Archaeologists set out Monday to use a revolutionary new deep sea diving suit to explore the ancient shipwreck where one of the most remarkable scientific objects of antiquity was found.
Archaeology
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Mercury has an oddball orbit—it takes longer for it to rotate on its axis and complete a day than it takes to orbit the sun and complete a year. Now, researchers suggest photosynthesis could take place on an alien planet ...
Astronomy
Sep 15, 2014
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Feral domestic cats are a global threat to biodiversity and were recently named as the biggest threat to endangered Australian mammals.
Plants & Animals
Sep 15, 2014
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Sugar is a vital source of energy for both plants and animals alike.
Cell & Microbiology
Sep 15, 2014
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It has always been difficult to understand how birds evolved from dinosaurs because of the strange combination of features observed in taxa inferred to be situated near this great evolutionary transition. For example, the ...
Archaeology
Sep 15, 2014
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Here's your northern Vermont forecast for the rest of this century: Annual precipitation will increase by between a third and half an inch per decade, while average temperatures will rise some five degrees Fahrenheit by midcentury. ...
Environment
Sep 15, 2014
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(Phys.org) —It was an interesting week for physics research, as a team at MIT began taking a second look at pilot-wave theory—they're wondering if, when looked at a certain way , fluid mechanics might suggest an alternative ...
(Phys.org) —Far beyond the stars in the constellation of Leo (The Lion) is irregular galaxy IC 559.
Astronomy
Sep 15, 2014
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(Phys.org) —The very idea of fibers made of carbon nanotubes is neat, but Rice University scientists are making them neat—literally.
Nanomaterials
Sep 15, 2014
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An interdisciplinary team of researchers led by Northeastern University has developed a novel method for controllably constructing precise inter-nanotube junctions and a variety of nanocarbon structures in carbon nanotube ...
Nanomaterials
Sep 15, 2014
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