An international team of researchers has analyzed the groans, moans, whistles, barks, shrieks and squeaks in humpback whale song recordings collected over eight years in New Caledonia.
Arnon et al. uncovered the same statistical structure in…
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Even Bill Gates thinks AI is a little scary — Harvard Gazette
Bill Gates remembers being “a tough kid.”
“Some teachers wanted to put me ahead in school; some wanted to put me behind,” said the tech pioneer, who has noted in the past that he would likely be diagnosed on the autism spectrum if…
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Novel ‘living’ biomaterial aims to advance regenerative medicine
A biomaterial that can mimic certain behaviors within biological tissues could advance regenerative medicine, disease modeling, soft robotics and more, according to researchers at Penn State.
Materials created up to this point to mimic tissues…
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How life’s building blocks took shape on early Earth: The limits of membraneless polyester protocell formation
One leading theory on the origins of life on Earth proposes that simple chemical molecules gradually became more complex, ultimately forming protocells — primitive, non-living structures that were precursors of modern cells. A promising…
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New technique to detect dark matter using atomic clocks and lasers
A team of international researchers has developed an innovative approach to uncover the secrets of dark matter in the cosmos.
University of Queensland PhD student Ashlee Caddell co-led a study in collaboration with Germany’s metrology institute…
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What prompts genetic adaptation? Ask a finch. — Harvard Gazette
Could a novel approach to genetic studies give us a clearer picture of how evolutionary adaptations occur? That’s what the findings of new research on a common backyard bird, the house finch, imply. A groundbreaking pangenomic study has…
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The Short and the Long of Protein Tails – Life Sciences | Weizmann Wonder Wander
The fatty membrane surrounding every living cell is a vibrant environment where countless biological processes take place. This membrane protects the cell from its surroundings and divides it into internal compartments; it is responsible for…
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Curtain Rises on the Year of Quantum
• Physics 18, 27
The official launch of the International Year of Quantum Science and Technology happened in Paris, with a push to make “quantum” more accessible to all.
UNESCO/M. Etchegoyen
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No Need for Fractional Particles
• Physics 18, s25
The scattering of a charged particle off a magnetic monopole does not imply the existence of fractional particle numbers, theorists say.
At first glance, the scattering of a massless, charged,…
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A New Path to Superconductivity
• Physics 18, s20
Theorists propose that repulsive interactions between electrons in a two-dimensional lattice can lead to an exotic form of superconductivity.
In a superconductor, pairs of electrons are coaxed…
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