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- Scientists find surprise lurking in crocodilian jaw
- New metallic glass bounces
- Recent evolutionary change allows a fruit fly to dine on a toxic fruit
- 'Topsy turvy' ocean circulation seen on distant planets
- World's smallest diode created
- New state of matter detected in a two-dimensional material
- Gestures improve communication, even with robots
| Scientists find surprise lurking in crocodilian jaw Posted: 04 Apr 2016 07:10 PM PDT Researchers discovered that alligators have a previously unknown second jaw joint that helps to distribute the extreme force of their bite - the most powerful of any living animal. |
| Posted: 04 Apr 2016 12:30 PM PDT Engineers have generated a bulk metal glass that is unusually strong and shock resistant. |
| Recent evolutionary change allows a fruit fly to dine on a toxic fruit Posted: 04 Apr 2016 12:29 PM PDT Fruit flies in one lab happily eat a noni fruit that is normally toxic to fly species. Researchers there are probing the genetic basis for this ability, which may explain how insects adapt to new foods -- a line of research that could apply to agricultural pests. |
| 'Topsy turvy' ocean circulation seen on distant planets Posted: 04 Apr 2016 12:29 PM PDT The salt levels of oceans on distant Earth-like planets could have a major effect on their climates. A new study reveals that the circulation in extremely salty or fresh water extra-terrestrial seas would influence their temperatures -- and could in fact make for more habitable conditions for alien life. |
| World's smallest diode created Posted: 04 Apr 2016 10:39 AM PDT The world's smallest diode, the size of a single molecule, has been created. Scientists have constructed a theoretical model of the DNA molecule inside the electric circuit to better understand the results of the experiment. |
| New state of matter detected in a two-dimensional material Posted: 04 Apr 2016 08:15 AM PDT An international team of researchers has found evidence of a mysterious new state of matter, first predicted 40 years ago, in a real material. This state, known as a quantum spin liquid, causes electrons -- thought to be indivisible building blocks of nature -- to break into pieces. |
| Gestures improve communication, even with robots Posted: 04 Apr 2016 08:12 AM PDT In the world of robot communication, it seems actions speak louder than words. Scientists have discovered that by getting robot avatars to 'talk with their hands,' we understand them as well as we do our fellow human beings. |
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