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Antarctica losing six times more ice mass annually now than 40 years ago
Antarctica experienced a sixfold increase in yearly ice mass loss between 1979 and 2017, according to a study published today in Proceedings of the...
Team discovers new way supermassive black holes are ‘fed’
Supermassive black holes weigh millions to billions times more than our sun and lie at the center of most galaxies. A supermassive black hole...
Honey bee parasites feed on fatty organs, not blood
Honey bee colonies around the world are at risk from a variety of threats, including pesticides, diseases, poor nutrition and habitat loss. Recent research...
Antarctic ice sheet could suffer a one-two climate punch
Scientists have long speculated that our planet's climate system is intimately linked to the Earth's celestial motions.
The pacing of the most recent ice ages,...
Genetically modified food opponents know less than they think, research finds
The people who hold the most extreme views opposing genetically modified (GM) foods think they know most about GM food science, but actually know...
Illuminating women’s role in the creation of medieval manuscripts
During the European Middle Ages, literacy and written texts were largely the province of religious institutions. Richly illustrated manuscripts were created in monasteries for...
Skull scans tell tale of how world’s first dogs caught their prey
Analysis of the skulls of lions, wolves and hyenas has helped scientists uncover how prehistoric dogs hunted 40 million years ago.
A study has revealed...
The lonely giant: Milky Way-sized galaxy lacking galactic neighbors
Long ago in a galaxy far, far away, fewer galaxies were born than expected -- and that could create new questions for galaxy physics,...
Double star system flips planet-forming disk into pole position
New research led by an astronomer at the University of Warwick has found the first confirmed example of a double star system that has...
Mutations in key protein that oversees cellular functions crucial to health and survival
A new research project uses the Canadian Light Source to help researchers understand the protein responsible for regulating heartbeats. Errors in this crucial protein's...
Scientists discover new ways to twist and shift light
The results from the National Physical Laboratory's (NPL) latest research in photonics could open doors to new quantum technologies and telecoms systems
Researchers from the...
