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Brain-to-brain communication system overview. On the left, the brain-computer interaction subsystem is shown schematically, including electrodes over the motor cortex and the EEG amplifier/transmitter wireless box in the cap. Motor imagery of the feet codes the bit value 0, of the hands codes bit value 1. On the right, the computer-brain interface system is illustrated, highlighting the role of coil orientation for encoding the two bit values. Communication between the brain-computer interaction and computer-brain interface system components is mediated by the Internet. Image credit: Grau C et al.

Neuroscientists Demonstrate Direct Brain-to-Brain Communication in Humans

Sep 4, 2014 by News Staff

In a groundbreaking study, scientists led by Dr Giulio Ruffini of Starlab Barcelona, Spain, have successfully transmitted the words ‘hola’ and ‘ciao’...

A slice of the Laniakea Supercluster in the supergalactic equatorial plane. Our Milky Way Galaxy is located at the black dot at the origin of the supergalactic coordinates system. The colors represent density within this slice, with red for high densities and blue for voids - areas with relatively little matter; individual galaxies are shown as white dots; velocity flow streams within the region gravitationally dominated by Laniakea are shown in white, while dark blue flow lines are away from the Laniakea local basin of attraction; the orange contour encloses the outer limits of these streams, a diameter of about 522 million light-years. Image credit: DP / CEA / Saclay, France.

Laniakea: Milky Way Galaxy Found to Belong to Newly Identified Galactic Supercluster

Sep 4, 2014 by News Staff

An international team of astronomers headed by Dr R. Brent Tully of the University of Hawaii has determined that our Milky Way Galaxy lives in a newly...

Greenhouse camel cricket, Diestrammena asynamora. Image credit: © Andrew Blanchard.

Asian Cricket Invades Eastern United States, Study Finds

Sep 3, 2014 by News Staff

A non-native species of camel cricket known as the Greenhouse camel cricket (Diestrammena asynamora) has spread into homes across the eastern United States,...

Scientists Detect Neutrinos from Sun’s Core

Aug 31, 2014 by News Staff

A multinational collaboration of physicists has directly detected neutrinos created by the proton-proton fusion process going on at the heart of the Sun. Physicists...

Aquitanian Pike: New Fish Species Discovered in France

Aug 30, 2014 by Sergio Prostak

French ichthyologists led by Dr Philippe Keith of the National Museum of Natural History in Paris have described a new species of pike from the Charente...

The European rabbit, Oryctolagus cuniculus. Image credit: J.J. Harrison / CC BY-SA 3.0.

DNA Study Shines New Light on Rabbit Domestication

Aug 30, 2014 by News Staff

According to genetic researchers headed by Prof Leif Andersson of Texas A&M University, Uppsala University and Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences,...

These jars were unearthed in a palace in the Canaanite city of Tel Kabri. Image credit: Eric Cline / George Washington University.

3,700-Year-Old Canaanite Wine Cellar Reveals Sophisticated Winemaking

Aug 29, 2014 by News Staff

According to a team of archaeologists who have analyzed samples from about 40 large wine jars found in a 3,700-year-old Canaanite royal wine cellar at...

The Senegal bichir, Polypterus senegalus. Image credit: © Cam Gillman, via cichlids.com.

‘Walking’ African Fish Holds Clues to Terrestrialization of Vertebrates

Aug 28, 2014 by News Staff

A study on an African fish called the Senegal bichir (Polypterus senegalus) led by Dr Hans Larsson of McGill University shows what might have happened...

Artistic reconstruction of Haootia quadriformis. Scale bar - 10 mm. Image credit: Martin Brasier.

560-Million-Year-Old Fossil Provides Earliest Evidence of Muscles

Aug 27, 2014 by News Staff

Paleontologists Dr Martin Brasier of the University of Oxford and the Memorial University of Newfoundland, Dr Alexander Liu of the University of Cambridge...

H-ATLAS J142935.3-002836, an object seen by the Hubble Space Telescope and the Keck-II telescope on Hawaii with the help of a gravitational lens. In this image one can see the foreground galaxy that is doing the lensing, which resembles how our Milky Way Galaxy would appear if seen edge-on; but around this galaxy there is an almost complete ring - the smeared out image of a star-forming galaxy merger far beyond. Image credit: ESO / NASA / ESA / W. M. Keck Observatory.

Astronomers Spot Two Colliding Galaxies in Distant Universe

Aug 27, 2014 by News Staff

A multinational team of astronomers, led by Dr Hugo Messias of the Universidad de Concepción in Chile and the Universidade de Lisboa in Portugal, has...

The site of a 2,700-year-old Phoenician shipwreck. Image credit: © Groplan project / Timmy Gambin, University of Malta.

2,700-Year-Old Phoenician Shipwreck Found near Malta

Aug 26, 2014 by News Staff

Underwater archaeologists from the Groplan project, led by Dr Timmy Gambin of the University of Malta, say they have discovered the remains of a sunken...

This image shows a transparent luminescent solar concentrator module. Image credit: Yimu Zhao.

Scientists Develop Transparent Solar Concentrator

Aug 25, 2014 by News Staff

The newly developed transparent luminescent solar concentrator can be used on buildings, cell phones and any other device that has a clear surface, says...

Colorized map of Triton based on Voyager 2 images. Image credit: NASA / JPL-Caltech / Lunar & Planetary Institute.

U.S. Planetary Scientist Creates New Map of Triton

Aug 25, 2014 by News Staff

On August 25, 1989, NASA’s Voyager 2 spacecraft passed within about 40,000 km of Triton, the largest moon of the planet Neptune. In commemoration...

The 7,000-year-old metal awl from Tel Tsaf upon discovery. Image credit: Yosef Garfinkel.

7,000-Year-Old Metal Artifact Unearthed at Tel Tsaf, Israel

Aug 23, 2014 by News Staff

A 7,000-year-old copper awl unearthed at the archaeological site of Tel Tsaf, Israel, is the earliest metal artifact found to date in the Middle East,...

This is an optical image of the low-mass, second-generation star SDSS J0018-0939 (center), obtained by the Sloan Digital Sky Survey. Image credit: NAOJ / SDSS.

Astronomers Discover Signature of First-Generation Very-Massive Star

Aug 22, 2014 by News Staff

Using the High Dispersion Spectrograph mounted on the 8.2-m Subaru Telescope on Mauna Kea, astronomers led by Dr Wako Aoki of the National Astronomical...

Paleosols found inside Gale Crater on Mars are evidence of habitable environments, but have yielded no conclusive evidence of life. Image credit: Gregory J. Retallack.

U.S. Geologist Discovers Earth-Like Soils on Mars

Aug 22, 2014 by News Staff

Paleosols (ancient fossilized soils) filling the Yellowknife Bay geologic formation within the 3.7-billion-year-old Gale Crater on Mars are strong evidence...

A group of Neanderthals in a cave. Image credit: Tyler B. Tretsven.

Paleolithic Spaniards Ate Land Snails 30,000 Years Ago

Aug 21, 2014 by News Staff

Archaeologists led by Dr Alfred Sanchis Serra from the Museu de Prehistòria de València have reported evidence of land snail consumption from the archaeological...

Neanderthal. Image credit: Neanderthal Museum.

Neanderthals Coexisted with Humans for More Than 5,000 Years

Aug 21, 2014 by News Staff

Anatomically modern humans and Neanderthals were both living in Europe for up to 5,400 years, says a new study conducted by Oxford University researcher...

This false-color scanning electron microscopy image shows a microbial cell (arrow) with coccoid morphology found in a sample from Lake Whillans. Scale bar - 2 μm. Image credit: Brent C. Christner et al.

Diverse Microbial Ecosystem Discovered in Antarctic Subglacial Lake Whillans

Aug 21, 2014 by Natali Anderson

A team of researchers from the United States, Italy and the United Kingdom, has discovered a complex assemblage of bacteria and archaea in the waters and...