Buzzkill? Male honeybees inject queens with blinding toxins during sex
They say love is blind, but if you're a queen honeybee it could mean true loss of sight.
Plants & Animals
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Jupiter shows its true stripes
There's a reason why Jupiter's stripes are only skin deep.
Space Exploration
Aug 28, 2019
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Lord of the flies: Competition breeds a better ejaculate
Researchers at the University of Oxford have discovered that male fruit flies adjust their seminal fluid depending on the levels of competition from other males.
Plants & Animals
Aug 20, 2019
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Supercomputers use graphics processors to solve longstanding turbulence question
Advanced simulations have solved a problem in turbulent fluid flow that could lead to more efficient turbines and engines.
General Physics
Jul 25, 2019
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Equations from fluid dynamics used to find optimum arrangement of rods in dandelion pappus
A team of researchers from École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, the University of Twente and Università di Pisa has used equations from fluid dynamics to find the optimum arrangement of rods in a dandelion pappus. ...
Researchers reproduce micro-scale 'Great Wave' painting with inkless technology
Katsushika Hokusai (1760 - 1849) is the titan of Japanese art, as revered in his homeland as are Da Vinci, Van Gogh and Rembrandt Van Rijn in the West. Of all his famed masterpieces, the "Great Wave" stands out as the ultimate ...
Polymers
Jun 19, 2019
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Two distinct physical mechanisms identified for how simple foams collapse
Researchers from Tokyo Metropolitan University have discovered two distinct mechanisms by which foams can collapse, yielding insight into the prevention/acceleration of foam rupture in industrial materials, e.g., foods, cosmetics, ...
Materials Science
Jun 10, 2019
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How flow shapes bacterial biofilms
EPFL biophysicists have taken a systematic look into how bacterial biofilms are affected by fluid flow. The findings can give us clues about the physical rules guiding biofilm architecture, but also about the social dynamics ...
Cell & Microbiology
Jun 6, 2019
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Study identifies chemical blends as possible alternative refrigerants
More than a dozen chemical blends could serve as alternative refrigerants that won't heat the atmosphere as much as today's refrigerants do, or catch fire, according to a new computational study by the National Institute ...
Materials Science
May 29, 2019
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Researchers crack an enduring physics enigma
For decades, physicists, engineers and mathematicians have failed to explain a remarkable phenomenon in fluid mechanics: the natural tendency of turbulence in fluids to move from disordered chaos to perfectly parallel patterns ...
General Physics
May 28, 2019
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