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Physicists shed light on a different kind of chaos

Physicists at UC Santa Barbara, the University of Maryland, and the University of Washington have found an answer to the longstanding physics question: How do interparticle interactions affect dynamical localization?

Female fruit flies enter the ring of sexual competition

When it comes to sexual competition, males have the star role. Clashing bodies, locking horns, biting and kicking are all considered fair play. Since these behaviors are so salient and robust, most studies focus on male behavior, ...

VLA 1623 West is a young protostellar disk, study suggests

Astronomers from the Queen's University in Kingston, Canada and elsewhere, have used the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) to observe a mysterious source known as VLA 1623 West. Results of the study, published ...

Study finds all African carnivores at risk for range loss

A new Yale School of the Environment-led analysis identifying gaps in maps that help forecast range contractions for African species found that all species studied have a portion of their range at risk and small carnivores ...