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New geoelectric hazard map shows potential vulnerability to high voltage power grid for two thirds of the U.S.

New geoelectric hazard map shows potential vulnerability to high-voltage power grid for two-thirds of...

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The U.S. Geological Survey released a new report on geoelectric hazards for two-thirds of the contiguous U.S., spanning from the northeast to the west...
Black hole bends light back on itself

Black hole bends light back on itself

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You may have heard that nothing escapes the gravitational grasp of a black hole, not even light. This is true in the immediate vicinity...
Researchers uncover importance of aligning biological clock with day night cycles

Researchers uncover importance of aligning biological clock with day-night cycles

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Timing is everything. A fresh example supporting the old saying has been found in connection with the systems regulated by biological clocks. Research on circadian rhythms,...
Revolutionary new method for dating pottery sheds new light on prehistoric past

Revolutionary new method for dating pottery sheds new light on prehistoric past

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A team at the University of Bristol has developed a new method of dating pottery which is allowing archaeologists to date prehistoric finds from...
soap scaled

What do soap bubbles and butterflies have in common?

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Edith Smith bred a bluer and shinier Common Buckeye at her butterfly farm in Florida, but it took University of California, Berkeley, graduate student...
Bushfires damaged Australian rainforest that is home to Earths only living specimens of ancient species

Bushfires damaged Australian rainforest that is home to Earth’s only living specimens of ancient...

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Recent wildfires in Australia torched more than 48,000 square miles of land (for context, Pennsylvania is about 46,000 square miles). The fires impacted ecologically...
Blue dye from red beets Chemists devise a new pigment option

Blue dye from red beets: Chemists devise a new pigment option

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What's your favorite color? If you answered blue, you're in good company. Blue outranks all other color preferences worldwide by a large margin. No matter how much...
Researchers expand search for new state of matter

Researchers expand search for new state of matter

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A recent discovery by University of Arkansas physicists could help researchers establish the existence of quantum spin liquids, a new state of matter. They've...
Simultaneous simulation of gravitation and magnetism of a protoplanetary disk

Simultaneous simulation of gravitation and magnetism of a protoplanetary disk

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From a massive disk of gas and dust rotating around the sun, the earth and the other seven planets of our solar system once...
Rethinking cosmology Universe expansion may not be uniform Update

Rethinking cosmology: Universe expansion may not be uniform (Update)

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Astronomers have assumed for decades that the Universe is expanding at the same rate in all directions. A new study based on data from...
Amazonian crops domesticated 10000 years ago scaled

Amazonian crops domesticated 10,000 years ago

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As agriculture emerged in early civilizations, crops were domesticated in four locations around the world—rice in China; grains and pulses in the Middle East;...