Black holes are powerful gravitational engines. So you might imagine that there must be a way to extract energy from them given the chance, and you'd be right. Certainly, we could tap into all the heat and kinetic energy ...
Astronomy
Jan 30, 2024
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Nearly five years ago, a globe-spanning team of astronomers gave the world its first-ever glimpse of a black hole. Now the team has validated both their original findings and our understanding of black holes with a new image ...
Astronomy
Jan 27, 2024
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Recording the activity of large populations of single neurons in the brain over long periods of time is crucial to further our understanding of neural circuits, to enable novel medical device-based therapies and, in the future, ...
Bio & Medicine
Jan 26, 2024
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Flying foxes. Megabats. Fruit bats. Whatever name you choose, these fox-faced creatures are remarkable. Our four species help pollinate eucalyptus trees in eastern Australia, spread the seeds of rainforest trees, and make ...
Plants & Animals
Jan 26, 2024
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Plans to cut almost 3,000 jobs at the UK's largest steelworks, Tata Steel in Port Talbot, south Wales, mark another devastating chapter in a long history of deindustrialization.
Economics & Business
Jan 25, 2024
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The humble membranes that enclose our cells have a surprising superpower: They can push away nano-sized molecules that happen to approach them. A team including scientists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology ...
Bio & Medicine
Jan 23, 2024
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In 2024, global climate trends are cause for both deep alarm and cautious optimism. Last year was the hottest on record by a huge margin and this year will likely be hotter still. The annual global average temperature may, ...
Environment
Jan 23, 2024
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The final text of the latest UN climate summit COP28, now called the UAE consensus, called for countries to "transition away from fossil fuels in energy systems, in a just, orderly and equitable manner, accelerating action ...
Political science
Jan 23, 2024
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New research into topological phases of matter may spur advances in innovative quantum devices. As described in a new paper published in the journal Nature Communications, a research team including Los Alamos National Laboratory ...
Condensed Matter
Jan 22, 2024
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Stepping inside Erin Adams' lab at the University of Chicago is a bit overstimulating.
Social Sciences
Jan 22, 2024
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