Researchers have taken a new and significant step toward detecting a signal from the period in cosmic history when the first stars lit up the universe. …read more Source:: Science
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Bioengineers program cells as digital signal processors
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•Synthetic biologists have added high-precision analog-to-digital signal processing to the genetic circuitry of living cells. The research dramatically expands the chemical, physical and environmental cues engineers can use to prompt …read more Source:: Science
The rise and fall of Ziggy star formation and the rich dust from ancient stars
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•Researchers have detected a radio signal from abundant interstellar dust in MACS0416_Y1, a galaxy 13.2 billion light-years away in the constellation Eridanus. Standard models can’t explain this much dust in …read more Source:: Science
Listening to quantum radio
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•Researchers have created a quantum circuit that enables them to listen to the weakest radio signal allowed by quantum mechanics. This new quantum circuit opens the door to possible future …read more Source:: Science
Gut sense: Neural superhighway conveys messages from gut to brain in milliseconds
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•Searching for a more direct connection between the gut and the brain, researchers were shocked to see that distance spanned by a single synapse, relaying the signal in less than …read more Source:: Science
Blazes of light reveal how plants signal danger long distances
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•Botoniest reveal reveal how glutamate, an abundant neurotransmitter in animals, activates a wave of calcium when a plant is wounded — the best look yet at the communication systems within …read more Source:: Science
Atmospheric seasons could signal alien life
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•To complement traditional biosignatures, scientists are developing the first quantitative framework for dynamic biosignatures based on seasonal changes in the Earth’s atmosphere. …read more Source:: Science
Mice ‘eavesdrop’ on rats’ tear signal
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•Tears might not seem to have an odor. But studies have shown that proteins in tears act as pheromonal cues. For example, the tear glands of male mice produce a …read more Source:: Science
Beetle’s chemical signal tells mate, ‘Honey, I’m not in the mood’
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•WASHINGTON (Reuters) – When a female “burying beetle” is focused on caring for babies and not making new ones, she releases a chemical signal to her libidinous mate that says …read more Source:: UKScienceNews