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• A detector shines in search for dark matter
• Experiment attempts to snare a dark energy 'chameleon'
• People with psychopathic traits are less likely to 'catch' a yawn than empathetic folks
• Chameleons' swiveling eyes not as independent as once thought
• New, stable 2-D materials with revolutionary new properties
• Aquatic hunger games: Archerfish spit the distance for food

A detector shines in search for dark matter Posted: 20 Aug 2015 11:48 AM PDT Results of the XENON100 experiment are a bright spot in the search for dark matter. The team of international scientists involved in the project demonstrated the sensitivity of their detector and recorded results that challenge several dark matter models and a longstanding claim of dark matter detection.

Experiment attempts to snare a dark energy 'chameleon' Posted: 20 Aug 2015 11:47 AM PDT Is dark energy hard to detect because it's hiding from us? According to a recent theory, hypothetical particles called chameleons vary in mass depending on nearby matter: in the vacuum of space, they have a small mass and large reach, pushing space apart. In the lab, surrounded by matter, they have a large mass and small reach, making them difficult to detect. A new experiment seeks to find chameleons by lessening the screening.

People with psychopathic traits are less likely to 'catch' a yawn than empathetic folks Posted: 20 Aug 2015 09:57 AM PDT People with psychopathic characteristics are less likely to be affected by 'contagious yawning' than those who are empathetic, according to a psychology study.

Chameleons' swiveling eyes not as independent as once thought Posted: 20 Aug 2015 06:55 AM PDT By creating a computer game for chameleons, a team of researchers has found that the creatures' eyes are not really independent, as long believed, but rather engage in some sort of "cross talk."

New, stable 2-D materials with revolutionary new properties Posted: 20 Aug 2015 06:54 AM PDT Newly developed 2-D crystals are capable of delivering designer materials with revolutionary new properties. By protecting the new reactive crystals with more stable 2D materials, such as graphene, via computer control in a specially designed inert gas chamber environments, these materials can be successfully isolated to a single atomic layer for the first time.

Aquatic hunger games: Archerfish spit the distance for food Posted: 20 Aug 2015 06:07 AM PDT New research investigates the archerfish and its sharp-shooting ability, showing for the first time that there is little difference in the amount of force of their water jets based on target distance. And, when given the choice, the fish preferred closer targets.

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