New close-ups of the mini-moons in Saturn's rings
Nestled between Saturn's rings are a collection of mini-moons that NASA's Cassini spacecraft skimmed past in 2017.
Space Exploration
Mar 28, 2019
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News tagged with article
Investigative report offers statistics and opinions on Sci-Hub
(Phys.org)—A correspondent for the Science family of journals has published an investigative piece in Science on Sci-Hub, a website that illegally publishes scholarly literature, i.e. research papers. In his article, John ...
Better batteries from waste sulfur
A new chemical process can transform waste sulfur into a lightweight plastic that may improve batteries for electric cars, reports a University of Arizona-led team. The new plastic has other potential uses, including optical ...
Materials Science
Apr 14, 2013
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Misconduct, not error, accounts for most scientific paper retractions, new study finds
In sharp contrast to previous studies suggesting that errors account for the majority of retracted scientific papers, a new analysis—the most comprehensive of its kind—has found that misconduct is responsible for two-thirds ...
Other
Oct 01, 2012
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Mysterious 1934 Disappearance of Explorer Everett Ruess in Utah Solved
The mysterious disappearance of Everett Ruess, a 20-year-old artist, writer and footloose explorer who wandered the Southwest in the early 1930s on a burro and who has become a folk hero to many, has been solved with the ...
Archaeology
Apr 30, 2009
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Team behind discovery of planet with three stars retracts their article
An international team of researchers who published a paper in the journal Science in 2016 describing their discovery of an exoplanet with three stars, has now retracted that paper.
Analysis suggests China has passed US on one research measure
After decades of dominance by the United States, a new measure suggests that China edged the U.S. in 2019 on one important measurement of national research success.
Other
Mar 08, 2022
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Inciting instead of coercing: "Nudges" prove their effectiveness
Developed by the American economist Richard Thaler in the late 2000s, the theory behind "nudging" theory is based on the principle that our choices are not only determined by our ability to reason, but are also influenced ...
Social Sciences
Jan 17, 2022
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Lethal pulsing inside pyroclastic surges
Pyroclastic surges are lethal hazards from volcanoes that exhibit enormous destructiveness through large dynamic pressures of 100–102 kilopascal inside flows that are capable of obliterating reinforced buildings. These ...
Earth Sciences
Dec 16, 2021
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Ability of urban trees, soils to maintain critical ecosystem services
If you're a tree, country life is much easier than city living. Rural trees—which can live long, productive lives of sometimes more than 100 years—draw on vast resources of an extensive forest network of nearby trees. ...
Ecology
Aug 03, 2021
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