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[ad_1] (left) A look inside an attosecond transmission electron microscope. (right) A continuous wave laser (red) intersects with an electron beam (blue) on a membrane. Laser light groups electrons (blue wavelets) into a train of attosecond pulses (modulated wavelet). Credit: (left) Andrey Ryabov, LMU Munich; (right) Mikhail Volkov, University of …

[ad_1] A band of clouds in a scenic river extending from South America to the Antarctic Sea Ice Zone on September 16, 2017. Credit: NASA Warm, humid rivers of air in Antarctica play a key role in creating huge sea ice holes in the Weddell Sea and can affect ocean …

[ad_1] Credit: Public Domain CC0 According to a University of Michigan study, a high-sugar diet reprograms the taste cells in fruit flies, blunting their sensitivity to sugar and leaving a “molecular memory” on their tongues. By examining fruit flies, researchers Monica Dus, Anoumid Vaziri and collaborators found that high-sugar diets …

[ad_1] ‘Unmasked’ bat foreplay: wrinkled-faced bats lower a fold of skin under the chin before having sex in a rare form of courtship Researchers found wrinkled-faced bats in the Costa Rican forest Experts were able to observe their bizarre mating ritual for the first time ever Found the male skin …

[ad_1] Nov. 11 (UPI) – With the publication of the genomes of 363 bird species, 267 of which have been sequenced for the first time, Project 10,000 Genomes has reached an impressive milestone. The project, a collaboration between hundreds of scientists in several dozen research institutes, is an effort to …

[ad_1] The remains of a supernova in the Large Magellanic Cloud, a dwarf galaxy located near the Milky Way. Credits: NASA / ESA / HEIC and The Hubble Heritage Team Massive bursts of energy that occurred thousands of light years from Earth may have left traces in the biology and …

[ad_1] CeFeAsO schematic temperature-pressure phase diagram. Credit: MPI CPfS Understanding unconventional superconductivity is one of the most challenging and fascinating tasks in solid state physics. Several classes of unconventional superconductors share that superconductivity emerges near a magnetic phase despite the different underlying physics. Two of these unconventional materials are heavy …

[ad_1] The flycatcher egg is lit to inject thyroid hormones specifically into the egg yolk. Credit: Tom Sarraude The environment provided by the mother during the development of the embryo has important consequences on health and life span in old age. This may result from the effects on cellular aging …

[ad_1] Europa, the sixth of Jupiter’s moons and the fourth largest, has an underground ocean covered in an icy shell. Despite evidence of plumes on the frozen moon, no surface features have been definitively identified as a source to date. It is also unknown whether the activity originates from near-surface …

[ad_1] Structure around an Si atom which has 5 covalent bonds with oxygen atoms. Credit: Japan Science and Technology Agency A Japanese research team has elucidated the microscopic mechanism in which amorphous silica is negatively charged as a vibrational energy collector, which is expected to achieve autonomous power generation without …