An international research collaboration led by the University of Surrey's Nuclear Physics Group has overturned the long-standing belief that the atomic nucleus of lead-208 (²⁰⁸Pb) is perfectly spherical. The discovery ...
General Physics
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Domestic grazers are increasingly replacing wild herbivores in ecosystems around the world, leading to insidious changes in soil characteristics and vegetation patterns. A long-term study carried out in the Spiti valley of ...
Ecology
Feb 22, 2025
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Marine scientists are calling for more focused management strategies and further interventions to secure the future of marine ecosystems and key fish species, as well as "near threatened" dolphins and shellfish species around ...
Plants & Animals
Feb 22, 2025
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A team of materials scientists and engineers at ETH Zurich has developed a light-triggered chemical process for breaking down certain polymers into their constituent monomers. The paper is published in the journal Science.
Thutmose II was the fourth ruler of the illustrious ancient Egyptian 18th dynasty, which included Tutankhamun. Now, the location of his long-lost tomb, one of the last missing royal tombs, has been confirmed by the New Kingdom ...
Archaeology
Feb 22, 2025
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A new Nature Physics study has shed light on the long-hypothesized liquid-liquid critical point where water simultaneously exists in two distinct liquid forms, opening new possibilities for experimental validation.
This week, University of Ferrerra researchers reported on the evolution of European skin, eye and hair pigmentation over the last 45,000 years. A re-examination of Galileo space probe data strongly suggests that Callisto ...
Elon Musk's latest space-related hammer throw is to call for it to be deorbited as soon as two years from now.
Space Exploration
Feb 22, 2025
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Research from St. Olaf College and the University of Denver, published in Current Biology, found that a parasitic fly in Hawaii has evolved to eavesdrop on the mating calls of Pacific field crickets. The flies were likely ...
Molecular & Computational biology
Feb 22, 2025
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A new study reconstructing extreme rainfall in Arabia has uncovered that rainfall in the region was five times more extreme just 400 years ago, highlighting the need for preparedness amid growing urbanization.
Environment
Feb 22, 2025
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