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The future is here: Interactive screens on your packages

Scientists develop new way of attaching electronic screens to paper-based packaging Screens can display simple messages to customers Development could revolutionize packaging industry worth billions of dollars

Restoring ecosystems -- how to learn from our mistakes

In a joint North European and North American study led by Umeå researcher Christer Nilsson, a warning is issued of underdocumented results of ecological restorations. The researchers show that continuous...

Quantum dots enhance light-to-current conversion in layered semiconductors

Harnessing the power of the sun and creating light-harvesting or light-sensing devices requires a material that both absorbs light efficiently and converts the energy to highly mobile electrical current. Finding...

Behemoth black hole found in an unlikely place

Astronomers have uncovered a near-record breaking supermassive black hole, weighing 17 billion suns, in an unlikely place: in the center of a galaxy in a sparsely populated area of the...

UC Berkeley, Stanford find LA LGBT Center's canvassing conversations reduce transphobia

Researchers from Stanford University and the University of California, Berkeley, report in today's edition of Science that volunteer canvassers - both transgender and not - reduced voters' prejudice against transgender...

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Neanderthal Y chromosome offers clues to what kept us separate species

Researchers reporting in the American Journal of Human Genetics, published by Cell Press, have completed the first in-depth genetic analysis of a Neanderthal Y chromosome. The findings offer new insights...

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ORNL neutron 'splashes' reveal signature of exotic particles

Researchers at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory used neutrons to uncover novel behavior in materials that holds promise for quantum computing. The findings, published in Nature Materials,...

News: Report shows how to say goodbye to harmful algal blooms

Harmful algal blooms dangerous to human health and the Lake Erie ecosystem--such as the one that shut down Toledo's water supply for two days in 2014--could become a problem of...

HIV can develop resistance to CRISPR/Cas9

The CRISPR/Cas9 gene-editing platform may need a little bit more tweaking before it can be used as an effective antiviral, reports a study published April 7 in Cell Reports. Researchers...

Scientists invent robotic 'artist' that spray paints giant murals

Robots do many things formerly done only by humans - from bartending and farming to driving cars - but a Dartmouth researcher and his colleagues have invented a "smart" paint...

No more broken hearts

A team of the Lomonosov Moscow State University scientists investigated the genetic mechanisms underlying the development of the coronary atherosclerosis. The obtained results are potentially valuable for estimating the risk...

A newly discovered way for cells to die

This dying worm linker cell, captured by electron microscopy, has features in common with neurons that expire prematurely due to neurodegenerative disease.

New models predicting where to find fossils

An international team of scientists have developed a way to help locate fossils of long-extinct animals.

Physicists discover flaws in superconductor theory

University of Houston physicists report finding major theoretical flaws in the generally accepted understanding of how a superconductor traps and holds a magnetic field. More than 50 years ago, C.P....

Climate models underestimate global warming by exaggerating cloud brightening

Researchers at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory and Yale University have found that climate models are aggressively making clouds "brighter" as the planet warms. This may be causing models to underestimate...

Clearing the way for real-world applications of superhydrophobic surfaces

In their perspective article in the journal Science, researchers from Aalto University call for consistent and standardized testing of superhydrophobic, i.e. extremely water-repellent, materials.

Astrophysicists find triple star system with 'hot Jupiter'

Crisp, clear images of a "hot Jupiter" system captured by a University of Notre Dame physicist were vital in determining that a newly found planet inhabits a three-star system, a...

Function of mysterious RNAs may often lie in their genes

A new genetic clue discovered by a team co-led by a researcher at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania is shedding...

These trap-jaw spiders strike their prey with lightning speed

Mecysmaucheniidae spiders, which live only in New Zealand and southern South America, don't look like much. They are drab and tiny spiders that hunt for prey on the ground. But...

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Spending that fits personality can boost well-being

Money could buy happiness if your purchases fit your personality, according to a new study that examines nearly 77,000 actual UK bank spending transactions.

Primate evolution in the fast lane

The pace of evolution is typically measured in millions of years, as random, individual mutations accumulate over generations, but researchers at Cornell and Bar-Ilan Universities have uncovered a new mechanism...

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New predictive tool for assessing breast cancer risk

Harvard Stem Cell Institute (HSCI) researchers at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute (DFCI) and collaborators at Brigham and Women's Hospital (BWH) have identified a molecular marker in normal breast tissue that can...