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Plants & Animals Aug 16, 2023

New leaf-tailed gecko from Madagascar is a master of disguise

Leaf-tailed geckos are masters of camouflage. Some species have skin flaps around the whole body and head, as well as flattened tails. During the day, they rest head-down on tree trunks with these skin flaps spread out, and ...

Condensed Matter Jul 28, 2023

Team creates simple superconducting device that could dramatically cut energy use in computing

MIT scientists and colleagues have created a simple superconducting device that could transfer current through electronic devices much more efficiently than is possible today. As a result, the new diode, a kind of switch, ...

Condensed Matter Jul 24, 2023

Study demonstrates construction of monoatomic lead layers with specially developed method for the first time

In a recent publication in the journal Advanced Materials Interfaces, the research team led by first author Dr. Philip Schädlich, a research associate at the Professorship of Experimental Physics, presents a method for the ...

Social Sciences Jul 20, 2023

How classic psychology warped our view of human nature as cruel and selfish—but new research is more hopeful

There are a number of classic experiments and theories that every psychology student learns about, but more recent research has questioned their findings so that psychologists today are reevaluating human nature.

Plants & Animals Jul 19, 2023

Individual whale, dolphin ID using facial recognition tech

A new tool uses facial recognition technology to identify individual whales and dolphins in the wild across 24 species. The research was led by University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa Hawaiʻi Institute of Marine Biology (HIMB) ...

Optics & Photonics Jul 17, 2023

Protecting light communication with random objects

Researchers from the Complex Photonic Systems (COPS) group used two layers of random materials to encrypt and decrypt a message sent via light communication. With that, they hid the sender and receiver simultaneously, and ...

Polymers Jul 6, 2023

New study challenges conventional understanding of charging process in electrochemical devices

A new study by researchers at the University of Cambridge reveals a surprising discovery that could transform the future of electrochemical devices. The findings offer new opportunities for the development of advanced materials ...

Quantum Physics Jul 4, 2023

Quantum physicists design unconditionally secure system for digital payments

Have you ever been compelled to enter sensitive payment data on the website of an unknown merchant? Would you be willing to consign your credit card data or passwords to untrustworthy hands? Scientists from the University ...

Space Exploration Jun 30, 2023

Pace off: NASA Goddard acoustics chamber and US marine band turn up the volume

With a light flick of the conductor's baton and a unified breath from each member, the band started playing the two deep and ominous notes easily recognized as the theme of "Jaws." The sounds echoed off the walls of the acoustics ...

Astronomy Jun 29, 2023

Nineteen new Wolf-Rayet stars discovered in the Andromeda galaxy

Using the 4.3-m Lowell Discovery Telescope (LDT), astronomers Kathryn F. Neugent and Philip Massey, have observed the nearby Andromeda galaxy. In result, they detected 19 new Wolf-Rayet stars in this galaxy. The finding was ...

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