Near misses at Large Hadron Collider shed light on the onset of gluon-dominated protons
New findings from University of Kansas experimental nuclear physicists Daniel Tapia Takaki and Aleksandr (Sasha) Bylinkin were just published in the European Physical Journal C....
Solving the longstanding mystery of how friction leads to static electricity
Most people have experienced the hair-raising effect of rubbing a balloon on their head or the subtle spark caused by dragging socked feet across...
Tougher arsenic standard shows desired effect: Public’s drinking water is safer
Toughening the federal standard for arsenic in 2001 has led to fewer violations by the public systems that supply more than 80 percent of...
Ash tree species likely will survive emerald ash borer beetles, but just barely
"Lingering ash." That's what the U.S. Forest Service calls the relatively few green and white ash trees that survive the emerald ash borer onslaught....
Are black holes made of dark energy
Two University of Hawaii at Manoa researchers have identified and corrected a subtle error that was made when applying Einstein's equations to model the...
Getting a look under the hood of topological insulators
Certain materials, like copper, conduct electricity very well. Other materials, like glass, do not. A certain kind of material, called a topological insulator, acts...
Mid-mass black hole hurls star across the Milky Way
An international team of astronomers has pinpointed the origin of a runaway high-velocity star named PG 1610+062 and determined that it was likely ejected...
Experiments at temperature of sun offer solutions to solar model problems
Experimenting at 4.1 million degrees Fahrenheit, physicists at Sandia National Laboratories' Z machine have found that an astronomical model—used for 40 years to predict...
Discovery of periodic tables for molecules
The periodic table of elements was proposed in 1869, and thereafter became one of the cornerstones of the natural sciences. This table was designed...
Scientists find biology’s optimal ‘molecular alphabet’ may be preordained
An international and interdisciplinary team working at the Earth-Life Science Institute (ELSI) at the Tokyo Institute of Technology has modeled the evolution of one...
New flying reptile species was one of largest ever flying animals
A newly identified species of pterosaur is among the largest ever flying animals, according to a new study from Queen Mary University of London.
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