Science news..

• Discovery of New Material State Counterintuitive to Laws of Physics


• Silicon-Based Nanoparticles Could Make LEDs Cheaper, Greener to Produce


• Sleep Mechanism Identified That Plays Role in Emotional Memory


• Rapid Adaptation Is Purple Sea Urchins' Weapon Against Ocean Acidification


• Altitude May Affect the Way Language Is Spoken


• Infants Express Non-Verbal Sympathy for Others in Distress


• Scan Predicts Whether Therapy or Meds Will Best Lift Depression


• NASA's Chandra Turns Up Black Hole Bonanza in Galaxy Next Door


• Iron Fertilization, Process of Putting Iron Into Ocean to Help Capture Carbon, Could Backfire


• Easy and Effective Therapy to Restore Sight: Engineered Virus Will Improve Gene Therapy for Blinding Eye Diseases


• Male Guppies Reproduce Long After Death


• Filmmaking Magic With Polymers


• When Will the Next Megathrust Hit the West Coast of North America?


• Deep Biosphere Harbors Active, Growing Communities of Microorganisms


• Chalking Up a Marine Blooming Alga: Genome Fills a Gap in the Tree of Life


• Nano-Thermometer Enables First Atomic-Scale Heat Transfer Measurements


• Dad's Life Stress Exposure Leaves Mark on Sperm, Can Affect Offspring Brain Development


• Commonly Prescribed Drugs May Influence the Onset and Progression of Alzheimer's Disease


• Fingernails Reveal Clues to Limb Regeneration


• Harbor Porpoises Can Thank Their Worst Enemy, the Killer Whale, for Their Success


• High Diversity of Flying Reptiles in England 110 Million Years Ago


• New Kind of Variable Star Discovered: Minute Variations in Brightness Reveal Whole New Class of Stars


• Global Quantum Networks Based on Optical Fibers: Scientists Quantum Mechanically Couple Atoms to Glass Fiber Cables


• Sunny Super-Earth? Atmosphere of Super-Earth Exoplanet Observed for Time First by Two Japanese Telescopes


• Controlling Magnetic Clouds in Graphene


• Hands-Free Talking and Texting Are Unsafe for Drivers, Study Shows