An international team of researchers has found that diamond, the strongest of all natural materials, can bend and stretch much like rubber and snap back to its original shape.
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SCI-TECH | Scientists identify key ingredients in early Earth to create life
American planetary scientists have identified key ingredients that were in large concentrations on Earth nearly 4 billion years, a chaotic period when the planet’s chemistry improbably gave rise to the very first organisms.
CLIMATE | Melting of Arctic mountain glaciers unprecedented in past 4 centuries: study
Arctic mountain glaciers are melting faster than at any time in the past 400 years because of rising summer temperatures, a new study found.
SCI-TECH | Brain structure potentially lined with person’s risk-taking tendency
A study published in the journal Neuron has suggested that a person’s ability to tolerate economic risk is potentially correlated with connections between two areas of the brain.
SCI-TECH | AI models can help unravel mystery of human brain
Cognitive neuroscientists are using the newly-developed artificial intelligence networks to enhance the understanding of one of the most elusive intelligence systems from which they learned: the human brain.
SCI-TECH | Electrons capable of changing orbits: global study
A team of international scientists including Australians have observed electrons outside of their regular orbit for the first time.
SCI-TECH | R&D council highlights value of social innovations in health
The Philippine Council for Health Research and Development of the Department of Science and Technology (DOST-PCHRD) celebrated its 36th anniversary, noting the importance of social innovations in health.
SCI-TECH | AIM, Acer launch PH’s 1st data science corporate lab
The Asian Institute of Management (AIM), together with electronics corporation Acer, Inc., launched the Philippines’ first data science corporate laboratory at the AIM in Makati.
TECH NEWS | New quantum algorithm may help AI to predict future: study
An international team has shown that quantum computers can analyze relationships within large sets of data faster than classical computers, for a wider array of data types than previously expected.
SCI-TECH | Discovery may lead to faster-charging, longer-lasting batteries
Scientists at the US Department of Energy’s Brookhaven National Laboratory have observed an unexpected phenomenon in lithium-ion batteries, the most common type of battery used to power cell phones and electric cars.