Electrical plugs and outlets come in many different shapes and sizes. Why do the holes in electrical outlets have such ...

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Its companion to the south has a stranger ghostly shape and an energy pattern that ... astronomers have dubbed clusters fun nicknames based on the shapes of their relics, such as the Toothbrush ...

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Both blind and sighted individuals show similar associations, which are learned through indirect, second-order word co-occurrences in language. Word embeddings from fiction texts predict these ...

A team of roboticists at Tsinghua University, working with a trio of colleagues from Beihang University, all in China, has designed a new type of microrobot that can continuously transform its shape ...

Researchers from Johns Hopkins University have identified three subtypes of senescent skin cells with distinct shapes, biomarkers, and functions—an advance that could equip scientists with the ability ...

However, not all eyebrow shapes suit every face type. The right eyebrow shape can soften features, highlight your best attributes, and add definition, while the wrong one might disrupt your ...

In an experiment reminiscent of the "Transformers" movie franchise, engineers at Princeton University have created a type of material that can expand, assume new shapes, move and follow ... that can ...