A new international analysis of marine fossils shows that warming of the polar oceans during the Eocene, a greenhouse period that provides a glimpse of Earth’s potential future climate, was …read more Source:: Science
Day: January 22, 2018
Engineers design artificial synapse for ‘brain-on-a-chip’ hardware
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•Engineers have designed an artificial synapse in such a way that they can precisely control the strength of an electric current flowing across it, similar to the way ions flow …read more Source:: Science
New Caledonian crows extract prey faster with complex hooked tools
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•Biologists have discovered why some crows ‘craft’ elaborate hooked tools out of branched twigs. …read more Source:: Science
First evidence of winds outside black holes throughout their mealtimes
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•New research shows the first evidence of strong winds around black holes throughout bright outburst events when a black hole rapidly consumes mass. The study sheds new light on how …read more Source:: Science
Global temperature targets will be missed within decades unless carbon emissions reversed
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•New projections by researchers could be the catalyst the world has sought to determine how best to meet its obligations to reduce carbon emissions and better manage global warming as …read more Source:: Science
A ‘hot Jupiter’ with unusual winds
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•The hottest point on a gaseous planet near a distant star isn’t where astrophysicists expected it to be — a discovery that challenges scientists’ understanding of the many planets of …read more Source:: Science