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• Secure passwords can be sent through your body, instead of air
• Quantum computing a step closer to reality
• Outrageous heads led to outrageously large dinosaurs
• Creating antimatter via lasers?
• Climate change will see some males get sexier
• How wetlands and agriculture, not fossil fuels, could be causing a global rise in methane
• Consistency builds cohesion in the animal kingdom
• Scientists put a new twist on artificial muscles

Secure passwords can be sent through your body, instead of air Posted: 27 Sep 2016 10:48 AM PDT Engineers have devised a way to send secure passwords through the human body using smartphone fingerprint sensors and laptop touchpads -- rather than over the air where they're vulnerable to hacking.

Quantum computing a step closer to reality Posted: 27 Sep 2016 09:19 AM PDT Physicists have brought quantum computing a step closer to reality by stopping light in a new experiment. Researchers report that controlling the movement of light is critical to developing future quantum computers, which could solve problems too complex for today's most advanced computers.

Outrageous heads led to outrageously large dinosaurs Posted: 27 Sep 2016 08:17 AM PDT Theropod dinosaur species with bony crests, horns and knobs evolved to giant body sizes 20 times faster than those species lacking such embellishments, new research has concluded.

Creating antimatter via lasers? Posted: 27 Sep 2016 08:16 AM PDT Intriguing calculations explain the production and dynamics of electrons and positrons from ultrahigh-intensity laser-matter interactions. In other words: They've calculated how to create matter and antimatter via lasers.

Climate change will see some males get sexier Posted: 27 Sep 2016 05:33 AM PDT A common marine crustacean has shown researchers that it's all set to beat climate change -- the males will get more attractive to the females, with a resulting population explosion.

How wetlands and agriculture, not fossil fuels, could be causing a global rise in methane Posted: 27 Sep 2016 05:29 AM PDT Recent rises in levels of methane in our atmosphere is being driven by biological sources, such as swamp gas, cow burps, or rice fields, rather than fossil fuel emissions, new research suggests.

Consistency builds cohesion in the animal kingdom Posted: 27 Sep 2016 05:27 AM PDT A wide range of animals -- from shoals of fish, to swarms of locusts, to zebras on the Serengeti -- live in tightly-coordinated social groups. This can help them avoid predation and find food, but the collective coordination it requires can be a challenge. New research indicates that fish with consistent personalities are more successful in social groups and better at helping to build tighter shoals.

Scientists put a new twist on artificial muscles Posted: 26 Sep 2016 07:14 PM PDT A high-tech twist has been put on the ancient art of fiber spinning, using modern materials to create ultra-strong, powerful, shape-shifting yarns. A new report describes the path to developing a new class of artificial muscles made from highly twisted fibers of various materials, ranging from exotic carbon nanotubes to ordinary nylon thread and polymer fishing line.

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