Scientists analysed the beat of individual sperm tails (called flagella) to reconstruct their waveform mathematically. By understanding how individual sperm travel through fluid, the researchers say it will help us figure out how larger groups of sperm behave and interact – something that could be crucial for developing treatments for male infertility.
Despite all that processing power, it's been assumed that the cerebellum functions largely outside the realm of conscious awareness, instead coordinating physical activities like standing and breathing. But now neuroscientists have discovered that it plays an important role in the reward response - one of the main drives that motivate and shape human behaviour
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Neuroscientists Have Accidentally Discovered a Whole New Role for the Cerebellum
One of the best-known regions of the brain, the cerebellum accounts for just 10 percent of the organ's total volume, but contains more than 50 percent of its neurons. 👉 Share to your friends: @science
A big step towards a carbon-neutral future.
The discussion on climate has persisted for decades since we first discovered that there is a human-made influence on the environment. From then, many researchers have come together to finagle innovations that reduce our industrial carbon footprint.
One such innovation is the molecular leaf
The discussion on climate has persisted for decades since we first discovered that there is a human-made influence on the environment. From then, many researchers have come together to finagle innovations that reduce our industrial carbon footprint.
One such innovation is the molecular leaf
Scientists are claiming that the classification of two major dinosaur groups has been wrong for over a century, and if they're right, it would be like everyone realising that some types of "cats" are actually dogs
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After 130 Years, We Might Have to Completely Redraw the Dinosaur Family Tree
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This Mesmerising Time-Lapse of Cell Division Is Real, and It's Spectacular
Read here: https://goo.gl/z15BXi
This Mesmerising Time-Lapse of Cell Division Is Real, and It's Spectacular
Read here: https://goo.gl/z15BXi
Astronomers Say They've Discovered the Largest Magnetic Fields in the Universe
That includes a 'galactic sausage'
That includes a 'galactic sausage'
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Magnetic Fields
However, astronomers now think collisions between galaxy clusters are generating the largest magnetic fields in the cosmos, according to a new study in the journal Astronomy & Astrophysics.
New Technique Allows Us to See Living Samples as Small as 13 Nanometres: https://goo.gl/XLupJy
An Unexpected New Lung Function Has Been Found - They Make Blood... !!! No comments 👉 https://goo.gl/T3doPH
Synlight is the largest collection of film projector spotlights ever assembled in one room, and scientists in Germany are turning them all on at once in the pursuit of efficient and renewable energy: https://telegra.ph/Artificial-Sun-03-24
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The World's Largest 'Artificial Sun' Has Just Been Switched on in Germany
Scientists Create a New Kind of Liquid That Can Push Itself Along a Flat Surface
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Scientists Create a New Kind of Liquid That Can Push Itself Along a Flat Surface
Moving a liquid from point A to point B typically requires either a sloping surface or a pump of some sort to apply pressure. A new kind of material that is in early development requires neither, instead relying on a squirming skeleton of microscopic fibres…
Scientists Think They Have Another Reason Humans Became Smarter Than Our Ancestors - Blood
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Scientists Think They Have Another Reason Humans Became Smarter Than Our Ancestors - Blood
Anthropologists have been curious about the evolution of human intelligence for many decades. The main lines of research have involved archaeological finds concerning the use of fire, tools and so on. But what about looking for evidence in fossil skulls,…
Brain Cells We Thought Were Just Fillers Might Actually Be the Key to Our Body Clocks
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Brain Cells We Thought Were Just Fillers Might Actually Be the Key to Our Body Clocks
Scientists have discovered that brain cells that were once considered to be simple place-holders for neurons could actually play an important role in helping to regulate our circadian behaviour. Astrocytes are a kind of glial cell – the support cells that…
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This Object Has Been Sprayed With the World's Blackest Material, and It's Freaking Us Out
This Object Has Been Sprayed With the World's Blackest Material, and It's Freaking Us Out
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This Object Has Been Sprayed With the World's Blackest Material, and It's Freaking Us Out
Well, we've finally cracked it. Scientists have finally figured out how to paint a portal to another dimension, as prophesied by Loony Tunes' the Roadrunner. Who wants to try driving a (very small) truck right through that gaping void circle? In all seriousness…
Researchers have successfully used spinach leaves to build functioning human heart tissue, complete with veins that can transport blood
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Elon Musk launches Neuralink, a venture to merge the human brain with AI
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Elon Musk launches Neuralink, a venture to merge the human brain with AI
SpaceX and Tesla CEO Elon Musk is backing a brain-computer interface venture called Neuralink, according to The Wall Street Journal. The company, which is still in the earliest stages of existence and has no public presence whatsoever, is centered on creating…
Immortal Stem Cells Let Scientists Create an Unlimited Supply of Artificial Blood
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Immortal Stem Cells Let Scientists Create an Unlimited Supply of Artificial Blood
Researchers have developed a line immortal stem cells that allow them to generate an unlimited supply of artificial red blood cells on demand. If these artificial blood cells pass clinical trials, they'll be far more efficient for medical use than current…
A Mystery Space Plane Just Broke an Orbital Record - and We STILL Don't Know Why It's There
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A Mystery Space Plane Just Broke an Orbital Record - and We STILL Don't Know Why It's There
On 20 May 2015, the US Air Force launched a solar-powered, unmanned space plane into Earth's orbit to carry out its fourth top secret mission, and now, almost two years later, we're still no closer to figuring out what it's doing up there. The robotic X-37B…
The Arctic Is Turning Green at an Alarming Rate, and Scientists Finally Know Why
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The Arctic Is Turning Green at an Alarming Rate, and Scientists Finally Know Why
Arctic sea ice is turning progressively greener, and for years now, scientists couldn't for the life of them figure out what was going on. They knew the green had to come from blooms of microscopic marine plants called phytoplankton growing under the sea…
Giant Waves That Drive Weather on Earth Have Just Been Found Rippling Across Our Sun
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Giant Waves That Drive Weather on Earth Have Just Been Found Rippling Across Our Sun
Researchers have found evidence that the same giant, magnetised waves that ripple through Earth's atmosphere might also exist on our Sun. These waves are known as Rossby or planetary waves, and they usually occur way above Earth's surface, influencing weather…