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- Planet Nine: A world that shouldn't exist
- Introducing the disposable laser
- Algae use their 'tails' to gallop and trot like quadrupeds
- Imodium abuse: Anti-diarrhea medication containing loperamide dangerous for self-treatment of opiod addiction
- Medieval women better dressed than men
- Is it possible to cry a river?
- Customized snacks created through 3D food printing
- An experiment seeks to make quantum physics visible to the naked eye
- Microbes make tubular microtunnels on Earth and perhaps on Mars
- Economy flyers unite! Research shows air rage a product of class difference
| Planet Nine: A world that shouldn't exist Posted: 03 May 2016 10:15 AM PDT Earlier this year scientists presented evidence for Planet Nine, a Neptune-mass planet in an elliptical orbit 10 times farther from our Sun than Pluto. Since then theorists have puzzled over how this planet could end up in such a distant orbit. New research examines a number of scenarios and finds that most of them have low probabilities. Therefore, the presence of Planet Nine remains a bit of a mystery. |
| Introducing the disposable laser Posted: 03 May 2016 10:08 AM PDT Since lasers were invented more than 50 years ago, they have transformed a diverse swath of technology -- from CD players to surgical instruments. Now researchers have invented a way to print lasers that's so cheap, easy and efficient they believe the core of the laser could be disposed of after each use. |
| Algae use their 'tails' to gallop and trot like quadrupeds Posted: 03 May 2016 10:05 AM PDT Species of single-celled algae use whip-like appendages called flagella to coordinate their movements and achieve a remarkable diversity of swimming gaits. |
| Posted: 03 May 2016 10:05 AM PDT The over-the-counter anti-diarrhea medication Imodium, or its key ingredient loperamide, is increasingly being abused by people attempting to self-treat their opioid addiction, with sometime fatal results. |
| Medieval women better dressed than men Posted: 03 May 2016 07:46 AM PDT Women in the Middle Ages often wore better quality clothes than men, concludes an expert who studied textile remnants from the period from 400 to 1000 A.D. |
| Is it possible to cry a river? Posted: 03 May 2016 06:17 AM PDT Students examine plausibility of all the humans on Earth shedding enough tears to form a river - and fill an Olympic size swimming pool. |
| Customized snacks created through 3D food printing Posted: 03 May 2016 04:24 AM PDT Scientists are aiming to develop advanced food manufacturing technologies by combining expertise in food, material science and 3D printing technology. Healthy snacks with great textures are in increasing demand among consumers. Researchers have the long-term vision of developing high-tech vending machines that provide customized purchases. |
| An experiment seeks to make quantum physics visible to the naked eye Posted: 03 May 2016 04:24 AM PDT Predictions from quantum physics have been confirmed by countless experiments, but no one has yet detected the quantum physical effect of entanglement directly with the naked eye. This should now be possible thanks to an experiment proposed by theoretical physicists. The experiment might pave the way for new applications in quantum physics. |
| Microbes make tubular microtunnels on Earth and perhaps on Mars Posted: 03 May 2016 04:23 AM PDT Tubular microtunnels believed to be the trace fossils formed by microbes inhabiting volcanic rock interiors have only been reported in oceanic and subglacial settings. This is the first observation of such features in basaltic volcanic glass erupted in a continental lake environment, the Fort Rock volcanic field. |
| Economy flyers unite! Research shows air rage a product of class difference Posted: 02 May 2016 06:57 PM PDT We blame air rage on long flight delays, shrinking seats and a general decline in civility. But the first empirical research study into the phenomenon pegs another culprit -- class inequality -- for the reason passengers lose it when taking to the so-called friendly skies. |
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