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Glaciologists unveil most precise map ever of Antarctic ice velocity
Constructed from a quarter century's worth of satellite data, a new map of Antarctic ice velocity by glaciologists from the University of California, Irvine...
Marital infidelity and professional misconduct linked, study shows
People who cheat on their spouses are significantly more likely to engage in misconduct in the workplace, according to a study from the McCombs...
A voracious Cambrian predator, Cambroraster, is a new species from the Burgess Shale
Palaeontologists at the Royal Ontario Museum and University of Toronto have uncovered fossils of a large new predatory species in half-a-billion-year-old rocks from Kootenay...
Scientists reproduce the dynamics behind astrophysical shocks
High-energy shock waves driven by solar flares and coronal mass ejections of plasma from the sun erupt throughout the solar system, unleashing magnetic space...
‘Unprecedented’ discovery of unique infrared light signature on Neptune’s moon Triton
Triton orbits Neptune, the eighth planet from the Sun, some 2.7 billion miles from Earth—at the cold outer fringe of the Solar System's major...
Study suggests frozen Earthlike planets could support life
Icy planets once thought too cold to support life might have livable land areas above freezing, challenging the typical assumption of what kinds of...
Ultra-thin layers of rust generate electricity from flowing water
There are many ways to generate electricity—batteries, solar panels, wind turbines, and hydroelectric dams, to name a few examples… and now, there's rust.
New research...
Uncovering the roots of discrimination toward immigrants
All over the world, immigration has become a source of social and political conflict. But what are the roots of antipathy toward immigrants, and...
Demonstration of alpha particle confinement capability in helical fusion plasmas
A team of fusion researchers succeeded in proving that energetic ions with energy in mega electron volt (MeV) range are superiorly confined in a...
Climate change could revive medieval megadroughts in US Southwest
About a dozen megadroughts struck the American Southwest during the 9th through the 15th centuries, but then they mysteriously ceased around the year 1600....
World’s smallest fossil monkey found in Amazon jungle
A team of Peruvian and American scientists have uncovered the 18-million-year-old remains of the smallest fossil monkey ever found.
A fossilized tooth found in Peru's...
