A new study leaves large tooth marks in previous conclusions about the body shape of the Megalodon, one of the largest sharks that ever lived.
Ecology
Feb 7, 2022
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(Phys.org) —Geologists are letting the air out of a nagging mystery about the development of animal life on Earth.
Earth Sciences
Oct 31, 2014
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We have all seen crystals, whether a simple grain of salt or sugar, or an elaborate and beautiful amethyst. These crystals are made of atoms or molecules repeating in a symmetrical three-dimensional pattern called a lattice, ...
General Physics
Feb 14, 2022
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(Phys.org) —Inspired by the fist-like club of a mantis shrimp, a team of researchers led by University of California, Riverside, in collaboration with University of Southern California and Purdue University, have developed ...
Materials Science
Apr 22, 2014
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Physicists at the University of California, Riverside report that they have discovered a new way to create positronium, an exotic and short-lived atom that could help answer what happened to antimatter in ...
General Physics
Jul 11, 2011
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Researchers at the University of California, Riverside have identified a weakness in the Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) of all Linux operating systems since late 2012 that enables attackers to hijack users' internet ...
Security
Aug 9, 2016
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Electronic devices such as transistors are getting smaller and will soon hit the limits of conventional performance based on electrical currents.
General Physics
Mar 4, 2019
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Feeding is paramount to the survival of almost every animal, and just about every living organism is eaten by another. Not surprisingly, the animal kingdom shows many examples of extreme specialization - the chameleon's tongue, ...
Plants & Animals
Jan 13, 2017
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A new theory about the nature of dark matter helps explain why a pair of galaxies about 65 million light-years from Earth contains very little of the mysterious matter, according to a study led by a physicist at the University ...
General Physics
Sep 9, 2020
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Ten newly discovered species of trilobites, hidden for 490 million years in a little-studied part of Thailand, could be the missing pieces in an intricate puzzle of ancient world geography.
Evolution
Nov 21, 2023
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