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• Friend or foe? Researchers investigate the mysterious microbes living inside corals
• How to catch a perfect wave: Scientists take a closer look inside the perfect fluid
• Part of the Universe’s missing matter found
• Giant Waikato penguin: School kids discover new species
• A simple way to get complex semiconductors to assemble themselves
• Fossil bird with fancy tail feathers longer than its body
• Shining a light on Moon’s oldest geologic imprints
• Taking lessons from a sea slug, study points to better hardware for artificial intelligence
• Do Alexa and Siri make kids bossier? New research suggests you might not need to worry
• Technology takes the art of origami into the fight against COVID-19
• Inspired by metamorphosis, researchers create materials for shape-shifting architecture
• Long-distance relationships for endangered corals

Friend or foe? Researchers investigate the mysterious microbes living inside corals Posted: 16 Sep 2021 11:28 AM PDT In a new article, researchers describe investigations into an enigmatic group of coral-infecting microbes.

How to catch a perfect wave: Scientists take a closer look inside the perfect fluid Posted: 16 Sep 2021 11:28 AM PDT Scientists have reported new clues to solving a cosmic conundrum: How the quark-gluon plasma -- nature's perfect fluid -- evolved into the building blocks of matter during the birth of the early universe.

Part of the Universe’s missing matter found Posted: 16 Sep 2021 08:46 AM PDT Galaxies can receive and exchange matter with their external environment thanks to the galactic winds created by stellar explosions. An international research team has now mapped a galactic wind for the first time. This unique observation helped to reveal where some of the Universe's missing matter is located and to observe the formation of a nebula around a galaxy.

Giant Waikato penguin: School kids discover new species Posted: 16 Sep 2021 08:46 AM PDT A giant fossilized penguin discovered by New Zealand school children has been revealed as a new species.

A simple way to get complex semiconductors to assemble themselves Posted: 16 Sep 2021 08:45 AM PDT A new way to make complex, layered semiconductors is like making rock candy: They assemble themselves from chemicals in water. The method will aid design and large-scale production of these materials.

Fossil bird with fancy tail feathers longer than its body Posted: 16 Sep 2021 08:45 AM PDT Peacock tails are just one example of how evolution walks a line between favoring traits that make it easier to survive, and traits that make it easier to find a mate. In a new study, scientists have found evidence of this age-old conundrum in the form of a fossil bird from the Early Cretaceous with a pair of elaborate tail feathers longer than its body.

Shining a light on Moon’s oldest geologic imprints Posted: 14 Sep 2021 07:00 AM PDT New research has found the Moon may have been subjected to much greater impacts from asteroids and other bodies than previously thought, building on our understanding of the Moon's earliest geologic evolution.

Taking lessons from a sea slug, study points to better hardware for artificial intelligence Posted: 14 Sep 2021 07:00 AM PDT The sea slug has taught neuroscientists the most basic intelligence features that any creature in the animal kingdom needs to survive. Now, researchers have mimicked these strategies in a quantum material, a step toward figuring out how to build artificial intelligence directly into hardware.

Do Alexa and Siri make kids bossier? New research suggests you might not need to worry Posted: 13 Sep 2021 07:01 PM PDT A team studied whether hanging out with conversational agents, such as Alexa or Siri, could affect the way children communicate with their fellow humans.

Technology takes the art of origami into the fight against COVID-19 Posted: 09 Sep 2021 09:44 AM PDT Researchers are replicating a distinctive artform -- the subtle folding of origami -- to create 3D printable technologies to aid in the fight against COVID-19, and help doctors to identify and diagnose various health conditions.

Inspired by metamorphosis, researchers create materials for shape-shifting architecture Posted: 08 Sep 2021 03:07 PM PDT Researchers have developed materials that can be used to create structures capable of transforming into multiple different architectures. The researchers envision applications ranging from construction to robotics.

Long-distance relationships for endangered corals Posted: 08 Sep 2021 03:07 PM PDT Flash-frozen coral sperm was used to fertilize coral eggs from hundreds of miles away, this 'assisted gene flow' technique could be used as a conservation tool by introducing genetic variation into endangered corals and potentially accelerating their adaptation to climate change.

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