The University of Osaka researcher shows that solid-state hysteresis can be described using thermodynamic state variables When the input variable X is changed as X0→X1→X0, the response Y of the system varies as A→B→C →D→A.…
Oldest relative of ragworms and earthworms discovered
Scientists at the Universities of Oxford, Exeter, Yunnan and Bristol and have discovered the oldest fossil of the group of animals that contains earthworms, leeches, ragworms and lugworms. This discovery, published today in Nature, pushes the origin of living groups of these worms (polychaetes) back tens of millions of years, demonstrating that they played an important…
Cell removal as the result of a mechanical…
Researchers at Kanazawa University report in the Biophysical Journal that the process of cell removal from an epithelial layer follows from an inherent mechanical instability. Moreover, the forces generated by an extruding cell can drive…
Astronomers detect regular rhythm of radio waves, with…
Jennifer Chu, MIT News Office CAMBRIDGE, Mass. -- A team of astronomers, including researchers at MIT, has picked up on a curious, repeating rhythm of fast radio bursts emanating from an unknown source outside our galaxy,…
State-level R&D tax credits spur growth of new…
Study also finds tax breaks for general business investment have slightly negative effect on innovation. Peter Dizikes CAMBRIDGE, Mass. -- Here’s some good news for U.S. states trying to spur an economic recovery in the…