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Researchers Identified Over 5,500 New Viruses in the Ocean, Including a Missing Link in Viral Evolution

Researchers Identified Over 5,500 New Viruses in the Ocean, Including a Missing Link in Viral Evolution

THE MAJOR CONCEPT, According to a new study published in the journal Science, an investigation of the genetic material in the ocean has uncovered thousands…
Palaeontologists Rejoice As Prehistoric Planet Presents a Realistic View of the Cretaceous

Palaeontologists Rejoice As Prehistoric Planet Presents a Realistic View of the Cretaceous

Documentaries on dinosaurs have always been difficult to make due to the fact that all of the creatures they focus on have been extinct for…
Monkeys Can Sense Their Own Heartbeats, an Ability Tied To Mental Health, Consciousness, and Memory in Humans

Monkeys Can Sense Their Own Heartbeats, an Ability Tied To Mental Health, Consciousness, and Memory in Humans

THE MAJOR CONCEPT, According to new research, Rhesus monkeys have a sensation of when their own hearts are beating. Interoception is the ability to detect…
New Magic Mushroom Species Discovered In Australian Wilderness

New Magic Mushroom Species Discovered In Australian Wilderness

A new type of magic mushroom has been discovered deep in the Australian bush, but experts aren’t sure where it is. Dr Alistair McTaggart, a…
Laser-created Exotic Magnetic Structures

Laser-created Exotic Magnetic Structures

The use of ultrafast laser light pulses to manufacture nano-sized magnetic particles has been discovered by researchers at Lund University in Sweden. The breakthrough may…
LTT 1445 – a Triple M-dwarf System

LTT 1445 – a Triple M-dwarf System

LTT 1445 is a triple M-dwarf system located in the constellation Eridanus around 22 light-years away. The primary LTT 1445 A star is home to…
Label-free Super-resolution Microscopy is demonstrated by Researchers

Label-free Super-resolution Microscopy is demonstrated by Researchers

Researchers have devised a new measurement and imaging method that can discern nanostructures smaller than the diffraction limit of light without the use of dyes…
Researchers Create Dynamic Metamaterials with 3D Kirigami Building Blocks

Researchers Create Dynamic Metamaterials with 3D Kirigami Building Blocks

A novel method of making metamaterials uses kirigami techniques to construct three-dimensional, reconfigurable building blocks that can be utilized to form complex, dynamic structures. These…
Mental Health Inequality

Mental Health Inequality

People with severe and persistent mental illness have a higher risk of poor physical health and a shorter life expectancy than the general population. Mental…
Higher Temperatures are now Possible with New Polymer Fuel Cells

Higher Temperatures are now Possible with New Polymer Fuel Cells

Hydrogen fuel cell technology is currently being extensively investigated around the world in order to create a dependable sustainable energy source. Global warming, natural disasters,…
Mushrooms May “Talk” To Each Other and Have Vocabulary of 50 “Words”

Mushrooms May “Talk” To Each Other and Have Vocabulary of 50 “Words”

The mycelium network is a way for mushrooms and other fungi to interact electrically. New study finds distinctions across species, which are characterized as having…
A New Study Aids Builders in Lowering the Carbon Footprint of Truss Structures

A New Study Aids Builders in Lowering the Carbon Footprint of Truss Structures

Buildings contribute significantly to global warming, not only via their activities but also through the materials used in their construction. Truss structures, which are crisscross…
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