Scientists from around the world have reconstructed the laws of gravity, to help get a more precise picture of the universe and its constitution.
Astronomy
Nov 4, 2022
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Invasive plants can have devastating effects on local ecologies, comparable to the effects wrought by global warming. And yet, there is currently no reliable understanding of how many invasive plant species there are in the ...
Plants & Animals
Nov 2, 2022
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A new University of California, Davis, study analyzing romantic first impressions shows that compatibility and popularity among the dating pool are influential in shaping who people pursue as potential romantic partners.
Social Sciences
Oct 31, 2022
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In the past decades, the number of known exoplanets—planets in other solar systems—has skyrocketed. But we're still in the dark about a number of details, including how massive they are and what they're made up of.
Astronomy
Oct 24, 2022
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Although the sudden switch to remote and hybrid learning was seen as an enormous challenge during the COVID-19 pandemic, academic and commercial interest in creative online lab class development has since skyrocketed.
General Physics
Oct 21, 2022
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A large class of problems in non-equilibrium statistical physics deal with driven dynamics of elastic interfaces in random media. Examples include stress-driven propagation of crack fronts in disordered solids, motion of ...
General Physics
Oct 20, 2022
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Jacks and barracuda in Heʻeia fishpond were found to feed on Australian mullet, an invasive species introduced to Oahu waters in the 1950s. This finding, published in Aquaculture, Fish, and Fisheries by researchers from ...
Plants & Animals
Oct 18, 2022
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The word "audit" has a different meaning depending on whether you're an individual or a bank. But a perceived audit failure can have equally damaging consequences.
Social Sciences
Oct 12, 2022
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A specialist in plastic waste management, artists, musicians, computer scientists, and a poet-ornithologist who advocates for Black people in nature are among this year's 25 winners of the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur ...
Other
Oct 12, 2022
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Researchers from North Carolina State University collaborated with a counter-human trafficking organization, Global Emancipation Network, to develop computational models that can help fight human trafficking. The models draw ...
Mathematics
Oct 12, 2022
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