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Multidisciplinary team of materials physicists and geophysicists combine theoretical predictions, simulations, and seismic tomography to find spin transition in the Earth’s mantle. The interior of...

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Is Planetary Defense PI in the Sky? In February of 2013, skywatchers around the world turned their attention toward asteroid 2012 DA14, a cosmic rock...

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Believe it or not, observing the Moon is something you can do no matter the weather, time of day, or location! We interpret “observe” very...

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Berkeley Lab-led research key to next-gen quantum computing and technologies. In 1998, researchers including Mark Kubinec of UC Berkeley performed one of the first simple...

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Photosynthesizing algae injected into the blood vessels of tadpoles supply oxygen to their brains. Leading a double life in water and on land, frogs have...

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New research from UMass Amherst shines light on poorly understood processes of how carbon dissolved in Arctic rivers affects our world. In a pair of...

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May be worth further exploring cannabinoids as potential cancer treatment, say researchers. It may be worth exploring further the use of cannabidiol (‘CBD’) oil as...

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Sunscreen that includes zinc oxide, a common ingredient, loses much of its effectiveness and becomes toxic after two hours of exposure to ultraviolet radiation, according...

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Although sun radiation was relatively low, the temperature on the young Earth was warm. An international team of geoscientists has found important clues that high...

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Researchers have captured on film the moment when a Seychelles giant tortoise, Aldabrachelys gigantea, attacked and ate a tern chick. This is the first documentation...

The post “Vegetarian” Giant Tortoise Attacks and Eats Seabird As Horrified Researchers Film appeared first on SciTechDaily.

A new kind of concrete could reduce emissions from the construction industry. Calcium carbonate concrete is made from waste concrete and carbon dioxide from the...

The post A Concrete Solution: Recycled Concrete and CO2 From the Air Are Made Into a New Building Material appeared first on SciTechDaily.

Astrophysicists Explain the Origin of Unusually Heavy Neutron Star Binaries Simulations of supernova explosions of massive stars paired with neutron stars can explain puzzling results...

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Asst. Prof. Chong Liu seeks to design electrodes to collect lithium for batteries from seawater. It’s estimated that by the end of the decade, electric...

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Hubble Detects a Dangerous Dance This NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image features two interacting galaxies that are so intertwined, they have a collective name –...

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A new study shows a link between patient survival and changes in tumor cell mass after glioblastoma treatment. Researchers at MIT and Dana-Farber Cancer Institute...

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