As tragic as it is, engulfment of a planetary object by its stellar parent is a common scenario throughout the universe. But it doesn't have to end in doom. A team of astrophysicists have used computer simulations to discover ...
Astronomy
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Astronomers have detected a small, compact source embedded in a gap in the disk surrounding a young star. They believe it is a baby planet in the process of growing.
Astronomy
Mar 7, 2023
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Proteins have been around a lot longer than we have—as building blocks of biological evolution, our existence depends on them. And now, researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology are applying a 20th-century theoretical ...
Evolution
Mar 7, 2023
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The injection of bubbles from waves breaking in turbulent and cold high-latitude regions of the high seas is an underappreciated way in which atmospheric gases are transported into the interior ocean. An improved mechanistic ...
Earth Sciences
Mar 7, 2023
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When it comes to lung-damaging smog, Chicago and the rest of Cook County are the nation's worst neighbors.
Environment
Mar 7, 2023
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Researchers at the Centre for Genomic Regulation (CRG) in Barcelona have discovered a mechanism involving ribosomes which helps the heart toggle between a 'regular maintenance mode' for day-to-day function and an 'energy-boost ...
Cell & Microbiology
Mar 7, 2023
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When it comes to gold, how pure is pure? And how does anybody know?
Analytical Chemistry
Mar 7, 2023
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Waste containing nanomaterials—or nanowaste—is an emerging safety concern worldwide, requiring environmentally sound management and regulation that still need to be established. Researchers at the University of Fribourg ...
Nanomaterials
Mar 7, 2023
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Imagine a magnitude 6 earthquake striking ten kilometers north-east of the city of Zurich at some point in the future. That's a massive, seriously destructive earthquake that would be felt in all of Switzerland and would ...
Earth Sciences
Mar 7, 2023
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Dinosaurs as big as buses or five-story buildings would not be possible if their bones were dense and heavy like ours. Like present-day birds, dinosaurs had hollow bones with inner structures known as air sacs, which made ...
Evolution
Mar 7, 2023
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