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Earth Sciences May 30, 2024

Tonga's volcanic eruption could cause unusual weather for the rest of the decade, new study shows

Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha'apai (Hunga Tonga for short) erupted on January 15 2022 in the Pacific Kingdom of Tonga. It created a tsunami which triggered warnings across the entire Pacific basin, and sent sound waves around the ...

Condensed Matter May 29, 2024

Researchers find high magnetic field facilitates novel intrinsic ferromagnetic polar metals

Researchers have designed a novel oxide material, Ca3Co3O8, through atomic precision manipulation of correlated oxides. It demonstrated a remarkable combination of properties—ferromagnetism, polar distortion and metallicity, ...

Social Sciences May 23, 2024

New research suggests girls in single-sex schools do slightly better in exams than girls in co-ed environments

Students at all-girls' schools do slightly better in their exams than girls at co-educational schools, according to new research from the United Kingdom.

Ecology May 23, 2024

Flower or power? Campaigners fear lithium mine could kill rare plant

Delicate pink buds sway in the desert breeze, pregnant with yellow pompoms whose explosion will carpet the dusty corner of Nevada that is the only place on Earth where they exist.

Social Sciences May 16, 2024

Swipe right or left? How dating apps are impacting modern masculinity

What it means to be a man is changing. Critical men or masculinity studies is an emerging robust research field that explores how men and masculinity are being transformed by shifting socio-economic, sexual and political ...

Quantum Physics May 16, 2024

Researchers call for a new measurement of time for tunneling particles

In an amazing phenomenon of quantum physics known as tunneling, particles appear to move faster than the speed of light. However, physicists from Darmstadt believe that the time it takes for particles to tunnel has been measured ...

Cell & Microbiology May 14, 2024

Study discovers distinct population of 'troublemaker' platelet cells appear with aging

As people age, they become more prone to blood clotting diseases, when blood cells called platelets clump together when they don't need to and can cause major issues such as strokes and cardiovascular disease. For decades, ...

Astronomy May 13, 2024

Does the Milky Way have too many satellite galaxies?

The Large and Small Magellanic Clouds are well-known satellite galaxies of the Milky Way, but there are more. It is surrounded by at least 61 within 1.4 million light years (for context the Andromeda galaxy is 2.5 million ...

Social Sciences May 8, 2024

An analysis of security in relation to the values of well-being, freedom and equality

Security seems to most people a basic necessity of life, a prerequisite for a good life. But if you think about it a little longer and more deeply, as political philosopher Josette Daemen has done, you realize that security ...

Social Sciences May 8, 2024

How to tell if a conspiracy theory is probably false

Conspiracy theories are everywhere, and they can involve just about anything.

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