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April 24, 2020
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Giant Teenage Shark from the Dinosaur Era

Apr. 23, 2020 — Scientists examined parts of a vertebral column, which was found in northern Spain in 1996, and assigned it to the extinct shark group Ptychodontidae. In contrast to teeth, shark vertebrae bear ... read more
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Link Between Obesity and Sleep Loss

Apr. 22, 2020 — Can staying up late make you fat? Researchers found the opposite to be true when they studied sleep in worms: It's not the sleep loss that leads to obesity, but rather that ... read more
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Exoplanet Apparently Disappears in Latest Hubble Observations

Apr. 20, 2020 — What scientists thought was a planet beyond our solar system has 'vanished.' Though this happens to sci-fi worlds, scientists seek a more plausible explanation. One ... read more
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Milky Way Could Be Catapulting Stars Into Its Outer Halo

Apr. 19, 2020 — Astronomers have shown that clusters of supernovas can cause the birth of scattered, eccentrically orbiting suns in outer stellar halos, upending commonly held notions of how ... read more
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Studying Our Galaxy's 'Water Worlds'

Apr. 21, 2020 — In seeking to learn more about Neptune-like exoplanets, an international team of researchers has provided one of the first mineralogy lab studies for water-rich ... read more

ALMA Reveals Unusual Composition of Interstellar Comet 2I/Borisov

Apr. 20, 2020 — A galactic visitor entered our solar system last year -- interstellar comet 2I/Borisov. When astronomers pointed the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) toward the comet on Dec. ... read more

Rare South American Ground Beetles Sport Unusual, Likely Multi-Purpose Antennal Cleaners

Apr. 20, 2020 — After 157 years since the description of the South American genus of strange-combed beetles, Nototylus, a second specimen finally has been discovered. The beetle comes to address some over a ... read more

Electronics That Mimic the Human Brain in Efficient Learning

Apr. 20, 2020 — Only 10 years ago, scientists working on what they hoped would open a new frontier of neuromorphic computing could only dream of a device using miniature tools called memristors that would ... read more
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Researchers Achieve Remote Control of Hormone Release

Apr. 17, 2020 — Using magnetic nanoparticles, scientists stimulate the adrenal gland in rodents to control release of hormones linked to ... read more

Under Pressure: New Bioinspired Material Can 'Shapeshift' to External Forces

Apr. 17, 2020 — Inspired by how human bone and colorful coral reefs adjust mineral deposits in response to their surrounding environments, researchers have created a self-adapting material that can change its ... read more

The Origin of Feces: coproID Reliably Predicts Sources of Ancient Scat

Apr. 17, 2020 — The archaeological record is littered with feces, a potential goldmine for insights into ancient health and diet, parasite evolution, and the ecology and evolution of the microbiome. The main problem ... read more

Pushing the Limits of 2D Supramolecules

Apr. 16, 2020 — Researchers have reached a 'world record' in the development of two-dimensional ... read more

Untwisting Plastics for Charging Internet-of-Things Devices

Apr. 16, 2020 — Scientists are unraveling the properties of electricity-conducting plastics so they can be used in future energy-harvesting ... read more
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ESO Telescope Sees Star Dance Around Supermassive Black Hole, Proves Einstein Right

Apr. 16, 2020 — Observations have revealed for the first time that a star orbiting the supermassive black hole at the center of the Milky Way moves just as predicted by Einstein's general theory of relativity. ... read more

Light from Stretchable Sheets of Atoms for Quantum Technologies

Apr. 16, 2020 — A team of scientists may have developed a way to address a decades-long challenge in the field of quantum materials - the spectral tuning of proposed quantum light ... read more

What Is an Individual? Information Theory May Provide the Answer

Apr. 16, 2020 — Despite the near-universal assumption of individuality in biology, there is little agreement about what individuals are and few rigorous quantitative methods for their identification. A new approach ... read more

Lung-Heart Super Sensor on a Chip Tinier Than a Ladybug

Apr. 16, 2020 — This Lilliputian chip's detection bandwidth is enormous -- from sweeping body motions to faint sounds of the heartbeat, pulse waves traversing body tissues, respiration rate, and lung ... read more

Biomechanics of Skin Can Perform Useful Tactile Computations

Apr. 15, 2020 — As our body's largest and most prominent organ, the skin also provides one of our most fundamental connections to the world around us. From the moment we're born, it is intimately involved ... read more

Journey to the Center of the Earth

Apr. 15, 2020 — In an effort to investigate conditions found at the Earth's molten outer core, researchers successfully determined the density of liquid iron and sound propagation speed through it at extremely ... read more
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Strongest Evidence Yet That Neutrinos Explain How the Universe Exists

Apr. 15, 2020 — New data throws more support behind the theory that neutrinos are the reason the universe is dominated by ... read more

Pterosaurs and Other Fossil Flyers to Better Engineer Human-Made Flight

Apr. 15, 2020 — Pterosaurs were the largest animals ever to fly. They soared the skies for 160 million years -- much longer than any species of modern bird. Despite their aeronautic excellence, these ancient flyers ... read more

Speeding-Up Quantum Computing Using Giant Atomic Ions

Apr. 15, 2020 — Researchers have found a new way to speed up quantum computing that could pave the way for huge leaps forward in computer processing ... read more

New Textile Could Keep You Cool in the Heat, Warm in the Cold

Apr. 15, 2020 — Imagine a single garment that could adapt to changing weather conditions, keeping its wearer cool in the heat of midday but warm when an evening storm blows in. In addition to wearing it outdoors, ... read more

Improving the Treatment of Periodontitis

Apr. 15, 2020 — For the first time, researchers have shown that a unicellular parasite commonly found in the mouth plays a role in both severe tissue inflammation and tissue ... read more
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