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19 Creepy Things Discovered Lying In The Ocean

The ocean is wide, deep, and full of mystery. It is one of the parts of the Earth most people have yet to see. We’ve always loved to swim at the beach and be amazed with colorful coral reefs as we snorkel, but we’ve never really known everything about the waters – the deepest, darkest

Scientists develop a semiconductor nanocomposite material that moves in response to light

A revolutionary, light-activated semiconductor nanocomposite material has been created that can be used in a variety of applications, including microscopic actuators and grippers for surgical robots, light-powered micro-mirrors for optical telecommunications systems, and more efficient solar cells and photodetectors.

A research team at Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) has developed a revolutionary, light-activated semiconductor nanocomposite material that can be used in a variety of applications, including microscopic actuators and grippers for surgical robots, light-powered micro-mirrors for optical telecommunications systems, and more efficient solar cells and photodetectors.

"This is a new area of science," said Balaji Panchapakesan, associate professor of

Engineering a Better Body and the End of Disease

THERE ARE TWO kinds of people in Washington, DC, says entrepreneur Dean

Obama Wants to Leave the Oval Office to a Pro-Science POTUS

President Obama speaks at the Frontiers conference in Pittsburgh, Oct, 13, 2016.

BARACK OBAMA WON’T be president for much longer. But while he still is, he’s

European XFEL to shine as brightest, fastest x-ray source

On the 6th October the €1.4 billion European x-ray free electron laser (XFEL) officially started a 4-month period in which the facility's superconducting electron accelerator will be put through its paces.

Next June it will be producing the world's brightest and fastest pulses of x-ray light to

3 Britons Win Nobel Prize In Physics For Revealing Secrets Of Exotic Matter

STOCKHOLM - British-born scientists David Thouless, Duncan Haldaneand Michael Kosterlitz won the 2016 Nobel Prize for Physics on Tuesday for their studies of unusual states of matter, which may open up new applications in electronics.

Their discoveries, using advanced mathematics, had boosted research in..

How the brain decides between effort and reward

In a new study, researchers investigated what parts of the brain may be involved in deciding if something is worth the effort. The team found a relevant pattern of activity in three areas of the brain, the supplementary motor area (SMA), dorsal anterior cingulate cortex (dACC) and putamen

Artistic rendering of human brain (stock image)

Every action we take involves a cost to us in physical energy, yet studies about decision-making have tended to look at how we weight up external costs like risks or time. However, being unwilling to exert effort is a symptom for a range of mental disorders, so understanding how the brain processes decisions about effort versus reward could provide insights into these conditions.

In a study supported by the Wellcome