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Interstellar signal linked to aliens was just a truck
The area near the seismic station in Manus Island, based on satellite images acquired on March...
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Radio waves can tune up bacteria to become life-saving medicines
E. coli colonies lighting up green under UV light confirming they have taken on the fluorescent...
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Many reported gender differences may be power differences
Overall comparison of the experimental power literature and sex/gender difference meta-analyses. Overall, 70.6% of sex/gender differences...
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Researchers discover way to bind nanotubes to metals
Credit: Nanoscale Advances (2023). DOI: 10.1039/D3NA00500C Carbon nanotubes have shown promise for everything from microelectronics to...
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Breakthrough in predicting chaotic outcomes in three body systems
Validation figure. Left: contours of predicted and measured chaotic outcome distribution in a bi-variate space describing...
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Basic Principle of Physics Is Wrong, Oxford Scientists Say
"Opposites charges attract; like charges repel" is a long-held fundamental principle of physics that you might...
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Billionaires building bunkers buying islands– prep for apocalypse or feudalism?
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain In December 2023, WIRED reported that Mark Zuckerberg, the billionaire CEO of...
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Asian elephants mourn, bury their dead calves: Study
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Asian elephants loudly mourn and bury their dead calves, according to a...
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Mathematicians prove Pólya's conjecture for the eigenvalues of a disk
Credit: Inventiones mathematicae (2023). DOI: 10.1007/s00222-023-01198-1 Is it possible to deduce the shape of a drum...
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New study alters our understanding of telomere biology
CST–Polα/primase, the enzyme that solves the newly discovered end-replication problem. Credit: Credit Sarah Cai Half a...
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Pythagoras was wrong: There are no universal musical harmonies, study finds
Dyadic consonance for harmonic complex tones (Study 1A, N = 198 participants). Credit: Nature Communications (2024)....
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Neanderthals' use of complex adhesives shows high cognitive abilities
The stone tool was glued into a handle made of liquid bitumen with the addition of...
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Rainwater everywhere on the planet is unsafe to drink due to chemicals (2022)
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Rainwater everywhere on the planet is unsafe to drink due to levels...
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A new phase of matter: Physicists show non-Abelian anyons in quantum processor
by Anne J. Manning, Harvard Gazette Inside the chamber of the Quantinuum H2 quantum processor. Credit:...
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Interaction between two common oral bacteria creates bad breath
Schematic representation of observed metabolic flow of bacterial metabolism F. nucleatum and S. gordonii cocultures. Credit:...
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Compulsory voting can reduce political polarization in the US, study finds
Students entering a polling location to cast their ballots. Credit: Meredith Forrest Kulwicki/University at Buffalo Introducing...
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Scientists closer to finding quantum gravity theory
Artist impression of the quantum experiment. Credit: University of Southampton Scientists are a step closer to...
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Astronomers observe the Radcliffe Wave oscillating
The Radcliffe Wave next to our sun (yellow dot), inside a cartoon model of the Milky...
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Hiroshima fallout debris linked to first solar system condensates
by Hannah Bird , Phys.org Diagrammatic explanation of the evolution of the fireball in the 5...
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Researchers use electron beams to eradicate forever chemicals in water
Illustration of an electron beam irradiating PFAS-contaminated water. Credit: Samantha Koch, Fermilab Using nonstick cookware to...
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Damage to cell membranes causes cell aging, finds new study
Kintsugi, the traditional Japanese art of repairing broken pottery by mending cracks with lacquer and gold....
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Use of decimal point is 1.5 centuries older than historians thought
by Bob Yirka , Phys.org From Bianchini's "Compositio instrumenti." Reproduced with permission from the Biblioteca Estense...
