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Mummified dogs, among other relics unearthed in Egypt

Washington, Feb 1: Mummified dogArchaeologists have unearthed an unusual grave containing mummi

Mercury's magnetosphere is more similar to Earth's than previously believed

Washington, Jan 31 : New information obtained by the NASA Messenger spacecraft has indicated that the magnetosphere of Mercury is more similar to Earth's than previously believed.

Blue-eyed individuals linked to a single, common ancestor

Washington, Jan 31: A new research at the University of Copenhagen has shown that people with blue eyes have a single, common ancestor.

Scientists design mathematical model to show generalists can thrive

Washington, Jan 31 : Scientists at the Ohio State University have shown that generalists can prosper in a specialist society, by designing a mathematical model which describes the circumstances tha

Now, 'nanonails' that can repel any liquid

Washington, Jan 30 : University of Wisconsin-Madison engineers and their colleagues from Bell Laboratories have created a material that can repel almost any liquid.
The material is made by sculpting a composed of tightly packed nanostructures that resemble tiny nails.
However, when electricity is applied, the liquid on the surface slips over the heads of the nanonails and spreads out between their shanks, and completely wets the entire surface in the process.
This unique material is developed by UW-Madison mechanical engineers Tom Krupenkin and J. Ashley Taylor and their team, who etched a silicon wafer to create a forest of conductive silicon shanks and non-conducting silicon oxide heads.

Galaxies on cosmic highways likely to form new stars

London, Jan 30: New observations from the Spitzer Space Telescope have revealed that galaxies on their way to densely populated galaxy clusters on cosmic filaments, are likely to form new stars.

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