Read more about the article China Announces Completion Of World’s Longest Arch Bridge As It Opens For Traffic
The world's largest arch bridge is completed and opens to traffic in Hechi, Guangxi, China, undated. It is a two-way, four-lane bridge with a total length of 2,488.55 meters. (Guangxi Transportation/AsiaWire)

China Announces Completion Of World’s Longest Arch Bridge As It Opens For Traffic

China has unveiled the world's longest arch bridge which it said combines groundbreaking technology with science as it officially opened to traffic. The Tian'e Longtan Bridge, a steel-reinforced concrete arch…

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Read more about the article Tiny Jellyfish Can Learn Like Humans Despite Having No Brain, Says Study
Image shows the Tripedalia cystophora jellyfish, undated photo. Research showed that it can learn despite having a simple nervous system. (Jan Bielecki/Newsflash)

Tiny Jellyfish Can Learn Like Humans Despite Having No Brain, Says Study

A groundbreaking new study has revealed that jellyfish are cleverer than biologists have ever thought, even though they do not have a brain. The experiment has revealed that despite having…

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Read more about the article Steel Was Already Used In In Stone Age Europe 2,900 Years Ago, Says Study
Image shows geochemical analyses used by the researchers to show that stone stelae on the Iberian peninsula that date back to the Final Bronze Age feature complex engravings that could only have been done using tempered steel, undated photo. This was backed up by metallographic analyses of an iron chisel from the same period and region that showed the necessary carbon content to be proper steel. (Rafael Ferreiro Maehlmann/Newsflash)

Steel Was Already Used In In Stone Age Europe 2,900 Years Ago, Says Study

New research by German scientists has revealed that Europeans already used steel tools nearly 3,000 years ago. The groundbreaking discovery was made after scientists from the University of Freiburg analysed…

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Read more about the article Scientists Break Record Converting Sun’s Radiation Into Electricity
Image shows the perovskite/silicon tandem solar cell, undated photo. The active bluish area in the middle of the wafer, which is enclosed by the metallic, silvery electrode can be seen. (Johannes Beckedahl, Lea Zimmerman, HZB/Newsflash)

Scientists Break Record Converting Sun’s Radiation Into Electricity

Scientists have developed a groundbreaking solar cell that can convert almost a third of the sun's radiation into electricity. The new silicon bottom and perovskite top tandem cell was created…

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Read more about the article Artificial Human Tissue On A Chip Could Replace Animal Testing
Star shaped patters are created (left), into which the cells can grow (right). (Technische Universitat Wien/Newsflash)

Artificial Human Tissue On A Chip Could Replace Animal Testing

Animal testing could slowly be replaced with experiments using artificial tissue thanks to groundbreaking work using lasers done by the Vienna technical University TU Wien. The idea behind the research…

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Read more about the article Prehistoric Giant Sloths Had A Chainmail Armour Made Of A Bone Mesh To Stop Predators Sinking Their Teeth Into Them
Palaeontologists found hundreds of pieces of bone that were immersed inside the dermis of certain large extinct mammals, between 2 and 12 millimetres in diameter, whose age for the area is estimated to be greater than 20,000 years, in San Pedro , Argentina. (Newsflash)

Prehistoric Giant Sloths Had A Chainmail Armour Made Of A Bone Mesh To Stop Predators Sinking Their Teeth Into Them

Prehistoric giant sloths had a chainmail-like armour made of a bone mesh embedded in their skin to stop predators sinking their teeth and claws into them, according to new research.…

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Read more about the article Hedgehogs Harbored Hospital Germs 100 Years Before Humans Discovered Antibiotics
A hedgehog, research shows a type of MRSA, that is an antibiotic-resistant superbug evolved as a result of fungus and bacteria on the skin of wild hedgehogs. (Newsflash)

Hedgehogs Harbored Hospital Germs 100 Years Before Humans Discovered Antibiotics

A new study that involved an expert from the University of Cambridge has uncovered that hedgehogs harboured antibiotic-resistant bacteria - widely regarded these days as 'hospital germs' - 100 years…

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