says that contact with cigarette smoke, even if it’s on your clothes after coming from a smoky environment, can damage your dog’s health as well.Continue Read… Continue reading Study: Cigarette smoke, even on clothes, can cause cancer in dogs too
Getting glue to stick in dry conditions is relatively easy, but having it maintain a bond underwater is much more difficult. That said, a new bio-based glue not only works underwater, it actually gets stronger when immersed.Continue ReadingCategory: Ma… Continue reading Plant-based glue bonds even better when placed underwater
Hog barns typically aren’t the nicest places to be at the best of times, but try living in one during a heat wave. Scientists at Indiana’s Purdue University have developed a self-activating hog-cooling pad for just such situations.Continue ReadingCateg… Continue reading High-tech pig pad designed to cool hot hogs
Strength and flexibility are two opposites that usually need to be balanced in steel. But now engineers at Purdue University and Sandia National Labs have developed a new treatment that can be applied to steel alloys to make them both stronger and more… Continue reading New treatment makes steel alloys both stronger and more flexible
A cybersecurity technique that shuffles network addresses like a blackjack dealer shuffles playing cards could effectively befuddle hackers gambling for control of a military jet, commercial airliner, or spacecraft, according to Sandia National Laborat… Continue reading Moving target defense must keep cyber attackers guessing
You may have noticed that on some take-away drink cup lids, there are small domes that can be “popped down” to indicate what sort of beverage is in the cup. Scientists now believe that similar domes could help drones monitor the air pressure on their w… Continue reading Drink cup lids inspire a system that could keep drones flying safely
Scientists have demonstrated a powerful technique that will allow quantum computers to store much more information in photons of light. The team managed to encode eight levels of data into photons and read it back easily, representing an exponential le… Continue reading “64-dimensional quantum space” drastically boosts quantum computing