The seismic signature of a fireball meteoroid event can be used to tell whether the fireball fragmented or remained intact as it fell through the atmosphere, according to new research published in Seismological Research Letters.
Earth Sciences
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The Helfrich theory of membrane bending, supported by molecular dynamics simulations, is a promising approach for evaluating mechanical properties of graphene nanosheets, report researchers from the Institute of Science Tokyo. ...
Nanomaterials
Jul 23, 2025
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Executive function—top-down processes by which the human mind controls behavior, regulating thoughts and actions—have long been studied using a standard set of tools, with these assessments being included in national and ...
Social Sciences
Jul 23, 2025
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In a major step toward securing global food supplies and advancing sustainable agriculture, a team of scientists has proposed an integrated framework that combines biotechnology and artificial intelligence (AI) to revolutionize ...
Biotechnology
Jul 23, 2025
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Scientists in Belfast and Nigeria have developed a diagnostic tool that deploys microbes to uncover the timeline of crude oil contamination in soils.
Ecology
Jul 23, 2025
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The natural protein universe is vast, and yet, going beyond and designing new proteins not observed in nature can yield new functions and can solve problems in medicine or materials science. The past few years have marked ...
Biotechnology
Jul 23, 2025
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Black holes played a critical role in the formation of the early universe. However, astronomers have been debating for a long time just how critical, as the information we had about early black holes, which exist at high ...
Astronomy
Jul 23, 2025
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A study led by Associate Professor Kelton McMahon at University of Rhode Island's Graduate School of Oceanography has found that food webs on tropical reefs are more fragile than we once thought. Instead of being part of ...
Ecology
Jul 23, 2025
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For nearly two decades, no one had spotted the world's smallest-known snake. Some scientists worried that maybe the Barbados threadsnake had become extinct, but one sunny morning, Connor Blades lifted a rock in a tiny forest ...
Plants & Animals
Jul 23, 2025
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Across North America, dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane (DDT) and other pesticides had a significant impact on bats from the 1940s through the '60s. Since the ban on DDT in 1972, bat populations had been slowly recovering, ...
Plants & Animals
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