How giant-faced owls snag voles hidden in snow
Hovering over a target helps giant-faced Great Gray owls pinpoint prey hidden beneath as much as two feet of snow.
Plants & Animals
Dec 3, 2022
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'Virtual pillars' separate and sort blood-based nanoparticles
Engineers at Duke University have developed a device that uses sound waves to separate and sort the tiniest particles found in blood in a matter of minutes. The technology is based on a concept called "virtual pillars" and ...
Bio & Medicine
Dec 2, 2022
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How voice technology influences what we reveal about ourselves
Researchers from University of Miami and New York University published a new Journal of Marketing article that examines how voice technology can affect what consumers reveal about themselves.
Economics & Business
Nov 30, 2022
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Diamonds and X-rays open a new window into the Earth's inner core
A collaborative research group has succeeded, for the first time, in measuring the speed of sound of pure iron under pressures similar to the Earth's inner core boundary.
Earth Sciences
Nov 28, 2022
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Cosmic chocolate pralines? General neutron star structure revealed
So far, little is known about the interior of neutron stars, those extremely compact objects that can form after the death of a star. The mass of our sun or even more is compressed into a sphere with the diameter of a large ...
Astronomy
Nov 15, 2022
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'A kind of meditative peace': Quiet hour shopping makes us wonder why our cities have to be so noisy
The idea behind "quiet hour" shopping is to set aside a time each week for a retail experience that minimizes noise and other sources of sensory overload. It is aimed at people who are neurodivergent—an umbrella term for ...
Social Sciences
Nov 11, 2022
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Learning from animal evolution to reproduce materials for vibration damping and acoustic wave control
Through millions of years of evolution, nature has produced biological systems with exceptional properties and functionalities. Many organisms have adapted to their particular environment by creating extraordinarily efficient ...
Biotechnology
Nov 7, 2022
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How much microplastic do whales eat? Up to 10 million pieces per day, research finds
The largest animals ever known to have lived on Earth ingest the tiniest specks of plastic in colossal amounts, Stanford University scientists have found.
Plants & Animals
Nov 1, 2022
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Capturing and analyzing subtle combination tones produced by violins
When two musical notes are played simultaneously, the human ear can perceive weak additional tones called combination tones. These subjective tones result from the nonlinearity of the inner ear and are attributed to the amplification ...
General Physics
Nov 1, 2022
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Scientists use deep planetary scan to confirm Martian core
Seismologists from The Australian National University (ANU) have developed a new method to scan the deep interior of planets in our solar system to confirm whether they have a core at the heart of their existence.
Planetary Sciences
Oct 27, 2022
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