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Researchers discover earliest recorded lead exposure in 250,000-year-old Neanderthal teeth
Using evidence found in teeth from two Neanderthals from southeastern France, researchers from the Department of Environmental Medicine and Public Health at the Icahn...
First two-dimensional material that performs as both topological insulator and superconductor
A transistor based on the 2-D material tungsten ditelluride (WTe2) sandwiched between boron nitride can switch between two different electronic states—one that conducts current...
Chemists develop safe alternatives to phthalates used in plastics
Researchers at UC Santa Cruz have developed safer alternatives to the phthalate plasticizers used to enhance the suppleness, flexibility, and longevity of plastics.
The problem...
World’s last wilderness may vanish
The world's last wilderness areas are rapidly disappearing, with explicit international conservation targets critically needed, according to University of Queensland-led research.
The international team recently...
Earth’s oceans have absorbed 60 percent more heat than previously thought
For each year during the past quarter century, the world's oceans have absorbed an amount of heat energy that is 150 times the energy...
Astronomers discover the giant that shaped the early days of our Milky Way
Some 10 billion years ago, the Milky Way merged with a large galaxy. The stars from this partner, named Gaia-Enceladus, make up most of...
Widely used mosquito repellent proves lethal to larval salamanders
Insect repellents containing picaridin can be lethal to salamanders. So reports a new study published today in Biology Letters that investigated how exposure to...
Timelapse shows twenty-five years in the life of one the most studied objects in...
Since it first appeared in the southern night sky on February 24th 1987, Supernova 1987A has been one of the most studied objects in...
Math describes how bubbles pop
Understanding the dynamics of bursting bubbles can provide critical insights for a range of fields from oceanography to atmospheric science, but the mechanisms that...
Most detailed observations of material orbiting close to a black hole
ESO's exquisitely sensitive GRAVITY instrument has added further evidence to the long-standing assumption that a supermassive black hole lurks in the centre of the...
Scientists make first detailed measurements of key factors related to high-temperature superconductivity
In superconducting materials, electrons pair up and condense into a quantum state that carries electrical current with no loss. This usually happens at very...
