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Published The unexpected connection between brewing coffee and understanding turbulence



Using unconventional statistical mechanics to understand fluid dynamics, a professor helped solve a ...
Published Eurasian jays can use 'mental time travel' like humans, study finds



Eurasian jays can remember incidental details of past events, which is characteristic of episodic me...
Published Stilling the quantum dance of atoms



Researchers have discovered a way to stop the quantum dance of atoms 'seen' by electrons in carbon-b...
Published When there's money to lose, phone usage while driving drops



Researchers discovered that feedback plus cash incentives designed with insights from behavioral sci...
Published The scent of the afterlife unbottled in new study of ancient Egyptian mummification balms



A team of researchers has recreated one of the scents used in the mummification of an important Egyp ...
Published Moving objects precisely with sound



Researchers have succeeded in directing floating objects around an aquatic obstacle course using onl ...
Published Chimpanzees gesture back and forth quickly like in human conversations



When people are having a conversation, they rapidly take turns speaking and sometimes even interrupt...
Published Cleaning up the aging brain: Scientists restore brain's trash disposal system



Scientists have restored the brain's waste-clearing process in aging mice, offering potential new tr...
Published Study explains why laws are written in an incomprehensible style



A new study on 'legalese' suggests this convoluted language acts to convey a sense of authority in l...
Published Unraveling the physics of knitting



A team used experiments and simulations to quantify and predict how knit fabric response can be prog ...
Published Exploring consciousness with eureka moments



We all know what it's like when the penny suddenly drops. Animals too experience such moments of ins...
Published Meet the hybrid micro-robot: The tiny robot that is able to navigate in a physiological environment and capture targeted damaged cells - Meet the hybrid micro-robot: The tiny robot that is able to navigate in a physiological environment and capture targeted damaged cells


Researchers have developed a hybrid micro-robot, the size of a single biological cell (about 10 micr...
Published 'Gluing' soft materials without glue - Gluing Soft Materials Without Glue: A Revolutionary Technique



If you're a fan of arts and crafts, you're likely familiar with the messy, sticky, frustration-induc...
Published Deceptive daisy's ability to create fake flies explained - Deceptive Daisy's Ability to Create Fake Flies Explained


Researchers have discovered how a South African daisy makes fake lady flies on its petals to trick m...
Published 'Talking' concrete could help prevent traffic jams and cut carbon emissions - Talking Concrete: A Solution to Traffic Jams and Carbon Emissions


An increasing number of U.S. interstates are set to try out an invention that could save millions of...
Published First silicon integrated ECRAM for a practical AI accelerator - First Silicon Integrated ECRAM for a Practical AI Accelerator


The transformative changes brought by deep learning and artificial intelligence are accompanied by i...
Published English language pushes everyone -- even AI chatbots -- to improve by adding - English Language Pushes Everyone -- Even AI Chatbots -- to Improve by Adding



A linguistic bias in the English language that leads us to 'improve' things by adding to them, rathe...
Published AI system can generate novel proteins that meet structural design targets - AI System Can Generate Novel Proteins That Meet Structural Design Targets



A new machine-learning system can generate protein designs with certain structural features, and whi...
Published Kangaroo Island ants 'play dead' to avoid predators - Kangaroo Island Ants 'Play Dead' to Avoid Predators



They're well known for their industrious work, but now a species of ant on Kangaroo Island is also s...
Published Researchers discover tiny galaxy with big star power using James Webb telescope - Researchers Discover Tiny Galaxy with Big Star Power Using James Webb Telescope



Using new observations from the James Webb Space Telescope, astronomers looked more than 13 billion ...