Researchers are using the Stampede supercomputer to design novel, fuel-efficient, wing designs for jets, and…
Category: Science
Evidence lacking to support ‘lead diet’
Public health experts need to be more up front with parents in explaining that CDC…
Proper movements in Muslim prayer ritual can reduce lower back pain
Five times a day, roughly 1.6 billion Muslims worldwide, bow, kneel, and place their foreheads…
Modern hunter-gathers relocate to maximize foraging efficiency, study finds
As bumblebees forage for nectar, at a certain point, they will move to another area…
Cargo-carrying red blood cells alleviate autoimmune diseases in mice
Using red blood cells modified to carry disease-specific antigens, a team of scientists have prevented…
Robot uses social feedback to fetch objects intelligently
By enabling them to ask a question when they’re confused, an algorithm helps robots get…
New materials could turn water into the fuel of the future
Combining computational with experimental approaches, researchers identify 12 new materials with potential use in solar…
Bubble-recoil could be used to cool microchips, even in space
The bubbles that form on a heated surface create a tiny recoil when they leave…
Brain cells show teamwork in short-term memory
Nerve cells in our brains work together in harmony to store and retrieve short-term memory,…
Study shows how skates, rays and sharks sense electrical fields
Sharks, rays and skates can hunt for prey hidden in the sandy sea floor by…