NASA and SpaceX to send next crew to the ISS
NASA and SpaceX are preparing to launch a crew of four to the International Space Station on Friday.
Space Exploration
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New quantum device generates single photons and encodes information
A new approach to quantum light emitters generates a stream of circularly polarized single photons, or particles of light, that may be useful for a range of quantum information and communication applications. A Los Alamos ...
Optics & Photonics
Aug 24, 2023
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Missing topographical elements of Paleolithic rock art revealed by stereoscopic imaging
Research led by Complutense University, Madrid, has discovered an array of ancient cave paintings hidden among previously described cave art. In a paper, "Animals hidden in plain sight: stereoscopic recording of Paleolithic ...
Norway tries to stop costly reindeer escapades into Russia
Norwegian authorities said Thursday they would mend a fence near Norway's border with Russia in the far north to stop its reindeer from making costly crossings over the international boundary.
Ecology
Aug 24, 2023
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Analyses of Pompeii victims with X-ray fluorescence suggests they died of asphyxiation
A multi-institutional team of archaeologists, chemists and environmental scientists using portable X-ray fluorescence on victims of the Pompeii eruption in 79 AD finds that they likely died of asphyxiation. The group has ...
Study identifies secret of stealthy invader essential to ruinous rice disease
The virulence of a rice-wrecking fungus—and deployment of ninja-like proteins that help it escape detection by muffling an immune system's alarm bells—relies on genetic decoding quirks that could prove central to stopping ...
Cell & Microbiology
Aug 24, 2023
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Researchers reveal electronic nematicity without charge density waves in titanium-based kagome metal
Electronic nematic order in kagome materials has thus far been entangled with charge density waves. Now it is finally observed as a stand-alone phase in a titanium-based Kagome metal, a team of researchers led by Boston College ...
General Physics
Aug 24, 2023
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Fungi-eating plants and flies team up for reproduction
Fungi-eating orchids were found for the first time to offer their flowers to fungi-eating fruit flies in exchange for pollination, which is the first evidence for nursery pollination in orchids. This unique new plant-animal ...
Evolution
Aug 24, 2023
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How the Southern Ocean controls global climate feedbacks
The Southern Ocean: How does this body of water and its relationship with clouds contribute to the world's changing climate?
Earth Sciences
Aug 24, 2023
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Realizing single-pixel imaging of single living cells
A research team led by Prof. Gong Lei from the University of Science and Technology (USTC) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) and collaborators developed a three-dimensional single-pixel imaging (3D-SPI) approach based ...
Optics & Photonics
Aug 24, 2023
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