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IBM packs 100 billion 3 D transistors into fingernail'sized 0. 7 nm chip
2+ hour, 45+ min ago (329+ words) Nanostack architecture doubles transistor density over IBM's 2 nm chip IBM in the United States has unveiled a semiconductor technology for a '0. 7 nm chip' that can place 100 billion transistors within the area of a fingernail. Although the actual line width has…...
[Science Through Covers] Science maps the protein structures behind red, green and blue vision
6+ hour, 16+ min ago (324+ words) Cryo-EM studies in Science reveal how three human cone opsins distinguish wavelengths and relay visual signals The cellular and biochemical processes by which humans distinguish colors have been studied relatively extensively. However, there have been limits to explaining exactly how…...
Separate Brain Networks Control Genuine and Forced Social Laughter
6+ hour, 16+ min ago (525+ words) Italian neuroscience team maps two distinct neural circuits for spontaneous and social laughter in epilepsy patients Laughter comes in two forms: involuntary "genuine laughter" that bursts out naturally, and "social laughter" that can be deliberately controlled. It has now been…...
University of Sydney reveals how the brain saves energy by treating surprises differently
20+ hour, 16+ min ago (362+ words) EEG experiments show predictable events trigger faster reactions, while unexpected events form sharper memories An experienced tennis player can intuitively predict the direction of an opponent's serve based on past experience and start moving even before the ball is hit....
[Science Through Covers] Nature maps sugarcane genome in high detail for the first time
1+ day, 6+ hour ago (375+ words) Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences team decodes 118 chromosomes of key cultivar POJ2878 to reveal sucrose storage mechanisms Sugarcane, a crop cultivated to produce sugar or as biomass (biological resources), has the ability to store large amounts of sucrose (the sugar component)…...
Korea National Parks cut roadkill by 33% in 10 years with wildlife crossings
1+ day, 6+ hour ago (1151+ words) " Supporting coexistence between humans and animals "At night, water deer and raccoon dogs use this path, and sometimes frogs and flying squirrels pass through as well. We even rub salt on one side so animals can lick it when they…...
Gold crowns from Silla era stay bright for 1, 500 years as atoms rearrange
1+ day, 6+ hour ago (395+ words) Tulane University team shows hexagonal gold atom arrays suppress oxidation by up to one trillion times Over time, iron rusts and copper turns green. Gold, however, does not tarnish even after centuries have passed. Until now, it was generally believed…...
Warwick University tracks ape laughter to map human language evolution
2+ day, 2+ hour ago (223+ words) Study of 13 great apes and 4 children finds shared tickle laughter rhythm dating back 15 million years A research team at the University of Warwick in the United Kingdom published its comparative analysis of laughter recordings from 13 great apes and 4 human children…...
Virgin Galactic drives space tourism boom as 650 people book suborbital flights
1+ day, 20+ hour ago (665+ words) NYT reports private space trips expanding from 11minute suborbital flights to multiday orbital stays and future lunar tours The growth of the space industry is expanding ordinary citizens" access to space. While for now only a very small number of wealthy…...
Euclid Space Telescope captures Milky Way core packed with 60 million stars
1+ day, 22+ hour ago (331+ words) ESA's 26-hour observation builds most detailed Milky Way center image to aid future exoplanet surveys European Space Agency (ESA)'s Euclid space telescope has captured an image of the center of our Milky Way containing more than 60 million stars. With…...