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- Science behind traditional mezcal-making technique
- Our animal inheritance: Humans perk up their ears, too, when they hear interesting sounds
- Scientists create new device to light up the way for quantum technologies
- The collective power of the solar system's dark, icy bodies
- The cosmic commute towards star and planet formation
- New collection of stars, not born in our galaxy, discovered in Milky Way
- Double take: New study analyzes global, multiple-tailed lizards
- New evidence helps form digital reconstruction of most important medieval shrine
- What makes ships mysteriously slow down or stop, even though engines are running?
- A tiny ancient relative of dinosaurs and pterosaurs discovered
- Flashes bright when squeezed tight: How single-celled organisms light up the oceans
| Science behind traditional mezcal-making technique Posted: 07 Jul 2020 01:01 PM PDT Researchers reveal for the first time why bubbles are a good gauge of alcohol content in mezcal, a traditional Mexican spirit. |
| Our animal inheritance: Humans perk up their ears, too, when they hear interesting sounds Posted: 07 Jul 2020 08:33 AM PDT Many animals move their ears to better focus their attention on a novel sound. That humans also have this capability was not known until now. A research team now has demonstrated that we make minute, unconscious movements of our ears that are directed towards the sound want to focus our attention on. The team discovered this ability by measuring electrical signals in the muscles of the vestigial motor system in the human ear. |
| Scientists create new device to light up the way for quantum technologies Posted: 07 Jul 2020 08:33 AM PDT Researchers have created an innovative new device that will emit single particles of light, or photons, from quantum dots that are the key to practical quantum computers, quantum communications, and other quantum devices. |
| The collective power of the solar system's dark, icy bodies Posted: 07 Jul 2020 08:32 AM PDT Two new studies by researchers at the University of Colorado Boulder may help to solve one of the biggest mysteries about the dark, icy bodies of the outer solar system: why so many of them don't circle the sun the way they should. |
| The cosmic commute towards star and planet formation Posted: 07 Jul 2020 08:32 AM PDT Interconnected gas flows reveal how star-forming gas is assembled in galaxies. |
| New collection of stars, not born in our galaxy, discovered in Milky Way Posted: 07 Jul 2020 08:32 AM PDT Astrophysicists announced the discovery of Nyx, a new collection of 250 stars that they believe are the remnant of a dwarf galaxy that merged with the Milky Way eons ago. The research combined massive cosmological simulations and observational data from the Gaia space observatory. It required large scale supercomputers and deep learning algorithms. The team plans to explore Nyx further using ground-based telescopes. |
| Double take: New study analyzes global, multiple-tailed lizards Posted: 07 Jul 2020 08:32 AM PDT Research into abnormal regeneration events in lizards has led to the first published scientific review on the prevalence of lizards that have re-generated not just one, but two, or even up to six, tails. |
| New evidence helps form digital reconstruction of most important medieval shrine Posted: 06 Jul 2020 05:38 PM PDT The shrine of Saint Thomas Becket, the most important pilgrimage destination in medieval England - visited for hundreds of years by pilgrims seeking miraculous healing - has been digitally reconstructed for the public, according to how experts believe it appeared before its destruction. |
| What makes ships mysteriously slow down or stop, even though engines are running? Posted: 06 Jul 2020 12:27 PM PDT What makes ships mysteriously slow down or even stop as they travel, even though their engines are working properly? This was first observed in 1893 and was described experimentally in 1904 without all the secrets of this ''dead water'' being understood. A team has explained this phenomenon for the first time. |
| A tiny ancient relative of dinosaurs and pterosaurs discovered Posted: 06 Jul 2020 12:26 PM PDT Dinosaurs and pterosaurs may be known for their remarkable size, but a newly described species that lived around 237 million years ago suggests that they originated from extremely small ancestors. The fossil reptile, named Kongonaphon kely, or 'tiny bug slayer,' would have stood just 10 centimeters tall. The study may help explain the origins of flight in pterosaurs, the presence of 'fuzz' on both pterosaurs and dinosaurs, and other questions about these charismatic animals. |
| Flashes bright when squeezed tight: How single-celled organisms light up the oceans Posted: 06 Jul 2020 06:41 AM PDT Research explains how a unicellular marine organism generates light as a response to mechanical stimulation, lighting up breaking waves at night. |
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