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- Seeing without eyes: Octopus's skin possesses the same cellular mechanism for detecting light as its eyes do
- Galaxy’s snacking habits revealed
- With one false tweet, computer-based hack crash led to real panic
- Male Java sparrows may 'drum' to their songs
- We have difficulty understanding the world map's edge
- How video gamers will be able to play in the cloud without guzzling gigabytes
- Supernova ignition surprises scientists
- Supernova collides with its companion star
- Toward 'green' paper-thin, flexible electronics
- Controlling light: Scientists tune light waves by pairing exotic 2-D materials
- New printing process makes 3-D objects glow
- Clever fish around the coast of Mallorca Island avoid fishing lines
- Is there life out there? Distant moons may provide the answer
| Posted: 20 May 2015 04:39 PM PDT The skin of the California two-spot octopus can sense light even without input from the central nervous system. The animal does so by using the same family of light-sensitive proteins called opsins found in its eyes -- a process not previously described for cephalopods.  |
| Galaxy’s snacking habits revealed Posted: 20 May 2015 04:38 PM PDT Astronomers have caught a greedy galaxy gobbling on its neighbors and leaving crumbs of evidence about its dietary past.  |
| With one false tweet, computer-based hack crash led to real panic Posted: 20 May 2015 01:01 PM PDT A false tweet from a hacked account owned by the Associated Press demonstrates the need to better understand how social media data is linked to decision making in the private and public sector, according to new research.  |
| Male Java sparrows may 'drum' to their songs Posted: 20 May 2015 12:16 PM PDT Male Java sparrows may coordinate their bill-clicking sounds with the notes of their song. Birds may communicate using both vocalizations and movement, as for instance occurs during courtship displays, but scientists' understanding of how they coordinate their movements with the sounds they produce is limited. To further investigate birds' communicative and musical abilities, the authors of this study looked into the vocalizations and bill sounds associated with singing in the Java sparrow, a song bird.  |
| We have difficulty understanding the world map's edge Posted: 20 May 2015 12:15 PM PDT Where do the aircraft pop up again? A new study shows that we have difficulty understanding how the edges of a world map are connected. Both adults and children have great difficulties to accurately indicate where an aircraft passing the world map's edge comes back to the map.  |
| How video gamers will be able to play in the cloud without guzzling gigabytes Posted: 20 May 2015 10:46 AM PDT Gamers might one day be able to enjoy the same graphics-intensive fast-action video games they play on their gaming consoles or personal computers from mobile devices such as smartphones and tablets without guzzling gigabytes, thanks to a new tool developed. Named 'Kahawai' after the Hawaiian word for stream, the tool delivers graphics and gameplay on par with conventional cloud-gaming, while using one sixth of the bandwidth.  |
| Supernova ignition surprises scientists Posted: 20 May 2015 10:36 AM PDT Scientists have captured the early death throes of supernovae for the first time and found that the universe's benchmark explosions are much more varied than expected.The scientists used the Kepler space telescope to photograph three type 1a supernovae in the earliest stages of ignition. They then tracked the explosions in detail to full brightness around three weeks later, and the subsequent decline over the next few months.  |
| Supernova collides with its companion star Posted: 20 May 2015 10:35 AM PDT Type Ia supernovae, one of the most dazzling phenomena in the universe, are produced when small dense stars called white dwarfs explode with ferocious intensity. At their peak, these supernovae can outshine an entire galaxy. Although thousands of supernovae of this kind were found in the last decades, the process by which a white dwarf becomes one has been unclear.  |
| Toward 'green' paper-thin, flexible electronics Posted: 20 May 2015 07:06 AM PDT The rapid evolution of gadgets has brought us an impressive array of 'smart' products from phones to tablets, and now watches and glasses. But they still haven't broken free from their rigid form. Now scientists are reporting a new step toward bendable electronics. They have developed the first light-emitting, transparent and flexible paper out of environmentally friendly materials via a simple, suction-filtration method.  |
| Controlling light: Scientists tune light waves by pairing exotic 2-D materials Posted: 20 May 2015 07:06 AM PDT Researchers take control of light emission using paired 2-D materials. They say this has the potential to lead to new kinds of light detection, thermal-management systems, and high-resolution imaging devices.  |
| New printing process makes 3-D objects glow Posted: 20 May 2015 05:33 AM PDT Conventional electroluminescent (EL) foils can be bent up to a certain degree only and can be applied easily onto flat surfaces. The new process now allows for the direct printing of electroluminescent layers onto three-dimensional components. Such EL components might be used to enhance safety in buildings in case of power failures. Other potential applications are displays and watches or the creative design of rooms.  |
| Clever fish around the coast of Mallorca Island avoid fishing lines Posted: 20 May 2015 05:31 AM PDT To avoid overfishing and aid in sustainable exploitation, the status of the fish stocks has to be monitored regularly. In many cases stock assessment is based on fishery-dependent data generated from fish markets or creel surveys. The assumption is: the lower the catches in a certain unit of time, the smaller the stock of fish should be. Biologists have now shown that some fish species show enhanced gear-avoidance behavior in regions with high angling intensity compared to fish exposed to low levels of exploitation near marine protected areas.  |
| Is there life out there? Distant moons may provide the answer Posted: 20 May 2015 05:26 AM PDT Researchers who have modeled planetary systems far beyond our own solar system have found that massive moons larger than Mars might be the best bet in the search for life beyond Earth.  |
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