Evolution by definition is cold and merciless: it selects for success and weeds out failure. It seems only natural to expect that such a process would simply favour genes that help themselves and not others. Yet cooperative ...
Mathematics
Jun 8, 2012
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To increase public security, the EU SAVELEC project has demonstrated a prototype device that can stop non-cooperative vehicles, both safely and at distance.
Hi Tech & Innovation
Jul 29, 2016
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Aside from the obvious, what is it that separates Mother Theresa from Sean Penn? Both have tried to perform charitable acts - Mother Theresa worked for decades in the slums of Calcutta and Penn was among those who traveled ...
Social Sciences
Feb 5, 2015
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In the face of existential dilemmas that are shared by all of humanity, including the consequences of inequality or climate change, it is crucial to understand the conditions leading to cooperation. A new game theory model ...
Mathematics
Jul 24, 2023
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High-precision measurements have provided important clues about processes that impair the efficiency of superconductors. Future work building on this research could offer improvements in a range of superconductor devices, ...
Superconductivity
Dec 20, 2021
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A new way to combine two materials with special electrical properties—a monolayer superconductor and a topological insulator—provides the best platform to date to explore an unusual form of superconductivity called topological ...
Superconductivity
Oct 27, 2022
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India's bid to become the first nation to land a spacecraft on the Moon's south pole neared its conclusion on Wednesday, the latest lunar push that has drawn in the world's top powers and new players.
Space Exploration
Aug 20, 2023
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Submitting to mob mentality is always a risky endeavor, for humans or hyenas. A new Michigan State University study focusing on the latter, though, shows that when it comes to battling for food, mobbing can be beneficial.
Plants & Animals
Nov 8, 2016
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Reciprocal food-sharing is more prevalent in stable hunter-gatherer camps, shows new UCL research that sheds light on the evolutionary roots of human cooperation.
Social Sciences
Jul 12, 2016
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Physicists at the U.S. Department of Energy's Ames Laboratory have experimentally demonstrated that the superconductivity mechanism in the recently-discovered iron-arsenide superconductors is unique compared to all other ...
General Physics
Apr 29, 2009
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