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- Spectacular bird's-eye view? Hummingbirds see diverse colors humans can only imagine
- New fossil discovery shows 50 million-year-old Canada-Australia connection
- Atomic physics: Radiation pressure with recoil
- Electrically charged dust storms drive Martian chlorine cycle
- Immune properties in ancient DNA found in isolated villages might benefit humanity today
- The first intuitive programming language for quantum computers
- Artificial synapse that works with living cells created
- From clickbait to transparency: Reimagining the online world
- New light shed on intelligent life existing across the galaxy
- Insight into the black hole at the center of our galaxy
- Mysterious Australian Night Parrots may not see in the dead of night
- How to gently caress atoms
| Spectacular bird's-eye view? Hummingbirds see diverse colors humans can only imagine Posted: 15 Jun 2020 12:51 PM PDT While humans have three color cones in the retina sensitive to red, green and blue light, birds have a fourth color cone that can detect ultraviolet light. A research team trained wild hummingbirds to perform a series of experiments that revealed that the tiny birds also see combination colors like ultraviolet+green and ultraviolet+red. |
| New fossil discovery shows 50 million-year-old Canada-Australia connection Posted: 15 Jun 2020 11:09 AM PDT The discovery of a tiny insect fossil in Western Canada is unearthing big questions about the global movement of animals across deep time. The fossil, estimated to be 50 million years old, is the latest in a pattern of discoveries that are leading experts to contemplate a Canada-Australia connection not previously considered. |
| Atomic physics: Radiation pressure with recoil Posted: 15 Jun 2020 11:08 AM PDT Light exerts a certain amount of pressure onto a body: sun sails could thus power space probes in the future. However, when light particles (photons) hit an individual molecule and knock out an electron, the molecule flies toward the light source. Atomic physicists have now observed this for the first time, confirming a 90 year-old theory. |
| Electrically charged dust storms drive Martian chlorine cycle Posted: 15 Jun 2020 11:08 AM PDT The group that previously studied Martian dust storms now shifts focus to the electrochemical processes resulting from dust storms that may power the movement of chlorine, which is ongoing on Mars today. |
| Immune properties in ancient DNA found in isolated villages might benefit humanity today Posted: 15 Jun 2020 11:08 AM PDT Could remnants of DNA from a now extinct human subspecies known as the Denisovans help boost the immune functions of modern humans? An international study represents the first characterizations of genes in the DNA of healthy individuals from geographically and genetically distinct populations in Indonesia. |
| The first intuitive programming language for quantum computers Posted: 15 Jun 2020 08:58 AM PDT Several technical advances have been achieved recently in the pursuit of powerful quantum computers. Now, Computer scientists have made an important breakthrough in the field of programming languages: their quantum language is the first of its kind that is as elegant, simple and safe as classical computer languages. |
| Artificial synapse that works with living cells created Posted: 15 Jun 2020 08:58 AM PDT Researchers have created a device that can integrate and interact with neuron-like cells. This could be an early step toward an artificial synapse for use in brain-computer interfaces. |
| From clickbait to transparency: Reimagining the online world Posted: 15 Jun 2020 08:58 AM PDT Behavioral science perspectives on an alternative Internet. |
| New light shed on intelligent life existing across the galaxy Posted: 15 Jun 2020 06:27 AM PDT Is there anyone out there? This is an age-old question that researchers have now shed new light on with a study that calculates there could be more than 30 intelligent civilizations throughout our Galaxy. This is an enormous advance over previous estimates which spanned from zero to billions. |
| Insight into the black hole at the center of our galaxy Posted: 12 Jun 2020 02:22 PM PDT Like most galaxies, the Milky Way hosts a supermassive black hole at its center. Called Sagittarius A*, the object has captured astronomers' curiosity for decades. And now there is an effort to image it directly. |
| Mysterious Australian Night Parrots may not see in the dead of night Posted: 09 Jun 2020 06:50 AM PDT Australia's most elusive bird, the Night Parrot, may not be much better at seeing in the dark than other parrots active during the day. New research reveals that the critically endangered parrot's visual system is not as well-adapted to life in the dark as would be expected for a nocturnal bird, raising concerns it might be adversely impacted by fencing in the Australian outback. |
| Posted: 08 Jun 2020 01:34 PM PDT How can surfaces be studied as gently as possible on an atomic scale? In new research, scientists have used a single oxygen atom as a sensor. |
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