The asteroid 16 Psyche, which NASA intends to visit with a spacecraft in 2026, may be less heavy metal and more hard rock than scientists have surmised, according to a new study by researchers from Brown and Purdue universities.
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Researchers in animal welfare are urging people to be aware of the risk of heatstroke in their pets after a study showed how dogs, cats, guinea pigs, rabbits and ferrets are being taken to veterinary clinics with the condition.
Veterinary medicine
Feb 15, 2022
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In the midst of growing white supremacy, the rise of the Black Lives Matter movement and, recently, public discussion about the whiteness of Jews following Whoopi Goldberg's arguably ignorant remarks about the Holocaust, ...
Social Sciences
Feb 15, 2022
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A quasiparticle that forms in semiconductors can now be moved around at room temperature, a University of Michigan-led study has shown. The finding could cool down computers, enabling faster speeds and higher efficiencies, ...
Optics & Photonics
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As a subtype of subtropical broadleaf forests, the montane moist evergreen broadleaf forest (MMEBF), also known as the montane cloud forest, is largely located in mountainous regions in southwest China. Water is a key factor ...
Plants & Animals
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Earth's supply of water is incredibly important for its ability to sustain life, but where did that water come from? Was it present when Earth formed or was it delivered later by meteorites or comets from outer space?
Planetary Sciences
Feb 15, 2022
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A group of Japanese and American researchers found that the Ptychodera flava, a worm-like marine organism capable of regenerating its entire head or body, draws on reprogramming-based mechanisms that help somatic cells in ...
Evolution
Feb 15, 2022
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Ammonia is readily reacting with acidic gases and can therefore fuel toxic air pollution. The major source of ammonia is traditionally believed to be fertilizer. However, the high levels of ammonia measured in urban air are ...
Environment
Feb 15, 2022
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Heavy/high Z metal materials are the preferred materials for plasma facing components in International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor (ITER) due to their excellent properties. However, at thermonuclear fusion relevant ...
Plasma Physics
Feb 15, 2022
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Researchers from the Yunnan Observatories of the Chinese Academy of Sciences have discovered unusual variations in the consecutive Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) light curves of the supersoft X-ray source V ...
Astronomy
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