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• Synesthesia: Why some people hear color, taste sounds
• Scientists create invisible objects in the microwave range without metamaterial cloaking
• Why we have chins: Our chin comes from evolution, not mechanical forces
• Medical marijuana liquid extract may bring hope for children with severe epilepsy
• Violent methane storms on Titan may solve dune direction mystery
• Chimpanzees show ability to plan route in computer mazes
• Dark Energy Survey creates detailed guide to spotting dark matter in the cosmos
• Mars might have salty liquid water
• Shape changing display could spell the end for the 2-D graph
• Solution-grown nanowires make the best lasers
• Hyper-stretchable elastic-composite energy harvester

Synesthesia: Why some people hear color, taste sounds Posted: 13 Apr 2015 06:43 PM PDT Researchers have shed new light on synesthesia -- the effect of hearing colors, seeing sounds and other cross-sensory phenomena.

Scientists create invisible objects in the microwave range without metamaterial cloaking Posted: 13 Apr 2015 06:32 PM PDT Physicists have managed to make homogenous cylindrical objects completely invisible in the microwave range. Contrary to the now prevailing notion of invisibility that relies on metamaterial coatings, the scientists achieved the result using a homogenous object without any additional coating layers. The method is based on a new understanding of electromagnetic wave scattering.

Why we have chins: Our chin comes from evolution, not mechanical forces Posted: 13 Apr 2015 03:37 PM PDT Why are modern humans the only species to have chins? Researchers say it's not due to mechanical forces, such as chewing, but may lie in our evolution: As our faces became smaller, it exposed the bony prominence at the lowest part of our heads.

Medical marijuana liquid extract may bring hope for children with severe epilepsy Posted: 13 Apr 2015 03:37 PM PDT A medicinal liquid form of marijuana may show promise as a treatment for children with severe epilepsy that is not responding to other treatments, according to a new study.

Violent methane storms on Titan may solve dune direction mystery Posted: 13 Apr 2015 03:37 PM PDT Titan, Saturn's largest moon, is among the most Earthlike places in the solar system. As the Cassini-Huygens spacecraft examines Titan, its discoveries bring new mysteries. One of these is that the seemingly wind-created sand dunes spotted near the moon's equator point one direction, but the near-surface winds point another direction. Astronomers may have solved this mystery.

Chimpanzees show ability to plan route in computer mazes Posted: 13 Apr 2015 01:13 PM PDT Chimpanzees are capable of some degree of planning for the future, in a manner similar to human children, while some species of monkeys struggle with this task, according to researchers.

Dark Energy Survey creates detailed guide to spotting dark matter in the cosmos Posted: 13 Apr 2015 01:13 PM PDT Scientists on the Dark Energy Survey have released the first in a series of dark matter maps of the cosmos. These maps, created with one of the world's most powerful digital cameras, are the largest contiguous maps created at this level of detail and will improve our understanding of dark matter's role in the formation of galaxies.

Mars might have salty liquid water Posted: 13 Apr 2015 10:06 AM PDT Researchers have long known that there is water in the form of ice on Mars. Now, new research shows that it is possible that there is liquid water close to the surface of Mars. The explanation is that the substance perchlorate has been found in the soil, which lowers the freezing point so the water does not freeze into ice, but is liquid and present in very salty water -- a brine.

Shape changing display could spell the end for the 2-D graph Posted: 13 Apr 2015 10:05 AM PDT Imagine your computer screen could change shape. Imagine if that screen could spring to life at the touch of a fingertip, translating numbers and trends into shapes and gradients you can reach out and touch.

Solution-grown nanowires make the best lasers Posted: 13 Apr 2015 09:56 AM PDT Take a material that is a focus of interest in the quest for advanced solar cells. Discover a "freshman chemistry level" technique for growing that material into high-efficiency, ultra-small lasers. The result is a shortcut to lasers that are extremely efficient and able to create many colors of light.

Hyper-stretchable elastic-composite energy harvester Posted: 13 Apr 2015 06:52 AM PDT Scientists have developed a hyper-stretchable elastic-composite energy harvesting device called a nanogenerator.

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