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Managing heat is a major challenge in electronics and engineering, and it’s controlled using materials that either conduct or insulate heat. A new material blurs that line by blocking heat in one direction but conducting it in another.Continue ReadingC… Continue reading Twisted material conducts and insulates heat at the same time
It may sound like the start of a Frankenstein story, but scientists from New York University (NYU) and the University of Chicago have developed artificial cells made of non-biological matter that mimic the basic functions of living ones.Continue Readin… Continue reading Artificial cells created that imitate basic functions of living cells
Food security is a major potential problem, especially in the face of climate change. Now, researchers have shown that manipulating RNA in plants can drastically boost the amount of food they produce, and make them more resistant to drought conditions…. Continue reading Simple RNA tweak boosts potato and rice yields by 50 percent
Quantum technology is bursting with potential, but controlling atoms and molecules keeps proving tricky. In a breakthrough new study, physicists have successfully wrangled thousands of molecules into a single unified quantum state for the first time.Co… Continue reading Molecules wrangled into single quantum state in breakthrough experiment
High-altitude icy clouds may have allowed ancient Mars to host rivers and lakes by warming the planet via a greenhouse effect, according to the results of a new study. The theory could be tested by NASA’s Perseverance rover, which is currently actively… Continue reading Ancient Mars may have icy clouds to thank for its liquid water
Dark matter may make up the vast majority of the matter in the universe, but it’s strangely shy about making its presence known. Now, physicists have designed a new test to search for signs of two candidate particles, using the quirky world of quantum … Continue reading Quantum bits recruited to detect dark matter turning into light
For the past 150 years or so, scientists have theorized that the life cycle of the present-day lamprey mirrors the evolution of all fish – and thus of all vertebrates. Newly analyzed fossils, however, indicate that such is not the case.Continue Reading… Continue reading Fossil analysis reveals that lampreys are not “swimming time capsules”
Whether it is a structural beam supporting an apartment building or a piece of Scotch tape holding together a school science project, we’re accustomed to the idea of materials becoming weaker as they age, but a new creation at the University of Chicago… Continue reading Novel bone-inspired material grows stronger with vibration
As a species, sharks pre-date even the earliest dinosaurs, so it’s not surprising to hear that they’ve changed a bit over the years. It was recently discovered, for instance, that they were once able to rotate the two sides of their jaw outwards, helpi… Continue reading Study suggests ancient sharks fed with a split, rotating lower jaw
Diamonds are relatively rare here on Earth, but perhaps on other planets they’d be so common they’d be as worthless as a handful of dirt. Astronomers suggest that some planets might actually be largely made of diamonds, and now a team has calculated ho… Continue reading Diamond planets could be born from carbon-rich worlds – just add water