The study which was conducted by the researchers comprised of 20,000 DNA variants which explained 5% difference between the children's reading performance.
The distribution of wealth in America, highlighting both the inequality and the difference between our perception of inequality and the actual numbers.
Scientists from the University of Southampton and the University of Liverpool have developed a new method which has the potential to revolutionize the way we search for, design and produce new materials. Researchers explained that new Molecular Treasure Maps would accelerate the discovery of new materials.
The new material, Fullerite could scratch diamond because it was harder than diamond. Fullerite is a molecular crystal containing fullerene molecules at its lattice nodes.
The earth's magnetic field can be compared to a big coconut, which is protecting us from charged particle and cosmic radiation that bombard planet in the solar wind.
Scientists from MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology), WHOI (Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution) and the University of Southampton in the U.K. have identified a mechanism by which ocean waters may rise from the ocean's depths to its uppermost layers.
Mathematicians create the models to represent an infection spread. Using math, the predictions help understand how infection may infect the public in the future. The population of the people and all the pertinent data for calculating how an infection may affect a certain location to allocate treatments are used by mathematicians.
a team of archaeologists named GUARD Archaeology found 3,000 years old spearhead gold sword from a construction site in Scotland. the spearhead sword was enveloped with leather and wooden sheath.
Great Internet Mersenne Prime Search (GIMPS) has just discovered the largest prime number known yet. It is longer than the previously recorded prime number by up to 5 million digits.
Modder Sethbling created a mod that allows a BASIC interpreter to run and work in Minecraft. Minecraft, one of the bestselling video games of all time, has mods that lets players use computer programs like a Word processor and even run a computer inside the video game.
Pizzas are usually cut into triangles or small squares and sometimes considered as a reward for a long, tiring day. However, mathematicians from UK see it more as a pie equation that needs a solution, thus ditching the conventional slicing technique and introducing a whole new way to cut it into pieces.