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Discovery of ruins of ancient Turkic monument surrounded by 14 pillars with inscriptions
Drone aerial shot of the ancient Turkish ruins on Dongoin shiree. (North at the top.) Segments of the inscriptions and sarcophagus excavated from the...
Life on the ice: For the first time scientists have directly observed living bacteria...
The research team positioned themselves away from polar wildlife to limit contamination, but one persistently curious character meant a testing site had to be...
The coldest chip in the world
A chip with a Coulomb blockade thermometer on it is prepared for experiments at extremely low temperatures.
Credit: University of Basel, Department of Physics
Physicists at...
CRISPR treatment prevents hearing loss in mice
Treatment with a genome editing agent can preserve sound-detecting bristles in the inner ear of mice with genetic deafness (white box, left). Without the...
Origins of photosynthesis in plants dated to 1.25 billion years ago
The Angmaat Formation above Tremblay Sound on the Baffin Island coast. Bangiomorpha pubescens fossils occur in this roughly 500-meter thick rock formation.
Credit: Timothy Gibson
The...
Mars: Not as dry as it seems
This is image shows modern Mars (left) dry and barren, compared with the same scene over 3.5 billion years ago covered in water (right)....
Complications at birth associated with lasting chemical changes in the brain
Premature baby (stock image).
Credit: © Steve Lovegrove / Fotolia
New King's College London research, published today (28 November) in eLife, shows that adults born prematurely...
Mars mission sheds light on habitability of distant planets
An artist's rendition depicts a solar storm hitting Mars and stripping ions from the upper atmosphere.
Credit: NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center
How long might a...
Geophysicists uncover new evidence for an alternative style of plate tectonics
Cave city in volcanic rocks of uplifted Central Anatolian plateau.
Credit: Russell Pysklywec
When renowned University of Toronto (U of T) geophysicist J. Tuzo Wilson cemented...
Floating solar fuels rig created for seawater electrolysis
(Left) Photo of the stand-alone PV-electrolyzer prototype floating in a liquid reservoir of sulfuric acid. Photovoltaic cells positioned on top of the "mini rig"...
Star mergers: A new test of gravity, dark energy theories
Artist's illustration of two merging neutron stars. The rippling space-time grid represents gravitational waves that travel out from the collision, while the narrow beams...
