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Behemoth Black Hole Found in an Unlikely Place
This computer-simulated image shows a supermassive black hole at the core of a galaxy. The black region in the center represents the black hole’s...
Origin of life: An artificial comet holds the missing piece
Ultraviolet processing of pre-cometary ices (left) reproduces the natural evolution of interstellar ices observed in molecular clouds (right, the 'Pillars of Creation'), leading to...
Fewer than 250 mature Bawean warty pigs in existence
Female and male Bawean warty pig -- image from camera trap.Credit:Bawean Endemics Conservation Initiative, BEKI
The rare Bawean warty pig mostly forages at night in...
Modern men lack Y chromosome genes from Neanderthals
Although it's widely known that modern humans carry traces of Neanderthal DNA, a new international study led by researchers at the Stanford University School...
Higher levels of vitamin D correspond to lower cancer risk
Researchers at University of California, San Diego School of Medicine report that higher levels of vitamin D -- specifically serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D -- are...
Treating sugar addiction like drug abuse
With obesity rates on the rise worldwide and excess sugar consumption considered a direct contributor, the search has been on for treatments to reverse...
Scientists discover new phenomenon in the field of gas-solid interactions
Three-dimensional network structure of the highly porous and flexible material DUT-49 (DUT= Dresden University of Technology) which displays the NGA-effect.
Credit: Image courtesy of Technische...
Bullet indicates Lawrence of Arabia was no liar
The desert scene of the ambush; Lawrence and the Bedouin lay in wait where the railway embankment curves around
© Nicholas Saunders
A bullet fired by...
Planet 9 takes shape: Newfound planet in our outer solar system simulated
Simulated structure of planet candidate 9.Credit: © Esther Linder, Christoph Mordasini, Universität Bern
Astrophysicists at the University of Bern have modelled the evolution of the...
Ancient Algae Offer New Hope for Hard-to-Treat Cancers
Could a slippery glob of algae hold the key to the next anti-cancer drug? According to new research into a compound produced by a...
Outdoor light has role in reducing short-sightedness in kids
Increasing exposure to outdoor light is the key to reducing the myopia (short-sightedness) epidemic in children, according to ground-breaking research by Australian optometrists.
Optometrist and...
