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Numerous studies have linked social interaction to improved health and survival in humans, and new research confirms that the same is true for baboons. Scientists from Duke University studied more than 200 yellow baboon females from the plains of southern Kenya and found that those who were the most sociable – meaning they took part in social grooming more so than ... Read More »

Scientists synthesized a material that has been dubbed “the cousin graphene.” The 2D material is called germanene, and is made up of just a single layer of atoms. The material is expected to have impressive electrical and optical properties and could be extremely useful in the electronics industry, the Institute of Physics reported. Read More »

Previously unknown archaeological monuments have been discovered around Stonehenge as part of an unprecedented digital mapping project that is expected to transform our knowledge of this iconic landscape forever. The new findings are part of the Stonehenge Hidden Landscapes Project, which was led by the University of Birmingham in conjunction with the Ludwig Boltzmann Institute for Archaeological Prospection and Virtual ... Read More »

Contrary to popular belief, spooning is not always the best sex position for those with a bad back, according to new research from the University of Waterloo. Read More »

It’s relatively easy to trap molecules using lasers, yet they persist in rotating as if they were not trapped at all. But a new laser cooling technique has helped a team from Northwestern University stop a trapped, rotating molecule dead in its tracks. Read More »

A new electronic camouflage inspired by octopus and squid skin can alter its appearance to match its surroundings. “I think we’ve put together the key elements that are needed,” says John Rogers, head of materials research the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Read More »

A team of scientists at the University of Chicago has recently developed a new technique allowing them to record the quantum mechanical behavior or a diamond’s individual electron within a nanonscale defect. Their technique uses ultrafast pulses of laser light both to control the defect’s entire quantum state and observe how that single electron state changes over time. The work ... Read More »

When the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change recently requested a figure for its annual report, to show global temperature trends over the last 10,000 years, the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s Zhengyu Liu knew that was going to be a problem. “We have been building models and there are now robust contradictions,” says Liu, a professor in the UW-Madison Center for Climatic ... Read More »

The shocking news of an Ohio teen who died of a caffeine overdose in May highlighted the potential dangers of the normally well-tolerated and mass-consumed substance. To help prevent serious health problems that can arise from consuming too much caffeine, scientists are reporting progress toward a rapid, at-home test to detect even low levels of the stimulant in most beverages ... Read More »

Two years after scientists trapped the Higgs boson in the bowels of the Swiss Alps, another of the great puzzles of quantum physics has been caught in captivity. First proposed last year, the “Cheshire Cat” paradox plunges scientists into the world of Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, Lewis Carroll’s book. Read More »

Research from the American Heart Association shows that heart attack patients who arrive at the hospital at nighttime, during the weekend or on a holiday have a 13% increased risk of dying, compared with patients who arrive during regular hours. Read More »