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Study explains why Mars growth stunted
A University of Oklahoma astrophysics team explains why the growth of Mars was stunted by an orbital instability among the outer solar system's giant...
Laser-driven electron recollision remembers molecular orbital structure
Scientists from the Max Born Institute for Nonlinear Optics and Short Pulse Spectroscopy (MBI) in Berlin combined state-of-the-art experiments and numerical simulations to test...
Nanoscale measurements 100x more precise, thanks to improved two-photon technique
The precision of measuring nanoscopic structures could be substantially improved, thanks to research involving the University of Warwick and QuantIC researchers at the University...
Shrinking the synthesizer
Only a few decades ago, finding a particular channel on the radio or television meant dialing a knob by hand and then making small...
Weeds will take over from kelp in high CO2 oceans
Weedy plants will thrive and displace long-lived, ecologically valuable kelp forests under forecast ocean acidification, new research from the University of Adelaide shows.
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Even brief maternal deprivation early in life alters adult brain function and cognition: Rat...
When a baby is taken from its mother for even a brief period early in life, this traumatic event significantly alters the future, adult...
Hubble detects helium in the atmosphere of an exoplanet for the first time
Astronomers using the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope have detected helium in the atmosphere of the exoplanet WASP-107b. This is the first time this element...
Levitating water droplets with sound waves to improve contaminant detection
In a new study, researchers showed that using sound waves to levitate droplets of water in midair can improve the detection of harmful heavy...
Greenhouse gas ‘feedback loop’ discovered in freshwater lakes
A new study of chemical reactions that occur when organic matter decomposes in freshwater lakes has revealed that the debris from trees suppresses production...
X-ray study yields new insights on lithium-sulfur batteries
Lithium-sulfur (Li-S) batteries are a relatively new variety of battery being studied and developed by researchers around the world. Because they have very high...
Harvesting clean hydrogen fuel through artificial photosynthesis
A new, stable artificial photosynthesis device doubles the efficiency of harnessing sunlight to break apart both fresh and salt water, generating hydrogen that can...
