Conscious Awareness in Babies
SCIENCE

Conscious Awareness in Babies

Researchers used human newborns as test subjects to examine the age-old question of agency. They were able to connect a baby's foot to a mobile device mounted on his crib and track the moment the baby realized he could influence his environment. [more…]

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Environment and Climate

Macron's climate finance summit fails

It was originally planned to be a turning point. French President Emmanuel Macron will host foreign leaders and finance ministers on Thursday and Friday at a neoclassical building built by Napoleon's orders to house the Paris stock exchange. [more…]

How Does Oil Dissolve in Seawater?
Environment and Climate

How Does Oil Dissolve in Seawater?

The research shows that crude oil exposed to sunlight behaves differently in colder oceans than in warmer oceans. This work will have implications for efforts to clean up offshore oil spills at high latitudes. Intervention [more…]

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Biology

Tear-rechargeable smart lens batteries

Researchers have developed a micrometer-thin battery that can power smart contact lenses and can be charged with a saline solution. Researchers from NTU Singapore have developed a smart contact that can store electricity when immersed in a saline solution. [more…]

Lasers classify recyclables
Environment and Climate

Lasers classify recyclables

Our world can be cleaned with the help of machine learning and materials science. Do you diligently recycle glass bottles, cans and cardboard boxes? Maybe it all fits in the right container and is less environmentally damaging. [more…]

Extraordinarily Detailed Images of the Sun - Image of solar granules or "bubbles", intergranular bands and magnetic elements in calm regions of the Sun (Credit: NSF/AURA/NSO)
Environment and Climate

Record Level in Photons from the Sun

Measurements were made of the sun's highest-energy radiation ever observed. As a result of these measurements, it is necessary to make improvements in solar models. Observations made since about ten years ago show that the Sun's GeV energy [more…]

More Effective Industrial Water Filtration
Environment and Climate

More Effective Industrial Water Filtration

The French Center for Scientific Research (CNRS) and the National University of Singapore (NUS) Department of Biological Sciences have joined forces to create a unique protein mimic that can self-assemble into porous structures. Pores have a lipid membrane [more…]

Application of Proton Therapy
Health

Application of Proton Therapy

By reducing particle loss in proton beams, a new method could improve the effectiveness of high-dose cancer radiation therapy and reduce patient pain. In the treatment of proton cancer, extremely high doses of proton radiation directly to tumors [more…]

Physics of Curly Sheet Structure
Biology

Physics of Curly Hair Structure

Michelle Gaines has developed a classification system that can help customers find the best hair care products by looking at the mechanical and geometric properties of curly hair. Having hair made of tightly curled tresses [more…]

Can the Spinal Cord Be Rebuilt?
Biology

Can the Spinal Cord Be Rebuilt?

Doctors are in a race against time when someone has a spinal cord injury. To minimize damage, doctors urgently operate patients and anti-inflammatory drugs ranging from over-the-counter pain relievers like Advil to the steroid methylprednisolone. [more…]

Time Perception of Children and Adults
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Time Perception of Children and Adults

If the perception of time changes with age, how and why do we perceive the passage of time differently? These questions were explored by researchers at Eötvös Loránd University. Many of us are stuck in the same three months as adults to those long summers of childhood. [more…]