New family of laser materials unveiled
Boranes are the new kid on the block in laser producing materials. The compounds have been known to be capable of producing laser quality...
Psychologists reveal the tells in avatars
The avatar that a person uses in a game, social media site, or anywhere else on the Internet tells more about them than they...
Brazilian scientists perfect first practical acoustic levitating device
Marco Aurélio Brizzotti Andrade and colleagues at the University of São Paulo in Brazil are the first to develop an acoustic levitation device that...
Physics that produces singing deserts revealed
Deserts across the world have been found to sing in two different styles. Depending on conditions of heat and pressure deserts can emit sounds...
New coatings protect phones from salt water
Samuel Graham and his colleagues at the Georgia Institute of Technology presented a method to produce near perfect protective barrier films for electronics using...
Forty percent of Deepwater Horizon oil found on ocean floor
Forty percent of the oil spilled from the Deepwater Horizon catastrophe was not consumed by bacteria and did not stay on the ocean’s surface...
Study finds most kangaroos are left-handed
The majority of species of kangaroo that live on the ground exclusively show a preference for using their left hand or paw to do...
Biologists find first known species of Antarctic yeti crab
The first known species of yeti crab that lives in the deep ocean thermal vents around Antarctica has been found. The discovery was reported...
Engineers develop first practical biodegradable transistors
The pace at which electronics change has created an electronic waste problem because most of the materials used to make the working parts of...
Researchers show life may have begun in interstellar ice
Key portions of sugar related aldehydes may have been deposited on Earth and planets similar to Earth as a result of the reaction of...
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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...
