Even the Amish are going online to make sales
With the explosion of online shopping, few can deny the power of the Internet.
Business
Jan 8, 2016
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Small males have more sex appeal, new research shows
Female burying beetles are more attracted to small partners because they are less likely to get into fights, a study by researchers at the University of Exeter has found.
Plants & Animals
Jan 8, 2016
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Endangered shorebird nests in NY; first time in over 30 years
A pair of piping plovers successfully nested on New York's Lake Ontario shoreline for the first time in more than 30 years, which bodes well for the recovery of the endangered bird's Great Lakes population, according to biologists ...
Ecology
Jan 8, 2016
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Electronically connected graphene nanoribbons foresee high-speed electronics
An international research team at Tohoku University's Advanced Institute of Materials Research (AIMR) succeeded in chemically interconnecting chiral-edge graphene nanoribbons (GNRs) with zigzag-edge features by molecular ...
Nanomaterials
Jan 8, 2016
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Novel metasurface revolutionizes ubiquitous scientific tool
What do astrophysics, telecommunications and pharmacology have in common? Each of these fields relies on polarimeters—instruments that detect the direction of the oscillation of electromagnetic waves, otherwise known as ...
Optics & Photonics
Jan 8, 2016
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Why the dartboard looks like it does, and how bad players can do better
There are many variants of the game of darts, but by far the most common sees players start with a score of 501 and take turns to reduce this score using three darts at a time until one of the players reaches a score of exactly ...
Mathematics
Jan 8, 2016
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Researchers' metallic glue may stick it to soldering and welding
Perhaps no startup was launched for a more intriguing reason than that of Northeastern's Hanchen Huang. From the company website:
Materials Science
Jan 8, 2016
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Intercity quantum key distribution method outperforms quantum repeaters
(Phys.org)—Quantum key distribution (QKD) may one day allow for nearly perfectly secure data communication on a large scale, but before this can happen, QKD networks must extend across distances that are large enough to ...
Researchers conduct the first atomic resolution study of perovskites used in next generation solar cells
Organic-inorganic perovskite materials are key components of the new generation of solar cells. Understanding properties of these materials is important for improving lifetime and quality of solar cells. Researchers from ...
Materials Science
Jan 8, 2016
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Cosmology is in crisis – but not for the reason you may think
Science is advancing rapidly. We are eradicating diseases, venturing further into space and discovering a growing zoo of subatomic particles. But cosmology – which is trying to understand the evolution of the entire universe ...
General Physics
Jan 8, 2016
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