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Current atmospheric greenhouse gas concentrations likely commit to warmings greater than 1.5C over land
Current levels of atmospheric greenhouse gas concentrations already commit the planet to air temperatures over many land regions being eventually warmed by greater than...
New gene variants present in three percent of all ALS patients
Variations in a gene with multiple functions in neurons are present in approximately 3 percent of all cases of ALS in North American and...
Light shed on a superluminous supernova which appears to have exploded twice
This graph shows the evolution of the apparent brigntness of the new supernova it is shown according to data collected by the Dark Energy...
Ancient temples in the Himalaya reveal signs of past earthquakes
Damaged and clamped pillar at Lakshi Narayan temple, Chamba, India. Damage likely to have occurred during the 1555 Kashmir earthquake. Credit: Mayank Joshi
Tilted pillars,...
Low physical capacity second only to smoking as highest death risk
A 45 year study in middle-aged men has shown that the impact of low physical capacity on risk of death is second only to...
The case of the missing craters
Scientists with NASA's Dawn mission were surprised to find that Ceres has no clear signs of truly giant impact basins. This image shows both...
Rainforest greener during ‘dry’ season
A new article explains that understanding the seasonality of photosynthesis can help scientists assess whether or not the Amazon is under stress and how...
New species of beaked whale confirmed by DNA
In 2004 Reid Brewer of the University of Alaska Southeast measured an unusual beaked whale that turned up dead in Alaska's Aleutian Islands. A...
Nottingham Dollies prove cloned sheep can live long and healthy lives
Nottingham Dollies. Credit: The University of Nottingham.
Three weeks after the scientific world marked the 20th anniversary of the birth of Dolly the sheep new...
Puzzling paucity of large craters on dwarf planet Ceres
Image Courtesy of SwRI/Simone Marchi. The top of this false-color image includes a grazing view of Kerwan, Ceres’ largest impact crater. This well-preserved crater...
Novel state of matter: Observation of a quantum spin liquid
This is a section from the crystal lattice of Calcium-chromium oxide showing how the spins are subject to conflicting demands. In this ball-and-stick model,...
