Some 40 years ago, physicists noticed certain metals were conducting electricity in a bizarre way no one could explain. New ...
How does a stripy tree snail hide from hungry birds? The Hypselostyla camelopardalis from the Philippines and Reinia variegata from Japan have both evolved a form of dynamic camouflage to survive.
Two tree-snail species change color in the rain to blend with wet bark (left). Water enters microscopic shell pores to reveal a dark layer underneath (right) — a power-free trick inspiring future ...
It took two scientists decades to find a new nitrogen-fixing organelle. It could change the future of sustainable agriculture ...
A newly developed framework for understanding the photoproperties of both natural organic matter and eumelanin, a natural ...
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A Soviet astronomer in the 1960s proposed a scale to classify hypothetical alien civilizations. Here’s why the framework is ...
Department of Chemistry and Center for Materials Innovation, Washington University in St. Louis, Campus Box 1134, One Brookings Drive, St. Louis, Missouri 63130, and Center for Integrated ...