Small Fluctuations In Solar Activity, Large Influence On Climate

Small Fluctuations In Solar Activity, Large Influence On Climate

  10:27:00 AM    Science Lover

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Subtle connections between the 11-year solar cycle, the stratosphere, and the tropical Pacific Ocean work in sync to generate periodic weather patterns that affect much of the globe, according to research appearing this week in the journal Science. The study can help scientists...

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'Plasmobot': Scientists To Design First Robot Using Mould

'Plasmobot': Scientists To Design First Robot Using Mould

  10:23:00 PM    Science Lover

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Scientists at the University of the West of England are to design the first ever biological robot using mould.Plasmodium used in the research.(Credit: Image courtesy of University of the West of England)Researchers have received a Leverhulme Trust grant worth £228,000 to...

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Satellites Unlock Secret To Northern India's Vanishing Water

Satellites Unlock Secret To Northern India's Vanishing Water

  9:50:00 PM    Science Lover

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Using satellite data, UC Irvine and NASA hydrologists have found that groundwater beneath northern India has been receding by as much as 1 foot per year over the past decade – and they believe human consumption is almost entirely to blame.The map shows groundwater changes...

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New Nanolaser Key To Future Optical Computers And Technologies

New Nanolaser Key To Future Optical Computers And Technologies

  7:59:00 PM    Science Lover

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Researchers have created the tiniest laser since its invention nearly 50 years ago, paving the way for a host of innovations, including superfast computers that use light instead of electrons to process information, advanced sensors and imaging.Researchers have created...

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'Hidden Portal' Concept Described: First Tunable Electromagnetic Gateway

'Hidden Portal' Concept Described: First Tunable Electromagnetic Gateway

  5:58:00 PM    Science Lover

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While the researchers can't promise delivery to a parallel universe or a school for wizards, books like Pullman's Dark Materials and JK Rowling's Harry Potter are steps closer to reality now that researchers in China have created the first tunable electromagnetic gateway.Entrance...

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World Record In Packing Puzzle Set In Tetrahedra Jam: Better Understanding Of Matter Itself?

World Record In Packing Puzzle Set In Tetrahedra Jam: Better Understanding Of Matter Itself?

  5:21:00 PM    Science Lover

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Finding the best way to pack the greatest quantity of a specifically shaped object into a confined space may sound simple, yet it consistently has led to deep mathematical concepts and practical applications, such as improved computer security codes.Princeton researchers...

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Hundreds Of New Species Discovered In Eastern Himalayas

Hundreds Of New Species Discovered In Eastern Himalayas

  8:15:00 PM    Science Lover

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Over 350 new species including the world’s smallest deer, a “flying frog” and a 100 million-year old gecko have been discovered in the Eastern Himalayas, a biological treasure trove now threatened by climate change.Flying frog (Rhacophorus suffry). The bright green, red-footed...

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Scientists Find Universal Rules For Food-web Stability

Scientists Find Universal Rules For Food-web Stability

  8:11:00 PM    Science Lover

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New findings, published in the journal Science, conclude that food-web stability is enhanced when many diverse predator-prey links connect high and intermediate trophic levels. The computations also reveal that small ecosystems follow other rules than large ecosystems:...

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Nanoscale Origami From DNA

Nanoscale Origami From DNA

  7:52:00 PM    Science Lover

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Scientists at the Technische Universitaet Muenchen (TUM) and Harvard University have thrown the lid off a new toolbox for building nanoscale structures out of DNA, with complex twisting and curving shapes. In the August 7 issue of the journal Science, they report a series...

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Why We Learn More From Our Successes Than Our Failures

Why We Learn More From Our Successes Than Our Failures

  9:10:00 PM    Science Lover

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If you've ever felt doomed to repeat your mistakes, researchers at MIT's Picower Institute for Learning and Memory may have explained why: Brain cells may only learn from experience when we do something right and not when we fail.Given different images as cues, monkeys...

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