When thinking of animals that live in the most extreme environments on Earth most of us probably don't think of the snailfish. Its name may not hint at extraordinary physical capabilities but the snailfish has broken the ...
Plants & Animals
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Now in its fifth year in space, NASA's TESS (Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite) remains a rousing success. TESS's cameras have mapped more than 93% of the entire sky, discovered 329 new worlds and thousands more candidates, ...
Astronomy
Apr 18, 2023
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There is a need for new drugs. For example, many of the antibiotics that we have been using for a long time are becoming less effective. Chemists and pharmaceutical scientists are frantically searching for new active substances, ...
Biochemistry
Apr 13, 2023
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Using data from ESA's Gaia mission, astronomers have discovered not only the closest but also the second closest black hole to Earth. The black holes, Gaia BH1 and Gaia BH2, are respectively located just 1,560 light-years ...
Astronomy
Apr 3, 2023
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A new species of ancient beaver that was rediscovered by researchers in The University of Texas at Austin's fossil collections has been named after Buc-ee's, a Texas-based chain of popular travel centers known for its cartoon ...
Paleontology & Fossils
Mar 27, 2023
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Centuries after the first golden coffins were taken to Europe, ancient Egyptian mummies still vividly capture people's imaginations. Perhaps we're awed by the grandeur of their rituals and tradition. But new discoveries keep ...
Archaeology
Mar 2, 2023
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Imagine going for an MRI scan of your knee. This scan measures the density of water molecules present in your knee, at a resolution of about one cubic millimeter—which is great for determining whether, for example, a meniscus ...
Condensed Matter
Feb 13, 2023
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An international team of astronomers has discovered eight of the hottest stars in the universe, all with surfaces hotter than 100,000 degrees Celsius. The work was published in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society.
Astronomy
Jan 9, 2023
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Scientists from the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, and partners across the globe present their pick of the top 10 plant and fungal species named new to science at Kew in 2022.
Plants & Animals
Dec 21, 2022
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Recent findings by UCSF and Arc Institute scientists open up new possibilities for overcoming a fundamental challenge in drug discovery. There can be a tradeoff between optimizing a drug's key-in-a-lock fit with its target ...
Cell & Microbiology
Dec 8, 2022
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