Chemistry
New brain-like computing device simulates human learning
Like Pavlov's dog, device can be conditioned to learn by associationCredit: Northwestern University Researchers have developed a brain-like computing device...
Small galaxies likely played important role in evolution of the Universe
Researchers find first-ever galaxy observed in a 'blow-away' stateCredit: Credit: Podevin, J.f., 2006 A new study led by University of...
Discarded ostrich shells provide timeline for our early African ancestors
Uranium-series dating shows South African midden is world's oldestCredit: Image courtesy of E. Niespolo. Archeologists have learned a lot about...
Hubble watches how a giant planet grows
Credit: Credits: NASA, ESA, STScI, Joseph Olmsted (STScI) NASA's Hubble Space Telescope is giving astronomers a rare look at a...
Combining solar panels and lamb grazing increases land productivity, study finds
Credit: Sean Nealon, Oregon State University CORVALLIS, Ore. - Land productivity could be greatly increased by combining sheep grazing and...
New law of physics helps humans and robots grasp the friction of touch
Credit: Lilian Hsiao Although robotic devices are used in everything from assembly lines to medicine, engineers have a hard time...
Blueprint for a robust quantum future
Credit: (Image by Argonne National Laboratory.) Claiming that something has a defect normally suggests an undesirable feature. That's not the...
Machine learning algorithm helps unravel the physics underlying quantum systems
Protocol to reverse engineer Hamiltonian models advances automation of quantum devicesCredit: Gentile et al. Scientists from the University of Bristol's...
Silicon chip will drive next generation communications
A new design of ultra-small silicon chip called a multiplexer will effectively manage terahertz waves which are key to the...
Creation without contact in the collisions of lead and gold nuclei
Credit: Source: IFJ PAN When heavy ions, accelerated to the speed of light, collide with each other in the depths...
Mantis shrimp larvae punch just like Ma and Pa
Credit: Jacob Harrison, Duke University. Adult mantis shrimp pack an explosive punch that can split water, but no crustacean emerges...
Touched by light: Photoexcited stannyl anions are great for producing organotin compounds
Credit: Yuki Nagashima Scientists at Tokyo Institute of Technology developed a new strategy for producing a wide range of organotin...
Researchers investigate structural changes in snap-frozen proteins
A novel method allows visualization of molecular motions lasting a few millionths of a secondCredit: (c) Tobias Hett / Universität...
Designing new alloys for additive manufacturing
Wei Xiong receives $526K NSF CAREER Award for work on additive manufacturing of complex concentrated alloysCredit: University of Pittsburgh Additive...