Asian elephants demonstrate numeric ability which is closer to that observed in humans rather than in other animals, according to new research. …read more Source:: Science
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Researchers quickly harvest 2-D materials, bringing them closer to commercialization
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•Researchers have developed a technique to harvest 2-inch diameter wafers of 2-D material within just a few minutes. They can then be stacked together to form an electronic device within …read more Source:: Science
New simulation sheds light on spiraling supermassive black holes
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•A new model is bringing scientists a step closer to understanding the kinds of light signals produced when two supermassive black holes, which are millions to billions of times the …read more Source:: Science
Synthetic microbiome? Genetic engineering allows different species of bacteria to communicate
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•What if the bacteria that live in your gut could monitor your health, report disease, and produce beneficial molecules? Researchers have gotten one step closer to creating such a ‘synthetic …read more Source:: Science
First global atlas of the bacteria living in your dirt
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•What lives in your dirt? Researchers are one step closer to finding out after compiling the first global atlas of soil bacterial communities and identifying a group of around 500 …read more Source:: Science
Squeezing light into a tiny channel brings optical computing a step closer
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•By forcing light to go through a smaller gap than ever before, researchers have paved the way for computers based on light instead of electronics. …read more Source:: Science
AI — Engineering: merging, morphing, mobile robots
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•Researchers have developed self-reconfiguring modular robots that can merge, split and even self-heal while retaining full sensorimotor control. The work may take us closer to producing robots that can autonomously …read more Source:: Science
Pioneering nanotechnology captures energy from people
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•The day of charging cellphones with finger swipes and powering Bluetooth headsets simply by walking is now much closer, say investigators. …read more Source:: Science
Fuel from sewage is the future — and it’s closer than you think
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•It may sound like science fiction, but wastewater treatment plants across the United States may one day turn ordinary sewage into biocrude oil, thanks to new research. The technology, hydrothermal …read more Source:: Science
Exhaling Earth: Scientists closer to forecasting volcanic eruptions
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•On average, 40 volcanoes on land erupt into the atmosphere each month, while scores of others on the seafloor erupt into the ocean. A new time-lapse animation uniting volcanoes, earthquakes, …read more Source:: Science