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Lizards adapt to invasive fire ants reversing geographical patterns of lizard traits

Lizards adapt to invasive fire ants, reversing geographical patterns of lizard traits

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Some lizards in the eastern U.S. have adapted to invasive fire ants -- which can bite, sting, and kill lizards -- reversing geographical trends...
Whales lost their teeth before evolving hair like baleen in their mouths

Whales lost their teeth before evolving hair-like baleen in their mouths

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Rivaling the evolution of feathers in dinosaurs, one of the most extraordinary transformations in the history of life was the evolution of baleen --...
Light triggers gold in unexpected way

Light triggers gold in unexpected way

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Rice University researchers have discovered a fundamentally different form of light-matter interaction in their experiments with gold nanoparticles. They weren't looking for it, but students...
Study witnesses first moments of star dying in finest detail

Study witnesses first moments of star dying in finest detail

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An international research team including The Australian National University (ANU) has used the Kepler space telescope in coordination with ground-based telescopes to witness the...
Probing quantum physics on a macroscopic scale

Probing quantum physics on a macroscopic scale

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Why does quantum mechanics work so well for microscopic objects, yet macroscopic objects are described by classical physics? This question has bothered physicists since...
Brilliant iron molecule could provide cheaper solar energy

Brilliant iron molecule could provide cheaper solar energy

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For the first time, researchers have succeeded in creating an iron molecule that can function both as a photocatalyst to produce fuel and in...
Black hole donuts are actually fountains

Black hole ‘donuts’ are actually ‘fountains’

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Based on computer simulations and new observations from the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA), researchers have found that the rings of gas surrounding active...
Scientists measure all of the starlight ever produced by the observable universe

Scientists measure all of the starlight ever produced by the observable universe

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From their laboratories on a rocky planet dwarfed by the vastness of space, Clemson University scientists have managed to measure all of the starlight...
Oldest known ancestor of modern primates may have come from North America not Asia

Oldest-known ancestor of modern primates may have come from North America, not Asia

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Teilhardina brandti, a 56-million year-old primate found in Wyoming, may be older than its Asian cousin, previously thought to be the earliest ancestor of...
Revealing hidden information in sound waves

Revealing hidden information in sound waves

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By essentially turning down the pitch of sound waves, University of Michigan engineering researchers have devised a way to unlock greater amounts of data...
Scientists find a way to enhance the performance of quantum computers

Scientists find a way to enhance the performance of quantum computers

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USC scientists have demonstrated a theoretical method to enhance the performance of quantum computers, an important step to scale a technology with potential to...