A team of researchers from the Technion – Israel Institute of Technology has observed branched flow of light for the very first time. The findings are published in Nature and are featured on the cover of the July 2, 2020 ...
General Physics
Jul 2, 2020
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Insofar as variants for mitochondrial disease are supposed to be rare in the genome, don't think for even a minute that it can't happen to you. In fact, the closer one looks at the full mitonuclear genomes of normal folks, ...
Soon, it will be possible to produce electricity from heat over 30 degrees emitted from a waste incinerator, refinery, or data processor. The start-up Osmoblue has just confirmed the feasibility of this new concept.
Energy & Green Tech
May 21, 2013
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What would a traveler from the future think if one day s/he could analyze the rocks that are currently forming on the planet? Surely, this person would find quite a few plastic fragments and wonder why this material was so ...
Paleontology & Fossils
Jul 7, 2023
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Researchers at the University of Oxford have confirmed that human activity and other external factors are responsible for the rise in global temperature. While this has been the consensus of the scientific community for a ...
Environment
May 22, 2019
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When peanuts are dropped into a pint of beer, they initially sink to the bottom before floating up and "dancing" in the glass.
General Physics
Jun 14, 2023
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SpaceX launched another rocket from Florida's Space Coast on Thursday night sending thousands of pounds of cargo to the International Space Station while also bringing back a booster that sent a sonic boom across Central ...
Space Exploration
Nov 10, 2023
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With CRISPR-Cas9 technology, humans can now rapidly change the evolutionary course of animals or plants by inserting genes that can easily spread through entire populations. Evolutionary geneticist Asher Cutter proposes that ...
Evolution
Mar 28, 2023
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Thinking about sex and gender would help scientists improve their research, a new article published today argues.
Social Sciences
Nov 6, 2019
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An international team of scientists has found leaving more big fish in the sea reduces the amount of carbon dioxide (CO2) released into the Earth's atmosphere.
Environment
Oct 28, 2020
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