In evolutionary biology, Dollo's law states that evolution is unidirectional and irreversible. But this "law" is not universally accepted and is the topic of heated debate among biologists. Now a ...

New materials that have the ability to reversibly adapt to their environment and possess a wide range of responses ranging from self-healing to mechanical work are continually emerging. These adaptive ...

Reversing means to go back. Reversible changes are where a change to something can be undone again. The change is only temporary and the substance can be put back to how it was before. Irreversible ...

There is a deeply rooted supposition in evolutionary biology, that you can't go home again: Once an organism has evolved specialized traits, it can't return to the lifestyle of its ancestors. There's ...

The world of computing is in transition. As chips become smaller and faster, they dissipate more heat, which is energy that is entirely wasted. By some estimates the difference between the amount of ...

ANN ARBOR—In evolutionary biology, there is a deeply rooted supposition that you can't go home again: Once an organism has evolved specialized traits, it can't return to the lifestyle of its ancestors ...