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General Physics 14 hours ago

Hunting for the elusive: IceCube observes seven potential tau neutrinos

Researchers at the IceCube Neutrino Observatory in Antarctica have found seven signals that could potentially indicate tau neutrinos—which are famously hard to detect—from astrophysical objects.

Plants & Animals 10 hours ago

Gone in a puff of smoke: 52,000 square kilometers of 'long unburnt' Australian habitat has vanished in 40 years

Landscapes that have escaped fire for decades or centuries tend to harbor vital structures for wildlife, such as tree hollows and large logs. But these "long unburnt" habitats can be eliminated by a single blaze.

Plants & Animals 11 hours ago

Advances in understanding the evolution of stomach loss in agastric fishes

Living beings can evolve to lose biological structures due to potential survival benefits from such losses. For example, certain groups of ray-finned fishes show such regressive evolution—medakas, minnows, puffera, and ...

Astronomy 4 hours ago

Star bars show universe's early galaxies evolved much faster than previously thought

The universe's early galaxies were less chaotic and developed much faster than previously thought, according to new research looking back more than ten billion years in time. An international team of astronomers led by Durham ...

Cell & Microbiology 12 hours ago

Bacteria for climate-neutral chemicals of the future

Researchers at ETH Zurich have engineered bacteria in the laboratory to efficiently use methanol. The metabolism of these bacteria can now be tapped into to produce valuable products currently made by the chemical industry ...

Plants & Animals 5 hours ago

Squids' birthday influences mating: Male spear squids shown to become 'sneakers' or 'consorts' depending on birth date

The day a male spear squid hatches determines which mating tactic he will use throughout his life, according to new research. Spear squid (Heterololigo bleekeri) that hatch earlier in the season become "consorts" that fight ...

Plants & Animals 7 hours ago

Early analysis finds eclipse had noticeable effect on birds

Early results from a study of the April 8 total solar eclipse show a more noticeable effect on bird behavior than during the last eclipse.

Astronomy 8 hours ago

Hubble celebrates 34th anniversary with a look at the little dumbbell nebula

In celebration of the 34th anniversary of the launch of NASA's legendary Hubble Space Telescope on April 24, astronomers took a snapshot of the Little Dumbbell Nebula (also known as Messier 76, M76, or NGC 650/651) located ...

Environment 8 hours ago

Planting trees in grasslands won't save the planet—instead, protect and restore forests

Tree planting is one of the nature-based solutions being used to offset greenhouse gas emissions. Trees absorb atmospheric carbon dioxide. Many of these tree planting projects target Africa's rangelands (open grasslands or ...

Earth Sciences 8 hours ago

Accelerated marine carbon cycling forced by tectonic degassing over the Miocene Climate Optimum

In a recent publication in Science Bulletin, a multidisciplinary team of authors from Tongji University, the Second Institute of Oceanography (Ministry of Natural Resources), the Institute of Earth Environment (Chinese Academy ...

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