Fibres from the Australian native spinifex grass are being used to improve latex that could be used to make condoms as thin as a human hair without any loss in strength.
Materials Science
Feb 9, 2016
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For the first time horses have been shown to be able to distinguish between angry and happy human facial expressions.
Plants & Animals
Feb 9, 2016
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Wild tomatoes are better able to protect themselves against the destructive whitefly than our modern, commercial varieties, new research has shown.
Biotechnology
Feb 9, 2016
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Biologists from Queen Mary University of London (QMUL) have discovered the genes in starfish that encode neuropeptides - a common type of chemical found in human brains. The revelation gives researchers new insights into ...
Plants & Animals
Feb 9, 2016
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Planes flying between Europe and North America will be spending more time in the air due to the effects of climate change, a new study has shown.
Environment
Feb 9, 2016
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Seismic, deformation, and gas activity (unrest) typically precedes volcanic eruptions. Tracking the changes of this activity with monitoring data makes it increasingly possible to successfully forecast eruptions from stratovolcanoes. ...
Earth Sciences
Feb 9, 2016
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Ask Americans to name the former U.S. president whose face currently graces the U.S. $10 dollar bill and most will be quick to answer Alexander Hamilton.
Social Sciences
Feb 9, 2016
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Google is helping to promote the fight against extremism through its own digital advertising network.
Internet
Feb 9, 2016
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Two agencies contend Facebook is breaching privacy laws in France by tracking and using the personal data of more than 30 million users, as well as non-users who are browsing the Internet.
Internet
Feb 9, 2016
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Michael "Burnie" Burns hears a discrepancy. Before greeting moviegoers at the debut of his film, the writer-actor is eavesdropping on all the big-budget movie trailers playing ahead of his much smaller crowdfunded concoction, ...
Internet
Feb 9, 2016
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