A discovery shows that recycling carbon dioxide into valuable chemicals and fuels can be economical and efficient — all through a single copper catalyst. …read more Source:: Science
Day: December 18, 2018
Fossils suggest flowers originated 50 million years earlier than thought
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•The discovery in China of fossil specimens of a flower called Nanjinganthus from the Early Jurassic shakes up widely accepted theories of plant evolution. …read more Source:: Science
Dive-bombing for love: Male hummingbirds dazzle females with a highly synchronized display
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•Male Broad-tailed Hummingbirds perform dramatic aerial courtship dives to impress females. In a new study, scientists have shown that diving males closely time key events to produce a burst of …read more Source:: Science
Peering into Little Foot’s 3.67-million-year-old brain
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•MicroCT scans of the Australopithecus fossil known as Little Foot shows that the brain of this ancient human relative was small and shows features that are similar to our own …read more Source:: Science
New megalibrary approach proves useful for the rapid discovery of new materials
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•Identifying the best material for a given application — catalysts, light-harvesting structures, biodiagnostic labels, pharmaceuticals and electronic devices — is traditionally a slow and daunting task. Now, a new study …read more Source:: Science