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26 Jaguars Killed in Panama So Far This Year

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A jaguar named Aquiles recorded by camera traps in Cana National Park, Darien Province, Panama.Credit: Fundación Yaguará Panamá. Ricardo Moreno, research associate at the Smithsonian...
Detonating white dwarfs as supernovae

Detonating white dwarfs as supernovae

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This is a Hubble Space Telescope image of supernova 1994D in galaxy NGC 4526.Credit: NASA/ESA   New model explains how inspiraling dead stars can explode at...
New fault discovered in earthquake prone Southern California region

Earthquake risk: New fault discovered in earthquake-prone Southern California region

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Scripps geologist Neal Driscoll taking measurements of the onshore sediment layers along the eastern edge of the Salton Sea.Credit: Scripps Institution of Oceanography A swarm...
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‘Atomic sandwiches’ could make computers 100X greener

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A false-colored electron microscopy image shows alternating lutetium (yellow) and iron (blue) atomic planes.Credit: Emily Ryan and Megan Holtz/Cornell Researchers have engineered a material that...
Researchers reconstruct beautiful house in Pompeii by using 3D technology

Researchers reconstruct beautiful house in Pompeii by using 3D technology

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Researchers reconstruct house from old Pompeii using 3D technology.Credit: Image courtesy of Lund University By combining traditional archaeology with 3D technology, researchers at Lund University...
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Discovery of an Extragalactic Hot Molecular Core

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Artist's concept image of the hot molecular core discovered in the Large Magellanic Cloud.Credit: FRIS/Tohoku University. The figure is a derivative work of the...

Study solves 50-year-old puzzle tied to enigmatic, lone wolf waves

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Using a computer-assisted wave generator, scientists produced a train of solitons in a 110-meter-long water tank in Berlin, recreating in water the mathematical results...
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Omnidirectional mobile robot has just two moving parts

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Carnegie Mellon University's SIMbot robot uses a motor with just one moving part -- a large ball -- to balance and move in an...
Archaeologists unveil new findings from Greek warriors tomb

Lord of the Rings: Archaeologists unveil new findings from Greek warrior’s tomb

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A mirror discovered in the tomb of a Greek warrior in southwest Greece refers to a scene of a goddess holding a mirror in...

Nobel Prize in Physics 2016: Secrets of exotic matter revealed

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The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has decided to award the Nobel Prize in Physics 2016 with one half to David J. Thouless of...
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Stanford researchers show air bag bike helmets have promise

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Stanford postdoc Mehmet Kurt tests an air bag helmet designed to protect bicycle riders from concussions. (Image credit: Kurt Hickman) Stanford bioengineer David Camarillo knows...