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Condensed Matter Jan 31, 2024

Research team demonstrates robust light propagation in open systems

Physicists from the University of Rostock, the Cluster of Excellence ct.qmat, the Julius-Maximilians University of Würzburg and the Indiana University Indianapolis (IUPUI) have shown for the first time that light can propagate ...

Plants & Animals Jan 29, 2024

An AI-powered app that can detect poison ivy

Poison ivy ranks among the most medically problematic plants. Up to 50 million people worldwide suffer annually from rashes caused by contact with the plant, a climbing, woody vine native to the United States, Canada, Mexico, ...

Plants & Animals Jan 24, 2024

Beloved mountain lion dies crossing same California highway where her one of her cubs was killed

Wildlife and nature enthusiasts are grieving a famous mountain lion after it was hit by a car and killed while crossing a highway in Southern California.

Paleontology & Fossils Jan 11, 2024

Fossil of 72-million-year-old sturgeon discovered in Edmonton

A 72-million-year-old sturgeon fossil has been discovered in Edmonton's North Saskatchewan River Valley, the first fish material of any kind found from that time period and in that geographical area.

Veterinary medicine Jan 3, 2024

Exposure to cigarette smoke found to increase cancer risk in dogs

Dogs are humans' best friends. Need to quickly locate a bomb? There's a dog for that. Can't see very well? There's a dog for that. Searching for a lost hiker in the mountains or survivors in an earthquake, diagnosing illness, ...

Environment Jan 3, 2024

An emergency brake for the climate: EU advisory board recommends 90%–95% reduction in emissions by 2040

To limit global warming to 1.5°, the EU's Science Advisory Board on Climate Change recommends that Europe reduce its greenhouse gas emissions by 90%–95% by 2040 compared to 1990. Fossil fuels should be phased out as quickly ...

Earth Sciences Nov 15, 2023

From glaciers to rainfall: Understanding unexpected rain

In 2018, a group of students from the Universities of Innsbruck, Austria, and Hamburg, Germany, were on a research excursion close to the village of Llupa in the Rio Santa valley in the Peruvian Andes. While they were busy ...

General Physics Nov 13, 2023

How to think about a four-dimensional universe

In Einstein's famous theory of relativity the concepts of immutable space and time aren't just put aside, they're explicitly and emphatically rejected. Space and time are now woven into a coexisting fabric. That is to say, ...

Polymers Oct 19, 2023

Synthetic tape flagged as unsustainable: Research describes a more eco-friendly option

We all know the bleak and desolate scene from a thousand crime dramas—the abandoned building, the blood-stained gravel, the flagging tape that creates a stark cordon around the evidence as it flaps in the chill wind under ...

Environment Oct 17, 2023

First-of-its-kind hiking permit may be required in Colorado's gorgeous Blue Lakes

The Blue Lakes, located in the San Juan Mountains between Telluride and Ouray, have become an international destination for hikers and mountaineers seeking to enjoy the Instagram-worthy alpine lakes and scale Mount Sneffels' ...

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