Big data and the growing popularity of online dating sites may be reshaping a fundamental…
Month: February 2016
Researchers discover new phase of boron nitride and a new way to create pure c-BN
Researchers have discovered a new phase of the material boron nitride, which has potential applications…
New study challenges Jupiter’s role as planetary shield, protecting Earth from comet impacts
Not only is the ‘Jupiter as shield’ concept, implying that the planet shields Earth from…
Practice makes perfect: Switching between languages pays off
Bilingual children are better than monolinguals at a certain type of mental control, and that…
Energy from cellphone towers amplify pain in amputees
Researchers explain anecdotal and conflicting reports as to why some report pain around electromagnetic fields…
Enzyme key to link between age-related inflammation and cancer
For the first time, researchers have shown that an enzyme key to regulating gene expression…
Galactic center’s gamma rays unlikely to originate from dark matter, evidence shows
Studies by two independent groups from the US and the Netherlands have found that gamma…
Orangutans: Lethal aggression between females
Researchers have for the first time witnessed the death of a female orangutan at the…
Examining how terrestrial life’s building blocks may have first formed
How did life begin? This is one of the most fundamental questions scientists puzzle over….
New piece of the HIV puzzle uncovered
New research has revealed that a key immune system component — innate lymphoid cells (ILC)…