The modalities and date of emergence of bipedalism remain bitterly debated, in particular because of a small number of very old human fossils. Sahelanthropus tchadensis, discovered in 2001 in Chad,… Read More »Sahelanthropus, the oldest representative of humanity, was indeed bipedal…but that’s not all!
Engineers have designed a battery made from inexpensive, abundant materials, that could provide low-cost backup storage for renewable energy sources. Less expensive than lithium-ion battery technology, the new architecture uses… Read More »A new concept for low-cost batteries
Someone taps your shoulder. The organized touch receptors in your skin send a message to your brain, which processes the information and directs you to look left, in the direction… Read More »Researchers engineer novel material capable of ‘thinking’
Tiny materials hold big mysteries, the solutions to which could bring about next-generation electronics. An international collaboration led by researchers based in Japan has solved the whodunit of cryptic overtone… Read More »Researchers reveal origin of ultrafast mystery signals in valleytronic materials
A new analysis of a beaver anklebone fossil found in Montana suggests the evolution of semi-aquatic beavers may have occurred at least 7 million years earlier than previously thought, and… Read More »30-million-year-old amphibious beaver fossil is oldest ever found