Study: Taking the temperature of dark matter
Warm, cold, just right? Physicists at the University of California, Davis are taking the temperature of dark matter, the mysterious substance that makes up...
Research: Bees can link symbols to numbers, study finds —
We've learned bees can understand zero and do basic math, and now a new study shows their tiny insect brains may be capable...
Research: Mechanical engineers create synthetic, sound-silencing structure that blocks 94 percent of sounds —
Boston University researchers, Xin Zhang, a professor at the College of Engineering, and Reza Ghaffarivardavagh, a Ph.D. student in the Department of Mechanical...
First fast, cheap, noninvasive staph detection developed
Frank Hernandez, a researcher at the University of Iowa, and colleagues announced their development of the first fast, inexpensive, and noninvasive test for staph...
Research: How corn’s ancient ancestor rejects crossbreeding —
Determining how one species becomes distinct from another has been a subject of fascination dating back to Charles Darwin. New research led by...
Research: New species of Swallowtail butterfly discovered in Fiji —
A spectacular new butterfly species has been discovered on the Pacific Island of Vanua Levu in Fiji. The species, named last week as...
Research: Beware a glacier’s tongue —
Glaciers extending into freshwater lakes can form long, submerged terraces that menacingly rise above the surface when icy chunks fall into the water.
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Research: Volcano under ice sheet suggests thickening of West Antarctic ice is short-term —
A region of West Antarctica is behaving differently from most of the continent's ice: A large patch of ice there is thickening, unlike...
Atmospheric: Research: Crop plants are taking up microplastics
IMAGE: Large gaps between epidermal cells at the site of lateral root emergence.
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Research: Sniffing out error in detection dog data —
A new study in the journal Scientific Reports gets to the bottom of it: Why do dogs that are trained to locate poop...
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Hey ISIS, You Suck: Local Muslims Post Anti-ISIS Billboard
A new billboard on Manchester Road in Missouri reads, "HEY ISIS, YOU SUCK!!! From: #ActualMuslims."
A group of Muslim-Americans have put up a blunt billboard...
