This Huge New Prime Number Is a Very Big Deal0
- From Around the Web, Science & Technology
- January 9, 2018
There’s a new biggest known prime number in the universe.
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Scientists design bacteria to reflect ‘sonar’ signals for ultrasound imaging0
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- January 5, 2018
New technology may one day allow doctors to image therapeutic bacterial cells in patients
Gardens under threat from ‘game changing’ plant disease0
- From Around the Web, Science & Technology
- January 5, 2018
A pest that can infect plants from lavender to cherry trees is of real and growing concern in the UK, say experts.
Four-dimensional physics in two dimensions0
- From Around the Web, Science & Technology
- January 5, 2018
For the first time, physicists have built a two-dimensional experimental system that allows them to study the physical properties of materials that were theorized to exist only in four-dimensional space.
How odors are turned into long-term memories0
- From Around the Web, Science & Technology
- January 4, 2018
Neuroscientists from Bochum have investigated why the brain stores some odors in a special way.
Scan technique reveals secret writing in mummy cases0
- Ancient Archeology, Science & Technology
- January 4, 2018
Researchers in London have developed scanning techniques that show what is written on the papyrus that mummy cases are made from.
Genes in Space-3 successfully identifies unknown microbes in space0
- From Around the Web, Science & Technology, Space
- December 30, 2017
Being able to identify microbes in real time aboard the International Space Station, without having to send them back to Earth for identification first, would be revolutionary for the world of microbiology and space exploration.
Plants Are Better at Complex Decision-Making Than We Ever Realised0
- From Around the Web, Science & Technology
- December 29, 2017
Pretty good for not having a brain.
Today’s archaeologists are putting down shovels and turning to tech0
- Ancient Archeology, From Around the Web, Science & Technology
- December 28, 2017
Move over Indiana Jones; it’s all about robots here in 2017!
The biggest scientific breakthroughs of the year, now in video form!0
- From Around the Web, Science & Technology
- December 28, 2017
Each year, Science’s editors and writers highlight a top research achievement as their Breakthrough of the Year.
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