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Rare eleventh-century astrolabe discovery shows Islamic–Jewish sci. exchange
The Verona astrolabe. Credit: Federica Gigante The identification of an eleventh-century Islamic astrolabe bearing both Arabic...
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In wake of powerful cyclone, remarkable recovery of Pacific island's forests
These photos show the rapid recovery of the forest canopy on Tanna, following Cyclone Pam in...
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Researchers observe how energy of single electron is tuned by surrounding atoms
A discrete energy level of an atomic vacancy in an atomically thin material shifts upon excitation...
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Migration out of Africa may have been driven by first glaciation of Pleistocene
by Bob Yirka , Phys.org Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain A pair of planetary scientists, one with...
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Titanosaurs were the biggest land animals Earth's ever seen
The fossilized skin of a titanosaur embryo discovered in Argentina. Credit: L. M. Chiappe, Natural History...
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Giant Volcano Discovered on Mars
A giant volcano hiding in plain sight in one of Mars’ most iconic regions. The newly...
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Mars attracts: How Earth's interactions with the red planet drive deep-sea circ
Lead author Dr. Adriana Dutkiewicz from the EarthByte Group in the School of Geosciences at the...
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Not just humans: Bees and chimps can also pass on their skills
Monkey see, monkey learn: The closest relative of humans may also be capable of cumulative culture....
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Breakthrough in nanostructure technology for real-time color display
Photonic Janus colloids with nanostructured cone l. Credit: ACS Nano (2024). DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.4c00230 A technology that...
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The first Europeans reached Ukraine 1.4M years ago, new study finds
During warm periods in Earth's history, known as interglacials, glaciers the size of continents pulled back...
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Free Natural History Specimen CT Scans
The openVertebrate project was a five-year initiative to make 3D models of museum specimens freely available...
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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...