The Roman-era temple of Esna, 60 kilometers south of Luxor in Egypt, is undergoing extensive restoration work in an Egyptian-German cooperation project. The temple proper no longer exists, but the large vestibule or pronaos ...
Archaeology
Oct 22, 2024
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The elliptical galaxy NGC 1270 lies about 240 million light-years away. But it's not alone. It's part of the Perseus Cluster (Abell 426), the brightest X-ray object in the sky and one of the most massive objects in the universe.
Astronomy
Oct 22, 2024
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Twenty-two new species of gall wasps have been identified and named for the first time, thanks to new research led by a Penn State College of Agricultural Sciences graduate student.
Plants & Animals
Oct 22, 2024
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In September 2024, authorities in Benin detained the country's former sports minister and a prominent businessman for allegedly plotting a coup against the West African nation's president, Patrice Talon. Had a putsch materialized, ...
Political science
Oct 22, 2024
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Controlled chaos is a key part of forming massive stars. An international team of astronomers has observed evidence that massive stars can be born from rapidly collapsing clouds of gas and dust, challenging long-held assumptions ...
Astronomy
Oct 22, 2024
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A difficult-to-describe nanoscale object called the magnetic skyrmion might one day yield new microelectronic devices that can do much more—for example, massive data storage—all while consuming much less power.
Condensed Matter
Oct 22, 2024
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The noses of many mammals, such as dogs, ferrets and cows, feature grooves forming a multitude of polygons. A team from the University of Geneva (UNIGE) has analyzed in detail how these patterns form in the embryo using 3D ...
Plants & Animals
Oct 22, 2024
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Researchers at the University of Minnesota Twin Cities College of Science and Engineering have developed a new technique that reconstructs two dimensional (2D) radio images–visual representations created from radio waves–into ...
Astronomy
Oct 22, 2024
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More than half of the world's total GDP is at least moderately dependent on nature. Yet arguably, there is no economy (or life) without nature. A quarter of animal and planet species are now threatened, and 14 out of 18 key ...
Ecology
Oct 22, 2024
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In an advance that could revolutionize biomarker detection, researchers at the Max Planck Institute for the Science of Light have developed a novel technique called femtosecond fieldoscopy. This method enables the precise ...
Optics & Photonics
Oct 22, 2024
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