A hyper-sensitive instrument, deep underground in Italy, has finally succeeded at the nearly impossible task of detecting CNO neutrinos (tiny particles pointing to the presence of carbon, nitrogen and oxygen) from our sun's ...
General Physics
Dec 14, 2020
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Electrons inhabit a strange and topsy-turvy world. These infinitesimally small particles have never ceased to amaze and mystify despite the more than a century that scientists have studied them. Now, in an even more amazing ...
General Physics
Dec 14, 2020
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The rise of populist movements is changing political systems around the world. As support for these "anti-elite" movements intensifies, many are scrambling to understand whether economic decline and intensifying inter-group ...
Economics & Business
Dec 11, 2020
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Princeton Chemistry's Scholes Group is reporting evidence that quantum vibrations participate in electron transfer, establishing with ultrafast laser spectroscopy that the vibrations provide channels through which the reaction ...
Condensed Matter
Dec 10, 2020
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The last million years of Earth history have been characterized by frequent "glacial-interglacial cycles," large swings in climate that are linked to the growing and shrinking of massive, continent-spanning ice sheets. These ...
Earth Sciences
Dec 10, 2020
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You might have observed plants competing for sunlight—the way they stretch upwards and outwards to block each other's access to the sun's rays—but out of sight, another type of competition is happening underground. In ...
Plants & Animals
Dec 3, 2020
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The alarming rate at which COVID-19 has killed Black Americans has highlighted the deeply embedded racial disparities in the U.S. health care system.
Social Sciences
Nov 30, 2020
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While the mesmerizing blobs in a classic lava lamp may appear magical, the colorful shapes move in response to temperature-induced changes in density and surface tension. This process, known as liquid-liquid phase separation, ...
General Physics
Nov 30, 2020
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Carbon is one of the main building blocks for life on Earth. It's abundant in our planet's atmosphere, where it's found in the form of carbon dioxide. Carbon makes its way into Earthlings' bodies mainly through the process ...
Plants & Animals
Nov 25, 2020
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The next time you visit a lake or the seashore, take a deep breath. As you exhale, take a moment to be thankful for the little things: Specifically, for the microscopic, single-celled algae in the soil and waters all around ...
Molecular & Computational biology
Nov 25, 2020
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