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- 'Material universe' yields surprising new particle
- How cells 'climb' to build fruit fly tracheas
- New 'self-healing' gel makes electronics more flexible
- Comet fragments best explanation of mysterious dimming star
- Why bartenders have to ignore some signals
- Betrayals of trust: Human nature's dark side may have helped us spread across the world
- Words can deceive, but tone of voice cannot
| 'Material universe' yields surprising new particle Posted: 25 Nov 2015 10:35 AM PST An international team of researchers has predicted the existence of a new type of particle called the type-II Weyl fermion in metallic materials. The discovery suggests a range of potential applications, from low-energy devices to efficient transistors. |
| How cells 'climb' to build fruit fly tracheas Posted: 25 Nov 2015 10:00 AM PST Fruit fly windpipes are much more like human blood vessels than the entryway to human lungs. To create that intricate network, fly embryonic cells must sprout "fingers" and crawl into place. Now researchers have discovered that a protein called Mipp1 is key to cells' ability to grow these fingers. |
| New 'self-healing' gel makes electronics more flexible Posted: 25 Nov 2015 06:47 AM PST Researchers have developed a first-of-its-kind self-healing gel that repairs and connects electronic circuits, creating opportunities to advance the development of flexible electronics, biosensors and batteries as energy storage devices. |
| Comet fragments best explanation of mysterious dimming star Posted: 25 Nov 2015 05:41 AM PST Astronomers have responded to the buzz about a mysterious dimming star by studying data from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope. They conclude the dimming was probably caused by a family of comets passing in front of the star. |
| Why bartenders have to ignore some signals Posted: 25 Nov 2015 05:39 AM PST A robotic bartender has to do something unusual for a machine: It has to learn to ignore some data and focus on social signals. Researchers recently investigated how a robotic bartender can understand human communication and serve drinks socially appropriately. |
| Betrayals of trust: Human nature's dark side may have helped us spread across the world Posted: 24 Nov 2015 05:43 PM PST New research suggests that betrayals of trust were the missing link in understanding the rapid spread of our own species around the world. Moral disputes motivated by broken trust and a sense of betrayal became more frequent and motivated early humans to put distance between them and their rivals. |
| Words can deceive, but tone of voice cannot Posted: 23 Nov 2015 05:23 PM PST An analysis of the tone of voice used by couples during therapy allowed a computer algorithm to predict whether a relationship would improve. In fact, the algorithm did a better job of predicting marital success of couples with serious marital issues than descriptions of the therapy sessions provided by relationship experts. |
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