Thank the moon for Earth's lengthening day
For anyone who has ever wished there were more hours in the day, geoscientists have some good news: Days on Earth are getting longer.
For anyone who has ever wished there were more hours in the day, geoscientists have some good news: Days on Earth are getting longer.
Earth Sciences
Jun 4, 2018
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Who would guess that cracking the mystery of how infinitesimally small atoms arrange themselves at the edges of crystals in advanced materials could be as simple as one, two, three?
Nanophysics
Jun 4, 2018
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Potentially paving the way toward advanced computers, lasers or optical devices, University of Wisconsin-Madison researchers have revealed new effects in tiny electronic devices called quantum dots.
Nanophysics
May 22, 2018
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Liquid crystals—much like the ones forming these words on computer monitors—could be tuned to fight bacteria or scuttle compromised electronics by reacting to subtle changes in their environment with tiny, measured doses ...
Condensed Matter
May 10, 2018
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In the search for extraterrestrial life, scientists have turned over all sorts of rocks.
Space Exploration
Mar 30, 2018
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Arthropods are among the most successful animals on the planet. They inhabit the sea (horseshoe crabs), the sky (fruit flies), and the earth (scorpions) in vast numbers and are defined by their exoskeleton exteriors and segmented ...
Evolution
Mar 26, 2018
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Lennon and McCartney. Abbott and Costello. Peanut butter and jelly.
Materials Science
Feb 5, 2018
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Googling "SNARE proteins," neuroscientist Edward Chapman gets a screenful of images showing corkscrew-shaped molecules, intertwined as they seize the outer membranes of two cells. "They did not give us credit at Wikipedia, ...
Cell & Microbiology
Jan 31, 2018
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Researchers at UCLA and the University of Wisconsin-Madison have confirmed that microscopic fossils discovered in a nearly 3.5 billion-year-old piece of rock in Western Australia are the oldest fossils ever found and indeed ...
Earth Sciences
Dec 18, 2017
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Our smartphones and computers wouldn't be nearly as useful without all the apps, music, and videos we keep on them.
Condensed Matter
Nov 27, 2017
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