Gamma rays are the most energetic known form of electromagnetic radiation, with each gamma-ray being at least one hundred thousand times more energetic than an optical light photon. Very high energy (VHE) gamma rays pack ...
Astronomy
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Newly published research from MSU scientists details the reproductive response of two types of Michigan lake trout found in Lake Superior—siscowets and leans—to sea lamprey parasitism, and the results coincide with a ...
Plants & Animals
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Most organisms have proteins that react to light. Even creatures that don't have eyes or other visual organs use these proteins to regulate many cellular processes, such as transcription, translation, cell growth and cell ...
Cell & Microbiology
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Seawater acidification is a major threat to both calcifying and non-calcifying marine organisms, mostly affecting the immune system and biomineralization or the acid-base regulatory system.
Plants & Animals
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Are there rainbows on Mars? Sadly, no.
Planetary Sciences
Jan 17, 2022
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The laws of physics underlying everyday life are, at one level of description, completely known, and can be summarized in a single elegant—if quite complex—equation. That's the claim physicist Sean Carroll, an SFI Fractal ...
Quantum Physics
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People are more likely to condemn COVID rule-breaking by those who have opposing political views to their own, according to research by Nottingham Trent University.
Social Sciences
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A massive volcanic eruption in Tonga that triggered tsunami waves around the Pacific caused "significant damage" to the island nation's capital and smothered it in dust, but the full extent was unclear with communications ...
Environment
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Planetary-scale engineering schemes designed to cool Earth's surface and lessen the impact of global heating are potentially dangerous and should be blocked by governments, more than 60 policy experts and scientists said ...
Environment
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A major winter storm blanketed a swathe of North America in snow Monday as it sliced up the US east coast into Canada, disrupting travel and cutting power to thousands of homes.
Environment
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