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• The moral tipping point: Why it's hard to shake a bad impression
• DNA origami lights up a microscopic glowing Van Gogh
• Scientists move closer to developing therapeutic window to the brain
• Mantis shrimp roll their eyes to improve their vision
• Blue is an indicator of first star's supernova explosions: More than 13 billion years old
• Sharper than living matter permits
• How birds unlock their super-sense, ultraviolet vision
• 'Frankenstein' galaxy surprises astronomers

The moral tipping point: Why it's hard to shake a bad impression Posted: 12 Jul 2016 11:27 AM PDT People require more evidence to perceive improvement in someone's moral character than to perceive a decline, research shows. In other words, it is easier to become a sinner than a saint.

DNA origami lights up a microscopic glowing Van Gogh Posted: 12 Jul 2016 10:39 AM PDT A technique that allows humanmade DNA shapes to be placed wherever desired -- to within a margin of error of just 20 nanometers -- now removes a major hurdle for the large-scale integration of molecular devices on chips.

Scientists move closer to developing therapeutic window to the brain Posted: 12 Jul 2016 10:39 AM PDT Researchers are bringing their idea for a 'Window to the Brain' transparent skull implant closer to reality through the findings of two recent studies.

Mantis shrimp roll their eyes to improve their vision Posted: 12 Jul 2016 10:02 AM PDT Imagine rolling your eyes to help you see more clearly. Although it wouldn't work for humans, new research has shown mantis shrimp use eye rotations to enhance their polarization vision.

Blue is an indicator of first star's supernova explosions: More than 13 billion years old Posted: 12 Jul 2016 08:07 AM PDT Astronomers have discovered that the color of supernovae during a specific phase could be an indicator for detecting the most distant and oldest supernovae in the Universe -- more than 13 billion years old.

Sharper than living matter permits Posted: 12 Jul 2016 08:07 AM PDT Researchers have found a way to pinpoint the positions of individual molecules while at the same time measuring their activity and interactions in the same living cell. A dedicated cooling protocol on a microscope allows to pause cellular life at subzero temperatures, to let it continue to live again after warming.

How birds unlock their super-sense, ultraviolet vision Posted: 12 Jul 2016 06:33 AM PDT The ability of finches, sparrows, and many other birds to see a visual world hidden to us has just been explained.

'Frankenstein' galaxy surprises astronomers Posted: 12 Jul 2016 06:27 AM PDT About 250 million light-years away, there's a neighborhood of our universe that astronomers had considered quiet and unremarkable. But now, scientists have uncovered an enormous, bizarre galaxy possibly formed from the parts of other galaxies.

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