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Astronomy May 13, 2024

Anticipating future discoveries: Scientists explore nontrivial cosmic topology

In a new Physical Review Letters (PRL) study, scientists explore the possibility of nontrivial or exotic topologies in the universe for explaining some of the anomalies seen in Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB).

Social Sciences May 13, 2024

Researchers develop algorithms to understand how humans form body part vocabularies

Human bodies have similar designs. However, languages differ in the way they divide the body into parts and name them. For example, English speakers have two words for foot and leg, whereas other languages express the concepts ...

Planetary Sciences May 12, 2024

Second night of auroras seen 'extreme' solar storm

Auroras lit up skies across swaths of the planet for the second night in a row on Saturday, after already dazzling Earthlings from the United States to Tasmania to the Bahamas the day before.

Other May 11, 2024

Saturday Citations: Dietary habits of humans; dietary habits of supermassive black holes; saving endangered bilbies

The onset of solar maximum has resulted in severe geomagnetic storms, with the possibility of aurora borealis events this weekend as far south as the northern United States. Do not be alarmed if you see awesome displays of ...

Economics & Business May 10, 2024

Study explores effects of overseas business activity through experiences of expatriates

In international business, companies frequently dispatch their employees overseas as expatriates. They are crucial for linking the headquarters with foreign branches and their subsidiaries and bridging cultural, language, ...

Earth Sciences May 10, 2024

Alerting communities to hyperlocalized urban flooding

As climate change continues to warm the planet, scientists expect natural hazards such as flooding to increase. Urban flooding can be caused by extreme precipitation events, storm surges, or high tides, with dangerous and ...

Optics & Photonics May 10, 2024

Parity-time symmetry: Unlocking faster and stronger optical signal processing

In the era of big data, signal processing faces significant challenges in terms of capacity and energy consumption due to the torrent of data to process. With over 90% of data transmitted through light, optical signal processing ...

Analytical Chemistry May 10, 2024

Accelerating material characterization: Machine learning meets X-ray absorption spectroscopy

Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) scientists have developed a new approach that can rapidly predict the structure and chemical composition of heterogeneous materials.

Veterinary medicine May 10, 2024

Life expectancy study reveals longest and shortest-lived cats

A team of pathobiologists at The Royal Veterinary College, in the U.K., working with a colleague from National Chung Hsing University, in Taiwan, has created a life expectancy chart for approximately 8,000 domestic cat breeds.

Evolution May 10, 2024

Genetic study of cauliflower reveals its evolutionary history

A team of plant-breeding specialists at Tianjin Academy of Agricultural Science's State Key Laboratory of Vegetable Biobreeding and other institutions has, via genetic analysis, revealed some of the changes that cauliflower ...

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