When human and chimp infants are dozing, they sometimes show facial movements that resemble smiles….
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Spider sharing isn’t always caring: Colonies die when arachnids overshare food
Spiders living together in colonies of tens of thousands can go extinct from sharing food…
Lab-reared maggots may save Darwin’s famous finches
Researchers reveal how they used chicken blood to rear larvae of the fly Philornis downsi,…
Phase-change device imitates the functionality of neurons
Scientists have created randomly spiking neurons using phase-change materials to store and process data. This…
Toxic blue-green algae adapt to rising CO2
A common type of blue-green algae is finding it easy to adapt to Earth’s rising…
Brains of overweight people ‘ten years older’ than lean counterparts at middle-age
From middle-age, the brains of obese individuals display differences in white matter similar to those…
Towards the T-1000: Liquid metals propel future electronics
How can we move beyond solid state electronics towards flexible soft circuit systems? New self-propelling…
Tiny high-performance solar cells turn power generation sideways
Engineers have created high-performance, micro-scale solar cells that outshine comparable devices in key performance measures….
New microfluidic chip replicates muscle-nerve connection
Engineers have developed a microfluidic device that replicates the neuromuscular junction — the vital connection…
Big step towards cure for HIV and other lifelong viral infections
New research has taken us a step closer to finding a cure for human immunodeficiency…