Nanokirigami has taken off as a field of research in the last few years; the approach is based on the ancient arts of origami (making 3-D shapes by folding paper) …read more Source:: Science
Month: July 2018
Ancient DNA testing solves 100-year-old controversy in Southeast Asian prehistory
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•Two competing theories about the human occupation of Southeast Asia have been debunked by groundbreaking analysis of ancient DNA extracted from 8,000-year-old skeletons. …read more Source:: Science
Stripes may be cool — but they don’t cool zebras down
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•Biologists refute the theory that zebras have striped fur to stay cool in the hot sun. That hypothesis is wrong, according to new research. …read more Source:: Science
Fragment of impacting asteroid recovered in Botswana
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•On Saturday, June 23, 2018, a team of experts from Botswana, South Africa, Finland and the United States of America recovered a fresh meteorite in Botswana’s Central Kalahari Game Reserve. …read more Source:: Science
Implanting diamonds with flaws offers key technology for quantum communications
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•Diamonds are prized for their purity, but their flaws might hold the key to a new type of highly secure communications. Researchers are using diamonds to preserve fragile quantum information …read more Source:: Science
Heat-conducting crystals could help computer chips keep their cool
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•As consumers demand smaller, faster and more powerful electronic devices that draw more current and generate more heat, the issue of heat management is reaching a bottleneck. Researchers have created …read more Source:: Science
Ultra-high-speed ‘electron camera’ catches molecules at a crossroads
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•An extremely fast ‘electron camera’ has produced the most detailed atomic movie of the decisive point where molecules hit by light can either stay intact or break apart. The results …read more Source:: Science
Ancient genome analyses reveal mosaic pattern of goat domestication thousands of years ago
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•Goat domestication was a mosaic — not a singular — process, with capture from the wild impacting genetic diversity in different regions of the Fertile Crescent. These wild populations have …read more Source:: Science
Semiconductor quantum transistor opens the door for photon-based computing
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•Researchers have demonstrated the first single-photon transistor using a semiconductor chip. …read more Source:: Science
Our human ancestors walked on two feet but their children still had a backup plan
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•More than 3 million years ago, our ancient human ancestors, including their toddler-aged children, were standing on two feet and walking upright, according to a new study. …read more Source:: Science