Johns Hopkins University researchers have developed a way to study the brain of a bat as it flies, recording for the first time what happens as a roving animal focuses and refocuses its attention.
Plants & Animals
Apr 10, 2018
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Metamaterials researchers at Duke University have demonstrated the design and construction of a thin material that can control the redirection and reflection of sound waves with almost perfect efficiency.
Condensed Matter
Apr 10, 2018
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An extensive experimental database of inorganic thin-film materials that organizes a decade's worth of research at the Department of Energy's National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) is now publicly available.
Materials Science
Apr 10, 2018
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Indonesia's Lion Air is buying 50 Boeing 737 MAX 10 airplanes in a deal valued at about $6.2 billion, the firms said Tuesday, as the carrier looks to cash in on a transport boom in the Southeast Asian nation.
Business
Apr 10, 2018
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Facebook chief Mark Zuckerberg was set for a fiery face-off on Capitol Hill Tuesday as he attempts to quell a firestorm over privacy and security lapses at the social network that have angered lawmakers and the site's two ...
Internet
Apr 10, 2018
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Would you take a trip without your cellphone?
Business
Apr 10, 2018
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Olives grow on trees. So why have you never seen a fresh, tree-ripened olive in the produce section at the grocery store?
Other
Apr 10, 2018
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Chinese privet is one of the most invasive shrubs in the southeastern United States - frequently growing in dense thickets along roadsides, on rights of way and in forests. Now the journal Invasive Plant Science and Management ...
Biotechnology
Apr 10, 2018
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The UK's changing climate means conditions may now be suitable for one of Sir Winston Churchill's favourite butterflies—the black-veined white—to return, a study has revealed.
Ecology
Apr 10, 2018
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Cheetahs in the Serengeti National Park adopt different strategies while eating to deal with threats from top predators such as lions or hyenas. A new study in Springer's journal Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology shows ...
Ecology
Apr 10, 2018
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