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Archaeology 19 hours ago

Remains of two men from central China shed light on ancient practice of punitive amputation

It's a scene straight out of a mystery novel: The skeletons of two unrelated men show signs of remarkably similar injuries. One is missing about one-fifth of his lower left leg, while the other is missing the same length ...

Social Sciences May 16, 2024

Swipe right or left? How dating apps are impacting modern masculinity

What it means to be a man is changing. Critical men or masculinity studies is an emerging robust research field that explores how men and masculinity are being transformed by shifting socio-economic, sexual and political ...

Nanophysics May 14, 2024

Scientists achieve giant Rashba–Dresselhaus spin splitting in 2D chiral metal-organic frameworks

A research team led by Prof. Li Xingxing and academician Yang Jinlong from University of Science and Technology of China (USTC) has developed two-dimensional (2D) chiral metal-organic frameworks as Rashba-Dresselhaus (R-D) ...

Social Sciences May 14, 2024

Looking for love: How we can fool ourselves when we are into someone

Can we truly assess whether someone finds us attractive? Cognitive psychologist Iliana Samara conducted her Ph.D. project on romantic attraction and discovered that men, in particular, tend to overestimate the interest of ...

Optics & Photonics May 14, 2024

New optical tweezers can trap large and irregularly shaped particles

Researchers have developed new optical tweezers that can stably trap particles that are large—about 0.1 mm—and irregularly shaped. While conventional optical tweezers use highly focused laser beams to trap micro- or nano-scale ...

Astronomy May 14, 2024

Researchers chart Orion Nebula like never before

Star and planet formation is a messy affair. It starts with the gravitational collapse of a gigantic cloud of gas and dust, which simultaneously produces massive stars, whose intense radiation field creates a harsh environment, ...

Biochemistry May 14, 2024

Researchers precisely characterize styrene oxide isomerase, which could help yield 'green' chemicals and drug precursors

Researchers at the Paul Scherrer Institute PSI have—for the first time—precisely characterized the enzyme styrene oxide isomerase, which can be used to produce valuable chemicals and drug precursors in an environmentally ...

Optics & Photonics May 13, 2024

Single pixel imaging enabled by fiber laser arrays is expected to achieve remote detection

Single-pixel imaging (SPI) is a novel computational imaging technique that has been widely studied in recent years. This technique only uses a single pixel detector without spatial resolution to obtain the spatial information ...

Biotechnology May 13, 2024

AI system can predict the structures of life's molecules with stunning accuracy

AlphaFold 3, unveiled to the world on May 9, is the latest version of an algorithm designed to predict the structures of proteins—vital molecules used by all life—from the "instruction code" in their building blocks.

Social Sciences May 13, 2024

Algorithms help people see and correct their biases, study shows

Algorithms are a staple of modern life. People rely on algorithmic recommendations to wade through deep catalogs and find the best movies, routes, information, products, people and investments. Because people train algorithms ...

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