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Study tightens King plot-based constraints on hypothetical fifth force

While the Standard Model (SM) describes all known fundamental particles and many of the interactions between them, it fails to explain dark matter, dark energy and the apparent asymmetry between matter and antimatter in the ...

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Earth's satellites at risk if asteroid smashes into moon: Study

If a huge asteroid smashes into the moon in 2032, the gigantic explosion would send debris streaming toward Earth that would threaten satellites and create a spectacular meteor shower, according to researchers.

Reconstructing the shattered visage of Queen Hatshepsut

Re-assessment of damaged statues depicting the famous female pharaoh Hatshepsut questions the prevailing view that they were destroyed as an act of defilement, indicating Hatshepsut was treated similarly to earlier pharaohs ...

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Near-perfect defects in 2D material could serve as quantum bits

Scientists across the world are working to make quantum technologies viable at scale—an achievement that requires a reliable way to generate qubits, or quantum bits, which are the fundamental units of information in quantum ...

Physicists confirm elusive quantum spin liquid in new study

An international team of scientists led by Rice University's Pengcheng Dai has confirmed the existence of emergent photons and fractionalized spin excitations in a rare quantum spin liquid. Published in Nature Physics on ...

UK space weather prediction system goes operational

The impacts of space weather such as extreme solar winds and magnetic waves are not limited to outer space. Bursts of plasma emanating from the sun, for instance, can temporarily intensify electric and magnetic fields on ...

US hit by first extreme heat wave of the year

A potentially life-threatening heat wave hit the East Coast of the United States on Monday, with temperatures expected to climb to 40 degrees Celsius (104 F) in the New York metropolitan area.

Hubble studies small but mighty galaxy

This portrait from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope puts the nearby galaxy NGC 4449 in the spotlight. The galaxy is situated just 12.5 million light-years away in the constellation Canes Venatici (the Hunting Dogs). It ...

City trees provide cooling even in extreme heat

Plane trees in cities have an important cooling effect even in extreme heat, according to a new study conducted by the Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research (WSL) and EPFL published in Urban Forestry ...

Engineers turn toxic ancient tomb fungus into anti-cancer drug

Penn-led researchers have turned a deadly fungus into a potent cancer-fighting compound. After isolating a new class of molecules from Aspergillus flavus, a toxic crop fungus linked to deaths in the excavations of ancient ...

City trees provide cooling even in extreme heat

Plane trees in cities have an important cooling effect even in extreme heat, according to a new study conducted by the Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research (WSL) and EPFL published in Urban Forestry ...