Log on to your favorite social media site and you're likely to see a slew of posts and opinions on controversial topics like social justice, immigration, and corrupt elections. And while it may seem natural to assume that ...
Social Sciences
Nov 29, 2022
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A team of 86 scientists from 13 countries recently carried out extensive high-time resolution optical monitoring of a distant active galaxy, BL Lacertae (BL Lac). Mike Joner, BYU research professor of physics and astronomy, ...
Astronomy
Oct 5, 2022
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As much as modern society worships chocolate, cacao—the plant chocolate comes from—it was believed to be even more divine to ancient Mayas. The Maya considered cacao beans to be a gift from the gods and even used them ...
Archaeology
Jan 31, 2022
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As Hurricane Rosa hurtled toward Baja California in October 2018, two BYU students spotted a valuable research opportunity.
Environment
Oct 25, 2021
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They may be tiny weapons, but Brigham Young University's holography research group has figured out how to create lightsabers—green for Yoda and red for Darth Vader, naturally—with actual luminous beams rising from them.
Optics & Photonics
May 7, 2021
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The cloth masks many are sporting these days offer some protection against COVID-19. However, they typically provide much less than the professional N95 masks used by healthcare workers.
Bio & Medicine
Oct 22, 2020
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The world's scientists have been trying to figure out how exactly ice sheets in Antarctica have changed and moved for decades. Knowing this is critical to understanding rises in sea level and the accompanying global impacts.
Earth Sciences
Aug 26, 2020
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Volcano-like features seen in polar regions of Saturn's moon Titan by NASA's Cassini spacecraft could be evidence of explosive eruptions that may continue today, according to a new paper by Planetary Science Institute Senior ...
Astronomy
Jun 16, 2020
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When fuel companies explore northern Alaska for oil, federal regulations require them to steer clear of polar bears. To locate the endangered species during winter months, fixed-wing planes mounted with forward-looking infrared ...
Plants & Animals
Mar 13, 2020
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A group of researchers may have found a way to reverse falling crop yields caused by increasingly salty farmlands throughout the world.
Cell & Microbiology
Aug 22, 2019
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