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- 'Ghost particles' could improve understanding the universe
- Spider silk demonstrates Spider man-like abilities
- How stressful will a trip to Mars be on the human body?
- Engineered intrinsically disordered proteins provide biomedical insights
- Boxer crabs acquire anemones by stealing from each other, and splitting them into clones
- Sound waves create whirlpools to round up tiny signs of disease
- Exceptionally preserved Jurassic sea life found in new fossil site
| 'Ghost particles' could improve understanding the universe Posted: 31 Jan 2017 11:56 AM PST New measurements of neutrino oscillations, observed at the IceCube Neutrino Observatory at the South Pole, have shed light on outstanding questions regarding fundamental properties of neutrinos. The findings could help fill key gaps in the Standard Model, the theory that describes the behavior of fundamental particles at every energy scale scientists have been able to measure. |
| Spider silk demonstrates Spider man-like abilities Posted: 31 Jan 2017 07:44 AM PST Spider silk offers new inspiration for developments in artificial muscle technology. The silk of the Ornithoctonus Huwena spider demonstrates impressive weight-lifting abilities with efficient, water-driven actuation. |
| How stressful will a trip to Mars be on the human body? Posted: 31 Jan 2017 06:31 AM PST Preliminary research results for the NASA Twins Study debuted at NASA's Human Research Program's annual Investigators' Workshop in Galveston, Texas the week of Jan. 23. NASA astronaut Scott Kelly returned home last March after nearly one year in space living on the International Space Station. His identical twin brother, Mark, remained on Earth. |
| Engineered intrinsically disordered proteins provide biomedical insights Posted: 31 Jan 2017 06:31 AM PST Biomedical researchers have engineered the first examples of biomimetic structures composed from a mysterious class of proteins that lack any sort of internal structure. Researchers reveal the ability to control the self-assembly and disassembly of these structures in an organized manner. |
| Boxer crabs acquire anemones by stealing from each other, and splitting them into clones Posted: 31 Jan 2017 04:51 AM PST Researchers have described a little known yet fascinating aspect of the behavior of Lybia crabs, a species which holds sea anemones in each of its claws (behavior which has earnt it the nickname 'boxer' or 'pom-pom' crab). In a series of experiments, they showed that when these crabs need an anemone, they will fight to steal one from another crab and then both crabs will split their anemone into two, creating identical clones. |
| Sound waves create whirlpools to round up tiny signs of disease Posted: 26 Jan 2017 08:36 AM PST Mechanical engineers have demonstrated a tiny whirlpool that can concentrate nanoparticles using nothing but sound. The innovation could gather proteins and other biological structures from blood or urine samples for future diagnostic devices. |
| Exceptionally preserved Jurassic sea life found in new fossil site Posted: 25 Jan 2017 11:58 AM PST A trove of exceptionally preserved Jurassic marine fossils discovered in Canada, rare for recording soft-bodied species that normally don't fossilize, is expanding scientists' view of the rich marine life of the period. |
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