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How Plants Use Tails To Distinguish Friend And Foe
Foreign RNA lacks the tell-tale tail, marking it for destruction by the plant immune system.
High Pressure Makes Super-Hard Ceramic Transparent
Windows made of cubic silicon nitride can withstand temperatures of up to 1,400 degrees Celsius.
Female Chickens Need Male Hormones To Develop Ovaries
Male hormones turn out to be more important for developing ovaries than testes, at least in chickens.
Four Legged-Robot Spontaneously Changes Gait
Researchers in Japan have designed a robot that uses decentralized control to change from walking to trotting and galloping.
Still No Solution To The Mystery Of The Missing Lithium
The rate decay of beryllium into helium is too slow to explain the Universe's missing lithium, researchers say.
One Quantum Dot, Three Possible Readouts
By being able to distinguish three spin states instead of two, researchers are able to store much more information in quantum dots.
Mapping The Complexities Of Protein Synthesis In Silicon
Protein synthesis is so complex that even a simple three subunit peptide requires almost a thousand different reactions.
Nature Index: Japan’s R&D Performance Strong But Declining
Although still one of the world's elite in R&D, Japan might risk losing its spot if it can't resolve the downward trend in research productivity, report says.
RIKEN Gears Up For AI Research With Powerful New Supercomputer
RIKEN is building one of the largest supercomputers in Japan for artificial intelligence research.
