ScienceDaily: Strange Science News |
- Stretchable, wearable sensor made with chewing gum
- Faintest galaxy from the early universe, 400 million years after the big bang
- Storing electricity in paper
- Tuning chocolate flavor through yeast research
- Superflare: Sun could release flares 1000x greater than previously recorded
- Guardian ants: How far does the protection of a plant-ant species to its specific host go?
- Trap-jaw ants exhibit previously unseen jumping behavior
- Whisper gallery modes in silicon nanocones intensify luminescence
| Stretchable, wearable sensor made with chewing gum Posted: 03 Dec 2015 01:03 PM PST Body sensors, which were once restricted to doctors' offices, have come a long way. They now allow any wearer to easily track heart rate, steps and sleep cycles around the clock. Soon, they could become even more versatile -- with the help of chewing gum. Scientists report a unique sensing device made of gum and carbon nanotubes that can move with your most bendable parts and track your breathing. |
| Faintest galaxy from the early universe, 400 million years after the big bang Posted: 03 Dec 2015 11:24 AM PST Astronomers have detected a very compact and faint early galaxy that was forming 400 million years after the big bang. |
| Posted: 03 Dec 2015 08:13 AM PST Researchers have developed power paper -- a new material with an outstanding ability to store energy. The material consists of nanocellulose and a conductive polymer. |
| Tuning chocolate flavor through yeast research Posted: 03 Dec 2015 08:12 AM PST The yeasts used to ferment cocoa during chocolate production can modify the aroma of the resulting chocolate, research shows. The investigators noted striking differences in aroma among the chocolates made from fermentations using different robust yeasts. |
| Superflare: Sun could release flares 1000x greater than previously recorded Posted: 03 Dec 2015 05:17 AM PST The Sun demonstrates the potential to superflare, new research into stellar flaring suggests. New research has found a stellar superflare on a star observed by NASA's Kepler space telescope with wave patterns similar to those that have been observed in solar flares. Superflares are thousands of times more powerful than those ever recorded on the Sun, and are frequently observed on some stars. |
| Guardian ants: How far does the protection of a plant-ant species to its specific host go? Posted: 02 Dec 2015 09:42 AM PST Seemingly helpless against their much more lively natural enemies, plants have actually come up with a wide range of defenses. In a new study, researchers looked at the mutualistic relationship developed between a specific knotweed and an ant species. During a series of ant-exclusion experiments the scientists observed and subsequently reported an aggressive and highly protective behavior. |
| Trap-jaw ants exhibit previously unseen jumping behavior Posted: 01 Dec 2015 06:34 AM PST A species of trap-jaw ant has been found to exhibit a previously unseen jumping behavior, using its legs rather than its powerful jaws. The discovery makes this species, Odontomachus rixosus, the only species of ant that can jump with either its legs or its mandibles. |
| Whisper gallery modes in silicon nanocones intensify luminescence Posted: 30 Nov 2015 08:11 AM PST Silicon reveals new talents when reduced to nanoscopic dimensions. Silicon nanocones generate 200 times as much infrared luminescence as comparably sized nanocolumns when excited by visible light. Modelling and experimental results show that due to their geometry, cones are able to sustain what is referred to as whispering gallery modes at infrared wavelengths which can intensify the silicon luminescence. New applications are conceivable, including silicon-based nanolasers. |
| You are subscribed to email updates from Strange & Offbeat News -- ScienceDaily. To stop receiving these emails, you may unsubscribe now. | Email delivery powered by Google |
| Google Inc., 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, United States | |
No comments:
Post a Comment