ANTHROPOLOGY | Modern humans diverged with Neanderthals at least 800,000 years ago: study
WASHINGTON -- A study on teeth fossils showed that modern humans and their closest relatives Neanderthals diverged much earlier than...
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CAR TECH | Researchers develop simulator for improving self-driving car safety before road test
WASHINGTON -- Chinese and American researchers developed a data-driven simulator that could improve self-driving vehicle safety before road testing. The...
CLIMATE CHANGE | Long-term exposure to carbon dioxide reduces grain quality: study
BEIJING, CHINA -- Researchers have disclosed that long-term exposure to carbon dioxide could enhance grain yield but reduce grain quality...
MED-TECH | Tiny robotic tool developed to detect, kill cancer cells: study
WASHINGTON -- Canadian scientists developed a kind of magnetic "tweezers" that can precisely bring minuscule bead robot into live human...
SCI-TECH | Researchers develop new type of flexible solar cells
BEIJING, CHINA -- Researchers have developed a type of flexible solar cell with high efficiency, according to China Science Daily...
CLIMATE CHANGE | Rainfall changes affect world’s crop-growing regions by 2040: study
WASHINGTON -- A new study showed that the rainfall on wheat, soybean, rice and maize globally would be changed by...
SCI-TECH | Scientists develop advanced method to examine molecules
JERUSALEM -- Israeli and Chinese scientists have developed an advanced method for examining the spatial structure of molecules, as published...
SCI-TECH | Scientists create first ant-like walking robot without GPS
WASHINGTON -- French researchers got inspiration from desert ants and developed a first-of-its-kind walking robot that can move without GPS....
SCI-TECH | Running an LED in reverse could cool future computers: study
CHICAGO, ILLINOIS -- Researchers at the University of Michigan (UM) ran a light emitting diode (LED) with electrodes reversed in...
CLIMATE CHANGE | New model shows transport’s impacts on human health, environment
CHICAGO, ILLINOIS -- Researchers at the University of Illinois (UI) have developed a model that can predict through 2050 the...