Butterflies' Wings to Bank Notes

Butterflies' Wings to Bank Notes

  9:06:00 PM    Science Lover

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Scientists have discovered a way of mimicking the stunningly bright and beautiful colours found on the wings of tropical butterflies. The findings could have important applications in the security printing industry, helping to make bank notes and credit cards harder to...

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Copycat Behavior in Children Is Universal

Copycat Behavior in Children Is Universal

  8:04:00 PM    Science Lover

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Children learn a great deal by imitating adults. A new study of Australian preschoolers and Kalahari Bushman children finds that a particular kind of imitation -- overimitation, in which a child copies everything an adult shows them, not just the steps that lead to some...

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'Nature's Batteries' Powered Early Lifeforms?

'Nature's Batteries' Powered Early Lifeforms?

  8:37:00 PM    Science Lover

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Researchers at the University of Leeds have uncovered new clues to the origins of life on Earth.The team found that a compound known as pyrophosphite may have been an important energy source for primitive lifeforms.There are several conflicting theories of how life on Earth...

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Software that Learns by Watching

Software that Learns by Watching

  8:38:00 PM    Science Lover

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KarDo learns how to perform common IT support tests by observing what the experts do.Overworked and much in demand, IT support staff can't be in two places at once. But software designed to watch and learn as they carry out common tasks could soon help--by automatically...

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How Spiders Create Silk Threads

How Spiders Create Silk Threads

  5:55:00 PM    Science Lover

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How can a tiny spider body contain material for several decimeters of gossamer silk, and what governs the conversion to thread? Researchers at the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU) in Sweden can now explain this process. Artificial spider silk. (Credit:...

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Who Controls Identity on the Web?

Who Controls Identity on the Web?

  1:55:00 AM    Science Lover

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Facebook and Mozilla have contrasting visions for the future of your online identity. The race to own your virtual identity is on. In announcements made just days apart at the end of April, Facebook and the Mozilla Foundation launched parallel efforts to extend the way...

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Toward Deafness Cure: Inner-Ear Cells Created

Toward Deafness Cure: Inner-Ear Cells Created

  9:47:00 PM    Science Lover

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Deep inside the ear, specialized cells called hair cells detect vibrations in the air and translate them into sound. Ten years ago, Stefan Heller, PhD, professor of otolaryngology at the Stanford University School of Medicine, came up with the idea that if you could create...

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Why Is Breast Milk Best? It's All in the Genes

Why Is Breast Milk Best? It's All in the Genes

  2:05:00 AM    Science Lover

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Is breast milk so different from infant formula? The ability to track which genes are operating in an infant's intestine has allowed University of Illinois scientists to compare the early development of breast-fed and formula-fed babies. They say the difference is very...

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Quantum Move Toward Next Generation Computing

Quantum Move Toward Next Generation Computing

  1:44:00 AM    Science Lover

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Physicists at McGill University have developed a system for measuring the energy involved in adding electrons to semi-conductor nanocrystals, also known as quantum dots -- a technology that may revolutionize computing and other areas of science. These images show the electrostatic...

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Nano-Spider Molecules Behave Like Robots

Nano-Spider Molecules Behave Like Robots

  1:38:00 AM    Science Lover

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A team of scientists from Columbia University, Arizona State University, the University of Michigan, and the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) have programmed an autonomous molecular "robot" made out of DNA to start, move, turn, and stop while following a DNA...

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Brain's Master Switch Is Verified

Brain's Master Switch Is Verified

  9:20:00 PM    Science Lover

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The protein that has long been suspected by scientists of being the master switch allowing brains to function has now been verified by an Iowa State University researcher. Yeon-Kyun Shin, professor of biochemistry,  biophysics and molecular biology at ISU, has  shown...

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