[ad_1] Shape, color and brilliance. These are the three most salient visual characteristics of an object. Currently, 3D printers can reproduce shape and color reasonably well. The shine, however, remains a challenge. This is because 3D printing hardware is not designed to handle the different viscosities of paints that give …
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[ad_1] Research from Curtin University has shed new light on when one of the largest mass extinction events on Earth occurred, which gives new meaning to what killed Triassic life and allowed for the ecological expansion of dinosaurs in the Jurassic period. The research, published in the prestigious PNAS journal, …
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[ad_1] Chalmers University of Technology Studying the site of a spectacular stellar explosion observed in April 2020, a team of scientists led by Chalmers used four European radio telescopes to confirm that astronomy’s most exciting puzzle is about to be solved. Fast radio bursts, the unpredictable millisecond radio signals seen …
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[ad_1] ARC Center of Excellence for All Sky Astrophysics in 3 Dimensions (ASTRO 3D) MEDIA RELEASE: November 16, 2020 The orbits of ancient stars push us to rethink the evolution of the Milky Way Australian telescopes and European satellite team up to reveal unexpected movements among the rarest objects in …
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[ad_1] Scientists have developed an optical elastography technique that could revolutionize the accuracy and ease with which healthcare professionals can detect biomechanical changes in cells and tissues. A study derived from an international collaboration between the University of Exeter, the Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, the University of Perugia (Italy) …
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[ad_1] According to new research involving the University of Plymouth, animal groups consider multiple factors before deciding whether to fight rivals. Before one-on-one fights, animals are known to make decisions based on factors including the size and strength of the opponent, the outcome of recent fights, and the importance of …
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[ad_1] Paleoanthropologists have discovered a two-million-year-old adult hominid skull – the first known and best-preserved specimen of Paranthropus robustus ever found. Researchers from the Department of Archeology at La Trobe University in Melbourne, Australia, led the excavation, reconstruction and analysis of the rare male fossil from the main Drimolen quarry …
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[ad_1] In many species of bacteria there are peculiar hybrid structures called retrons which are half RNA and half single stranded DNA. Since their discovery some 35 years ago, researchers have learned to use backons to produce single strands of DNA in the laboratory, but no one knew what their …
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