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Nanoscale polymer structures create more droplets, while heat treatment helps them leave the surface before growing large.
Nanoscale polymer structures create more droplets, while heat treatment helps them leave the surface before growing large.
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Mice slept far less when key brainstem cells were blocked, giving researchers a clearer look at how sleep pressure builds.
HealthWhy do we get sleepy? New study reveals brain cells that help drive sleepRebecca Shavit
Dr. Rupak Mahapatra, an experimental particle physicist, holds a SuperCDMS detector. The highly sensitive devices, which are fabricated at Texas A&M University, are deepening the search for dark matter and have potential applications in quantum computing.
DiscoveriesScientists build ultra-sensitive quantum detectors to search for invisible dark matterShy Cohen
A gamma-ray reanalysis tightens specific limits on violations of Einstein’s light-speed rule by roughly a factor of ten.
SpaceCosmic gamma rays test the limits of Einstein’s speed of light ruleJoseph Shavit
Ediacaran sea floor, Namibia, Southwest Africa - 543 million years ago.
DiscoveriesAnimals may have evolved 200 million years earlier than previously thoughtJoshua Shavit
A small V1 neuron population affected locomotor rhythm without causing the limb hyperflexion seen after broader V1 loss.
HealthStudy of 90,000 spinal neurons links a small cell group to walking speedRebecca Shavit
A proposed laser interferometer could measure energy exchanged with gravitational waves, offering a possible test of quantum gravity.
DiscoveriesPhysicist proposes laser light could transfer energy to a gravitational waveJoseph Shavit
A FAST search finds an unexplained radio signal toward K2-155, but deeper checks favor terrestrial or instrumental interference.
SpaceComprehensive planetary search detected an unexplained radio signal from K2-155, 238 light-years awayJoseph Shavit
A speech clock links voice and language patterns with brain aging, cognition and dementia in 2,928 Latin American adults.
HealthLarge cognitive health study links speech patterns with brain agingMac Oliveau
Ancient flooding patterns reveal evidence that Earth’s crust and mantle rapidly shifted relative to the spin axis several times.
Green ImpactScientists find evidence for several Earth axis shifts during the age of dinosaursJoshua Shavit
A new Mars map shows ancient rain may have concentrated formaldehyde, a key prebiotic molecule, in specific regions billions of years ago.
SpaceRainstorms billions of years ago may have created habitable hotspots on MarsJoseph Shavit
Dramatic plumes spray water ice and vapor from many locations along the famed "tiger stripes" near the south pole of Saturn's moon Enceladus.
SpaceScientists recreate Enceladus’s ocean and watch Earth microbes thriveJoseph Shavit
Living Asgard archaea use actin-based protrusions to crawl across surfaces, revealing possible roots of complex cell movement.
DiscoveriesAsgard archaea study reveals new insights into the evolution of complex lifeJoshua Shavit
X-ray scans reveal that famed “early reptile” Westlothiana had gills and belonged to a far more primitive aquatic tetrapod lineage.
DiscoveriesScotland’s famous ‘Lizzie’ fossil was not the early reptile scientists thoughtRebecca Shavit
A short gamma-ray burst followed by 10 minutes of X-rays may reveal a long-lived magnetar born from a neutron star merger.
SpaceEinstein Probe catches a neutron star merger glowing far longer than expectedJoshua Shavit
Planetary chemistry suggests Earth grew mostly from pebble-built protoplanets, while Mars formed mainly from larger planetesimals.
SpaceNew evidence challenges the idea that Earth and Mars formed the same wayJoseph Shavit
Carbon isotopes suggest dinosaurs and other Cretaceous animals living near ancient seas incorporated marine food into their diets.
DiscoveriesCoastal dinosaurs may have been beachcombers, eating seafood that washed up on ancient beachesJoshua Shavit