Researchers have long known that RNA viruses called coronaviruses cause the common cold and pneumonia. In the last two decades or so, though, researchers have found that these viruses can …read more Source:: Science
Month: March 2018
Hubble finds huge system of dusty material enveloping the young star HR 4796A
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•Astronomers have used NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope to uncover a vast, complex dust structure, about 150 billion miles across, enveloping the young star HR 4796A. …read more Source:: Science
Scientists engineer crops to conserve water, resist drought
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•For the first time, scientists have improved how a crop uses water by 25 percent, without compromising yield, by altering the expression of one gene that is found in all …read more Source:: Science
These tropical hummingbirds make cricket-like sounds other birds can’t hear
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•Researchers have found that a tropical species of hummingbird called a black jacobin makes vocal sounds with an unusually high-frequency pitch that falls outside birds’ normal hearing range. It’s not …read more Source:: Science
Deep-sea fish choose habitat according to genotype, new research says
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•Scientists have found evidence of natural selection in a deep-sea fish species adapting to the depth of ocean that it inhabits. …read more Source:: Science
Modified, 3D-printable alloy shows promise for flexible electronics, soft robots
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•Researchers have taken a key step toward the rapid manufacture of flexible computer screens and other stretchable electronic devices, including soft robots. …read more Source:: Science
Chemical sleuthing unravels possible path to forming life’s building blocks in space
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•Scientists have used experiments to retrace the chemical steps leading to the creation of complex hydrocarbons in space. They showed pathways to forming 2-D carbon-based nanostructures in a mix of …read more Source:: Science
Massive astrophysical objects governed by subatomic equation
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•Surprisingly, a quintessential equation of quantum mechanics emerges while studying astronomical disks of orbiting material. …read more Source:: Science
Scientists observe a new quantum particle with properties of ball lightning
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•Scientists have created, for the first time a three-dimensional skyrmion in a quantum gas. The skyrmion was predicted theoretically over 40 years ago, but only now has it been observed …read more Source:: Science
Unprecedentedly wide and sharp dark matter map
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•A research team released an unprecedentedly wide and sharp dark matter map based on the newly obtained imaging data by Hyper Suprime-Cam on the Subaru Telescope. The dark matter distribution …read more Source:: Science