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New species of tiny tyrannosaur foreshadows rise of T. rex
A newly discovered, diminutive—by T. rex standards—relative of the tyrant king of dinosaurs reveals crucial new information about when and how T. rex came...
Squid could provide an eco-friendly alternative to plastics
The remarkable properties of a recently-discovered squid protein could revolutionize materials in a way that would be unattainable with conventional plastic, finds a review...
Water is more homogeneous than expected
In order to explain the known anomalies in water, some researchers assume that water consists of a mixture of two phases, even under ambient...
Tiny Neptune moon spotted by Hubble may have broken from larger moon
Astronomers call it "the moon that shouldn't be there."
After several years of analysis, a team of planetary scientists using NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has...
Do volcanoes or an asteroid deserve blame for dinosaur extinction
Based on new data published today in the journal Science, it seems increasingly likely that an asteroid or comet impact 66 million years ago reignited...
The holy grail of nanowire production
Nanowires have the potential to revolutionize the technology around us. Measuring just 5-100 nanometers in diameter (a nanometer is a millionth of a millimeter),...
Physicists ‘flash-freeze’ crystal of 150 ions
Physicists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have "flash-frozen" a flat crystal of 150 beryllium ions (electrically charged atoms), opening new...
Researchers discover a flipping crab feeding on methane seeps
Researchers have documented a group of tanner crabs vigorously feeding at a methane seep on the seafloor off British Columbia—one of the first times...
Research reveals why the zebra got its stripes
Why do zebras have stripes? A study published in PLOS ONE today takes us another step closer to answering this puzzling question and to...
Establishing the molecular blueprint of early embryo development
A team of biologists, physicists and mathematical modellers in Cambridge have studied the genetic activity of over 100,000 embryonic cells to establish the molecular...
Correlated nucleons may solve 35-year-old mystery
A careful re-analysis of data taken at the Department of Energy's Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility has revealed a possible link between correlated protons...
