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Astrophysicists discover planets in extragalactic galaxies using microlensing
A University of Oklahoma astrophysics team has discovered for the first time a population of planets beyond the Milky Way galaxy. Using microlensing --...
Scientists discover ‘chiral phonons’ – atomic rotations in a 2-D semiconductor crystal
A research team from the Department of Energy's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) has found the first evidence that a shaking motion in...
Radiocarbon dating reveals mass grave did date to the Viking age
A team of archaeologists, led by Cat Jarman from the University of Bristol's Department of Anthropology and Archaeology, has discovered that a mass grave...
Bacteria play critical role in driving colon cancers
Patients with an inherited form of colon cancer harbor two bacterial species that collaborate to encourage development of the disease, and the same species...
Researchers observe electrons zipping around in crystals
The end of the silicon age has begun. As computer chips approach the physical limits of miniaturization and power-hungry processors drive up energy costs,...
Toward end of Ice Age, human beings witnessed fires larger than dinosaur killers
On a ho-hum day some 12,800 years ago, the Earth had emerged from another ice age. Things were warming up, and the glaciers had...
In wine, there’s health: Low levels of alcohol good for the brain
While a couple of glasses of wine can help clear the mind after a busy day, new research shows that it may actually help...
Polar bears finding it harder to catch enough seals to meet energy demands
A new study finds polar bears in the wild have higher metabolic rates than previously thought, and as climate change alters their environment a...
Quantum ‘hack’ to unleash computing power
Physicists at the University of Sydney have found a 'quantum hack' that should allow for enormous efficiency gains in quantum computing technologies.
As scientists at...
Distant galaxy group contradicts common cosmological models, simulations
An international team of astronomers has determined that Centaurus A, a massive elliptical galaxy 13 million light-years from Earth, is accompanied by a number...
Strange things happen when a crystal gets split in two
The remarkable strength of ionic crystals is easily explained at the atomic scale: Positively and negatively charged atoms sit side by side in a...
