Analyzing gravity data collected by spacecraft orbiting other worlds reveals groundbreaking insights about planetary structures without having to land on the surface.
Astronomy
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Astronomers using W. M. Keck Observatory on Maunakea, Hawaiʻi Island, have, for the first time, found evidence for cloud convection in the northern hemisphere of Titan, Saturn's moon.
Astrobiology
May 14, 2025
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Is frozen water scattered in systems around other stars? Astronomers have long expected it is, partially based on previous detections of its gaseous form, water vapor, and its presence in our own solar system.
Astronomy
May 14, 2025
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Before Homo sapiens arrived, Europe's forests were not dense and dark but shaped by open and light-rich woodland landscapes. A new study from Aarhus University shows that most native forest plants are adapted to semi-open, ...
Plants & Animals
May 14, 2025
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Environmental Protection Agency head Lee Zeldin has said he wants the federal agency to accelerate scientific safety evaluations of various chemicals, including pesticides.
Ecology
May 14, 2025
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Since the beginning of the century, the number of satellites orbiting Earth has increased by more than 800%, from less than 1,000 to more than 9,000. This profusion has had a number of strange and disturbing repercussions. ...
Economics & Business
May 14, 2025
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Light is all around us, essential for one of our primary senses (sight) as well as life on Earth itself. It underpins many technologies that affect our daily lives, including energy harvesting with solar cells, light-emitting-diode ...
Optics & Photonics
May 14, 2025
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A team of planetary scientists has developed a promising new way to peer beneath the dusty surface of Mars and other planetary bodies.
Planetary Sciences
May 14, 2025
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A University at Buffalo criminologist has introduced a new element into one of the field's guiding frameworks that has implications for crime reduction and other fundamental areas related to criminology and criminal justice.
Social Sciences
May 14, 2025
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Dog vaccination programs are a highly effective way to control and, ultimately, eliminate rabies; however, new research has shown just how detrimental geographical gaps in vaccine coverage can be for virus control.
Veterinary medicine
May 14, 2025
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