Bright dusty galaxies are hiding secret companions
A new University of Sussex study has cleared the air on what lies behind hot dust visible in the distant universe.
Astronomy
May 6, 2016
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News tagged with statistical method
New analysis refutes claim that dinosaurs were in decline before asteroid hit
A new study from researchers at the University of Bath and Natural History Museum looking at the diversity of dinosaurs shows that they were not in decline at the time of their extinction by an asteroid hit 66 million years ...
Archaeology
Nov 17, 2020
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Neolithic beginnings in Herefordshire, England revealed
Archaeologists have used advanced radiocarbon dating to investigate the age of Neolithic monuments at Dorstone Hill in Herefordshire, revealing that they are appreciably older than expected.
Archaeology
Jul 21, 2023
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The world has become more peaceful
Although the war in Syria is in its eighth year, statisticians have established that the world is becoming increasingly peaceful.
Social Sciences
Feb 15, 2019
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Scientists unknowingly tweak experiments
A new study has found some scientists are unknowingly tweaking experiments and analysis methods to increase their chances of getting results that are easily published.
Social Sciences
Mar 18, 2015
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The most massive neutron stars probably have cores of quark matter
Atoms are made of three things: protons, neutrons, and electrons. Electrons are a type of fundamental particle, but protons and neutrons are composite particles made of up and down quarks. Protons have 2 ups and 1 down, while ...
Astronomy
Jan 6, 2024
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Synchronization of firearm background check data reveals acquisition patterns
How has gun background check data—an accepted proxy of firearm sales—trended during the past 20 years?
Social Sciences
Jul 12, 2022
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Giant 'teenager' shark from the dinosaur era identified from vertebrae remains
Scientists of the University of Vienna have examined parts of a vertebral column found in northern Spain in 1996, and assigned it to the extinct shark group Ptychodontidae. In contrast to teeth, shark vertebrae bear biological ...
Archaeology
Apr 23, 2020
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ATLAS provides first measurement of the W-boson width at the LHC
The discovery of the Higgs boson in 2012 slotted in the final missing piece of the Standard Model puzzle. Yet, it left lingering questions. What lies beyond this framework? Where are the new phenomena that would solve the ...
General Physics
Apr 10, 2024
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Physicists identify a surprising phenomenon of aging in materials over time
Physicists in Darmstadt are investigating aging processes in materials. For the first time, they have measured the ticking of an internal clock in glass. When evaluating the data, they discovered a surprising phenomenon.
Condensed Matter
Jan 26, 2024
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