Researchers make sand that flows uphill
Engineering researchers at Lehigh University have discovered that sand can actually flow uphill.
Condensed Matter
Sep 20, 2023
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News tagged with self-organization
Exploring the self-organizing origins of life
Catalytic molecules can form metabolically active clusters by creating and following concentration gradients—this is the result of a new study by scientists from the Max Planck Institute for Dynamics and Self-Organization ...
Biochemistry
Aug 4, 2023
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A nano switchable polar column system that allows high-density data storage
In today's world of digital information, an enormous amount of data is exchanged and stored on a daily basis.
Nanomaterials
Jul 25, 2023
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A new type of superresolution for exploring cell division
A new way to see details smaller than half the wavelength of light has revealed how nanoscale scaffolding inside cells bridges to the macroscale during cell division. Unlike earlier superresolution techniques, the one developed ...
Bio & Medicine
Jul 20, 2023
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Humans set budgets when facing an uncertain future. So do ants
Imagine you are looking for a parking spot at a crowded event. You find one far from your destination. Do you decide to take it, or invest more time into hunting a better spot which may or may not exist?
Plants & Animals
Jul 13, 2023
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80-year-old principles incompletely explain turbulent flows, study shows
Experiments at the unique wind tunnel of the Max Planck Institute for Dynamics and Self-Organization (MPI-DS) in Göttingen show that laws formulated more than 80 years ago and their extensions only incompletely explain turbulent ...
General Physics
Jul 13, 2023
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New report highlights resiliency of women refugees
Women refugees tend to be seen as vulnerable, but a new collaborative report shows their resilience in the face of unequal resources.
Social Sciences
Apr 13, 2023
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Molecular scale structure and kinetics of layer-by-layer peptide self-organization at atomically flat solid surfaces
In a study recently published in the journal ACS Nano, researchers from Kanazawa University, Kanazawa, Japan, collaborating with University of Washington, Seattle, U.S., used frequency modulated atomic force microscopy to ...
Bio & Medicine
Mar 27, 2023
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How consciousness in animals could be researched
There are reasons to assume that not only humans but also some non-human species of animal have conscious perception. Which species have consciousness and how the subjective experience of various species could differ is being ...
Plants & Animals
Mar 2, 2023
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Experts sound alarm on 'exploitative' baby formula industry
Baby milk formula companies are exploiting parents' emotions and manipulating scientific information and policymakers to generate sales at the expense of the health and rights of families, women, and children, argue an international ...
Social Sciences
Feb 10, 2023
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