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December 18, 2024
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Dec. 16, 2024 — Researchers have uncovered unexpected diversity in the genetic processes that determine the sex of the African clawed frog, a significant discovery in what was already one of the most widely studied ...
Dec. 18, 2024 — While volcanism caused a temporary cold period, the effects had already worn off thousands of years before the meteorite, the ultimate cause of the dinosaur extinction event, ...
Dec. 18, 2024 — A fragment of 'lost' music found in the pages of Scotland's first full-length printed book is providing clues to what music sounded like five centuries ago. Scholars have been investigating the origins of the musical score -- which contains only 55 ...
Dec. 18, 2024 — Galaxy clusters -- the big cities of the universe -- are home to many giant elliptical galaxies that have completed their growth and are not forming stars. However, it is still unclear what has shut ...
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Dec. 18, 2024 — Scientists recently led a team that found, for the first time, that Chiron has surface chemistry unlike other centaurs. Its surface it has both ...
Dec. 18, 2024 — A study of more than 26,000 white dwarf stars has confirmed a long-predicted but elusive effect in these ultra-dense, dying stars: Hotter white ...
Dec. 18, 2024 — Scientists have spotted a massive black hole in the early universe that is 'napping' after stuffing itself with too much food. Like a bear gorging ...
Dec. 18, 2024 — Scientists have developed swarms of tiny magnetic robots that work together like ants to achieve Herculean feats, including traversing and picking up ...
Dec. 18, 2024 — California ground squirrels hunt, kill and eat voles, reveals a new study documenting evidence of widespread carnivorous behavior among ...
Dec. 18, 2024 — Scientists propose a 'remelting' of the Moon's surface 4.35 billion years ago due to the tidal pull of Earth causing widespread geological upheaval and intense ...
Dec. 17, 2024 — If the experience of watching a FIFA World Cup soccer final is intense, spare a thought for the players, who are competing at an ever increasing intensity, according to a new ...
Dec. 17, 2024 — A future where lightweight car parts can be made with a 3D printer is here, thanks to multi-material additive manufacturing ...
Dec. 17, 2024 — Microgravity is known to alter the muscles, bones, the immune system and cogni tion, but little is known about its specific impact on the brain. To ...
Dec. 17, 2024 — The holidays are in full swing and people are shopping, wrapping and packing to visit loved ones. Along with the extra fees for checked baggage and seat upgrades, some airlines are also considering ...
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Dec. 17, 2024 — String theory remains elusive as a 'provable' phenomenon. But a team of physicists has now taken a significant step forward in validating string theory by using an innovative mathematical ...
Dec. 17, 2024 — An international team of researchers has detected a binary star orbiting close to Sagittarius A*, the supermassive black hole at the centre of our galaxy. It is the first time a stellar pair has been ...
Dec. 17, 2024 — Infertility affects an estimated 186 million people worldwide, with fallopian tube obstruction contributing to 11%-67% of female infertility cases. Researchers have developed an innovative solution ...
Dec. 16, 2024 — The combination of low temperature, atmospheric pressure and water vapor pressure on Mars means any liquid water found there would likely freeze, boil or evaporate immediately, making its presence ...
Dec. 16, 2024 — When analyzing artworks, understanding the visual clarity of compositions is crucial. Inspired by digital artists, researchers have created a metric to quantify clarity in digital images. As a ...
Dec. 16, 2024 — Recent measurements with the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) cast doubt on the current understanding of the exoplanet Trappist-1 b's nature. Until now, it was assumed to be a dark rocky planet ...
Dec. 16, 2024 — Anthropologists argue physical artifacts of human exploration on Mars deserve cataloging, preservation and care in order to chronicle humanity's first attempts at interplanetary ...
Dec. 16, 2024 — Analysis of the remains of at least 37 individuals from Early Bronze Age England finds they were killed, butchered, and probably consumed before being thrown down a 15m-deep shaft. It is the ...
Dec. 13, 2024 — The galaxy M87, located in the Virgo constellation, provided the first-ever photo of a black hole in 2019, when the Event Horizon Telescope captured an image of the supermassive black hole at the ...
Dec. 13, 2024 — A new study points to why, and how, Io became the most volcanic body in the solar ...
Dec. 12, 2024 — Researchers are linking human activity to increased gene transfer from soil bacteria to ...
Dec. 12, 2024 — A research team has developed an ultra-thin, flexible film that could power next-generation wearable devices using body heat, eliminating the need for ...
Dec. 12, 2024 — Stars similar to the Sun produce a gigantic outburst of radiation on average about once every hundred years per star. Such superflares release more energy than a trillion hydrogen bombs and make all ...
Dec. 12, 2024 — Neanderthal genes make up 1-2% of the genomes of non-Africans. Scientists analyzed the lengths of regions of Neanderthal DNA in 58 ancient Eurasian genomes of early modern humans and determined that ...
Dec. 12, 2024 — Using data from 23 studies of what psychologists call 'inequity aversion,' researchers combed through results of more than 60,000 observations involving 18 animal species. In what they said ...
Dec. 12, 2024 — Researchers have uncovered in anglerfish a specialized motor neuron population for the first dorsal fin used for 'fishing'. When the first dorsal fin evolved from a swimming and buoyancy ...
Dec. 12, 2024 — Scientists have today announced the discovery of a species of lipstick vine completely new to science, from the depths of the Philippine rainforest. The team of botanists made the discovery during an ...
Dec. 12, 2024 — Genetic variants that determine the shape of your teeth -- including a gene inherited from Neanderthals -- have been identified by a team of ...
Dec. 12, 2024 — Theoretical physicists along with an experimental team have found evidence of a quantum spin liquid in a material known as pyrochlore cerium stannate. They achieved this by combining state-of-the-art ...
Dec. 12, 2024 — Thanks for a powerful antioxidant, Deinococcus radiodurans can withstand radiation doses 28,000 times greater than what would kill a human. In a new study, scientists discovered how the antioxidant ...
Tuesday, December 17, 2024
- Physicists 'bootstrap' Validity of String Theory
- Binary Star Found Near Our Galaxy's Supermassive Black Hole
- Tiny Robots, Big Impact: Revolutionizing Infertility Treatment With Magnetic Microrobots
Monday, December 16, 2024
- New Paper Examines the Elusive Nature of Liquid Brines on Mars
- Physics and Emote Design: Quantifying Clarity in Digital Images
- Does the Exoplanet Trappist-1 B Have an Atmosphere After All?
- Anthropologists Call for Tracking and Preservation of Human Artifacts on Mars
- Butchered Bones Suggest Violent 'othering' Of Enemies in Bronze Age Britain
Friday, December 13, 2024
- Astrophysicists Capture Astonishing Images of Gamma-Ray Flare from Supermassive Black Hole M87
- Heart of Jovian Moon's Volcanic Rage
Thursday, December 12, 2024
- How the Dirt Under Our Feet Could Affect Human Health
- Breakthrough Brings Body-Heat Powered Wearable Devices Closer to Reality
- Superflares Once Per Century
- A New Timeline for Neanderthal Interbreeding With Modern Humans
- Do Animals Get Jealous Like People? Researchers Say It's Complicated
- Unique Motor Control System of Anglerfish's Specialized 'fishing Rod' Discovered
- Botanists Name Beautiful New Species of 'lipstick Vine' From the Philippine Rainforest
- Genes That Determine Tooth Shape Identified
- Researchers Uncover Strong Light-Matter Interactions in Quantum Spin Liquids
- How 'Conan the Bacterium' Withstands Extreme Radiation
Wednesday, December 11, 2024
- A New Galaxy, Much Like Our Own
- AI Thought Knee X-Rays Show If You Drink Beer -- They Don't
- Minuscule Robots for Targeted Drug Delivery
- Fast, Rewritable Computing With DNA Origami Registers
- Uncovering the Pigments and Techniques Used to Paint the Berlin Wall
- Recycling Human, Animal Excreta Reduces Need for Fertilizers
- Researchers Discover New Third Class of Magnetism That Could Transform Digital Devices
- Scientists Transform Ubiquitous Skin Bacterium Into a Topical Vaccine
- Biological Diversity Is Not Just the Result of Genes
- Buffalo Besties: Feral Female Buffalo Build Friendships Based on Similar Personality Traits
- New Research Unlocks Jaw-Dropping Evolution of Lizards and Snakes
Tuesday, December 10, 2024
- Particle That Only Has Mass When Moving in One Direction Observed for First Time
- A New Discovery About the Source of the Vast Energy in Cosmic Rays
- Tiny Poops in the Ocean May Help Solve the Carbon Problem
- Delivering Medicines With Microscopic 'flowers'
- Sculpting the Brain (Without Chisel or Scalpel)
Monday, December 9, 2024
- Researchers 'see' Vulnerability to Gaming Addiction in the Adolescent Brain
- Scientists Create AI That 'watches' Videos by Mimicking the Brain
- Dogs Use Two-Word Button Combos to Communicate
- Earliest Deep-Cave Ritual Compound in Southwest Asia Discovered
- Mars' Infamous Dust Storms Can Engulf the Entire Planet: A New Study Examines How
- Not So Simple Machines: Cracking the Code for Materials That Can Learn
- Black Hole Debate Settled? Stellar-Mass Black Holes Found at the Heart of the Milky Way's Largest Star Cluster
- Space-Time Crystals, an Important Step Toward New Optical Materials
- Judging Knots Throws People for a Loop
- New Ocean Predator Discovered in the Atacama Trench
- Giving a Gift? Better Late Than Never, Study Finds
- Universe Expansion Study Confirms Challenge to Cosmic Theory
- Battery-Like Computer Memory Keeps Working Above 1000°F
- Astronomers Find the Smallest Asteroids Ever Detected in the Main Belt
Friday, December 6, 2024
- Getting to the Bottom of Things: Latrine Findings Help Researcher Trace the Movement of People and Disease
- Magnetically Controlled Kirigami Surfaces Move Objects: No Grasping Needed
- Bird-Inspired Drone Can Jump for Take-Off
- Desert Ants Use the Polarity of the Geomagnetic Field for Navigation
- Researchers Innovate Scalable Robotic Fibers With Light-Emitting, Self-Healing and Magnetic Properties
Thursday, December 5, 2024
- Particle Research Gets Closer to Answering Why We're Here
- That's No Straw: Hummingbirds Evolved Surprisingly Flexible Bills to Help Them Drink Nectar
- Tyrannosaur Teeth Discovered in Bexhill-on-Sea, England
- Iberian Neolithic Societies Had a Deep Knowledge of Archery Techniques and Materials
- Chimpanzees Perform the Same Complex Behaviors That Have Brought Humans Success
- Researchers Use Data from Citizen Scientists to Uncover the Mysteries of a Blue Low-Latitude Aurora
Wednesday, December 4, 2024
- A New Way to Create Realistic 3D Shapes Using Generative AI
- Manta Rays Inspire Fast Swimming Soft Robot Yet
- Male African Elephants Develop Distinct Personality Traits as They Age
- The Heart Has Its Own 'brain'
- Astronomers Close to Solving Mystery of How Universe's Giant Galaxies Formed
Tuesday, December 3, 2024
- Can Plastic-Eating Bugs Help With Our Microplastic Problem?
- Uncovered a Mystery of 'electron Carrier' Existing in All Living Organisms: Discovery of a 'nano-Switch Mechanism' Controlled by a Single Hydrogen Atom
- Training AI Through Human Interactions Instead of Datasets
- Tiny Dancers: Scientists Synchronize Bacterial Motion
- Scientists Identify Brain Cell Type as Master Controller of Urination
- Controlling Matter at the Atomic Level
- New Planet in Kepler-51 System Discovered Using James Webb Space Telescope
- Peat-Bog Fungi Produce Substances That Kill Tuberculosis-Causing Bacteria
Monday, December 2, 2024
- Insect Fossil Find 'extremely Rare'
- Deep-Sea Marvels: How Anglerfish Defy Evolutionary Expectations
- Feeding Grazing Cattle Seaweed Cuts Methane Emissions by Almost 40%
- Researchers Demonstrate Self-Assembling Electronics
- Evidence of Primordial Black Holes May Be Hiding in Planets, or Even Everyday Objects Here on Earth
- 'Spooky Action' At a Very Short Distance: Scientists Map out Quantum Entanglement in Protons
- Temporary Tattoo Printed Directly on the Scalp Offers Easy, Hair-Friendly Solution for Measuring Brainwaves
- Physics Experiment Proves Patterns in Chaos in Peculiar Quantum Realm
- Smallest Walking Robot Makes Microscale Measurements
- Innovative Robot Navigation Inspired by Brain Function Boosts Efficiency and Accuracy
Friday, November 29, 2024
- Fossil Dung Reveals Clues to Dinosaur Success Story
- Inside the 'swat Team' -- How Insects React to Virtual Reality Gaming
Thursday, November 28, 2024
Wednesday, November 27, 2024
- Early North Americans Made Needles from Fur-Bearers
- 'Genetic Time Machine' Reveals Complex Chimpanzee Cultures
- Unexplained Heat-Wave 'hotspots' Are Popping Up Across the Globe
Tuesday, November 26, 2024
- Astronomers May Have Discovered the Answer to a Mysterious Stellar Event
- Magnetic Tornado Is Stirring Up the Haze at Jupiter's Poles
Monday, November 25, 2024
- Uranus's Swaying Moons Will Help Spacecraft Seek out Hidden Oceans
- A Clue to What Lies Beneath the Bland Surfaces of Uranus and Neptune
- New Study Reveals the Explosive Secret of the Squirting Cucumber
- To Design Better Water Filters, Engineers Look to Manta Rays
- Prehistoric Hunter-Gatherers Heard the Elks Painted on Rocks 'talking'
- Focaccia: A Neolithic Culinary Tradition Dating Back 9,000 Years Ago
- Bats' Amazing Plan B for When They Can't Hear
- The Next Evolution of AI Begins With Ours