1+ week, 22+ hour ago  (504+ words) At the center of the new design is an improved version of a widely used component known as a DC-DC step-down converter. These converters are found in nearly all electronic devices and serve as a critical link between power sources…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago  (1105+ words) Astronomers searching for extraterrestrial life have now identified the most promising places to look. Out of more than 6, 000 known exoplanets, researchers have narrowed the list to just under 50 rocky worlds that may be capable of supporting life. The findings, published…...

6+ mon, 2+ week ago  (223+ words) The five paths to a complex world Reading the genetic clock To overcome the gaps in the fungal fossil record, scientists use a "molecular clock." The concept is that genetic mutations accumulate in an organism's DNA at a relatively steady…...

5+ mon, 3+ week ago  (112+ words) The research brought together specialists from multiple countries and fields, including evolutionary biologist Eduard Oca'a, a Ramon y Cajal researcher at the Universitat Oberta de Catalunya (UOC). A revised timeline for the origins of life Fungi: the first pioneers of…...

1+ year, 1+ week ago  (216+ words) The team conducted experiments and reached out to colleagues at Tufts and Syracuse universities to construct simulations. Together, the collaborative effort determined that magnetism, strong magnetism, explains the inexplicable phenomenon Raykh had discovered. "When you look very closely at the…...

3+ mon, 4+ week ago  (504+ words) About ten years ago, researchers began exploring a bold idea: using bioluminescent light to see what the brain is doing in real time. Instead of shining light onto brain tissue from the outside, they wondered whether neurons could be made…...

4+ mon, 4+ day ago  (150+ words) "Our brain processes an enormous amount of data," says Shuai Fu, a graduate student in electrical and computer engineering at UMass Amherst and lead author of the study published in Nature Communications. "But its power usage is very, very low,…...

8+ hour, 23+ min ago  (638+ words) Engineers at Northwestern University have created printed artificial neurons that go beyond imitation and can directly interact with real brain cells. These flexible, low-cost devices produce electrical signals that closely resemble those generated by living neurons, allowing them to activate…...

8+ hour, 23+ min ago  (714+ words) A new study from Green Drill -- a project co-led by the University at Buffalo to recover rock and sediment buried beneath the Greenland Ice Sheet -- has revealed that the Prudhoe Dome ice cap completely vanished about 7, 000 years ago. This is…...

8+ mon, 1+ week ago  (619+ words) Hot tubs and saunas can both soothe aching muscles and provide welcome warmth, but hot tubs might offer greater health benefits. That's the takeaway from a new study done by researchers in the Bowerman Sports Science Center at the University…...