General Physics
Jul 26, 2018
Black holes really just ever-growing balls of string, researchers say
Black holes aren't surrounded by a burning ring of fire after all, suggests new research.
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Social Sciences
Jul 24, 2018
Mexican anti-poverty program targeting poor women may help men most, study finds
Economic empowerment programs that target women may have an unintended effect: They help men instead.
Cell & Microbiology
Jul 23, 2018
Researchers discover the 'optimism' of E. coli bacteria
A team of researchers from across the Princeton University campus collaborated to determine how E. coli bacteria respond when they are deprived of three key nutrients: carbon, nitrogen and phosphorus.
Superconductivity
Jul 23, 2018
Uncovering the interplay between two famous quantum effects
The Casimir force and superconductivity are two well-known quantum effects. These phenomena have been thoroughly studied separately, but what happens when these effects are combined in a single experiment? Now, Delft University ...
Economics & Business
Jul 18, 2018
How language boosts satisfaction and buying behaviour
The adage "there is no 'I' in team" is a handy refrain used to emphasize the importance of teamwork in just about any setting, but new University of Alberta research shows that "I" works best alone when it comes to customer ...
General Physics
Jul 16, 2018
New study again proves Einstein right: Most thorough test to date finds no Lorentz violation in high-energy neutrinos
The universe should be a predictably symmetrical place, according to a cornerstone of Einstein's theory of special relativity, known as Lorentz symmetry. This principle states that any scientist should observe the same laws ...
General Physics
Jun 20, 2018
Cooler computing through statistical physics?
In the space inside a computer chip, where electricity becomes information, there's a scientific frontier. The same frontier can be found inside a cell, where information instead takes the form of chemical concentrations. ...
General Physics
May 23, 2018
The Standard Model of particle physics—the absolutely amazing theory of almost everything
The Standard Model. What dull name for the most accurate scientific theory known to human beings.
Biotechnology
May 15, 2018
Scientists crack how primordial life on Earth might have replicated itself
Scientists have created a new type of genetic replication system which demonstrates how the first life on Earth—in the form of RNA—could have replicated itself. The scientists from the Medical Research Council (MRC) Laboratory ...
Astronomy
May 15, 2018
Physicist investigates black holes like crime scenes
Nicholas Warner wants to figure out how matter behaves at the most extreme frontier of the universe. Warner, professor of physics and astronomy and mathematics at USC Dornsife, recently received a prestigious grant from the ...
