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New study suggests supermassive black holes could form from dark matter

New study suggests supermassive black holes could form from dark matter

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A new theoretical study has proposed a novel mechanism for the creation of supermassive black holes from dark matter. The international team find that...
Researchers take aim at the evolution of traditional technologies

Researchers take aim at the evolution of traditional technologies

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In the last 60,000 years, humans have emerged as an ecologically dominant species and have successfully colonized every terrestrial habitat. Our evolutionary success has...
Asteroid dust found in crater closes case of dinosaur extinction

Asteroid dust found in crater closes case of dinosaur extinction

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Researchers believe they have closed the case of what killed the dinosaurs, definitively linking their extinction with an asteroid that slammed into Earth 66...
Atheists and believers both have moral compasses but with key differences

Atheists and believers both have moral compasses, but with key differences

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A new study suggests that, while atheists and theists share moral values related to protecting vulnerable individuals, atheists are less likely to endorse values...
Record high Arctic freshwater will flow to Labrador Sea affecting local and global oceans

Record-high Arctic freshwater will flow to Labrador Sea, affecting local and global oceans

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Freshwater is accumulating in the Arctic Ocean. The Beaufort Sea, which is the largest Arctic Ocean freshwater reservoir, has increased its freshwater content by...
Paleontologists discover new insect group after solving 150 year old mystery

Paleontologists discover new insect group after solving 150-year-old mystery

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For more than 150 years, scientists have been incorrectly classifying a group of fossil insects as damselflies, the familiar cousins of dragonflies that flit...
A 4.4 million year old skeleton could reveal how early humans began to walk upright

A 4.4 million-year-old skeleton could reveal how early humans began to walk upright

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Evolutionary expert Charles Darwin and others recognized a close evolutionary relationship between humans, chimps and gorillas based on their shared anatomies, raising some big...
Climate impacts drive east west divide in forest seed production

Climate impacts drive east-west divide in forest seed production

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Younger, smaller trees that comprise much of North America's eastern forests have increased their seed production under climate change, but older, larger trees that...
After 20 years physicists find a way to keep track of lost accelerator particles

After 20 years, physicists find a way to keep track of lost accelerator particles

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A high-intensity accelerator beam is formed of trillions of particles that race at lightning speeds down a system of powerful magnets and high-energy superconductors....
Spintronics

Spintronics: New production method makes crystalline microstructures universally usable

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New storage and information technology requires new higher performance materials. One of these materials is yttrium iron garnet, which has special magnetic properties. Thanks...
Alaska thunderstorms may triple with climate change

Alaska thunderstorms may triple with climate change

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Warming temperatures will potentially alter the climate in Alaska so profoundly later this century that the number of thunderstorms will triple, increasing the risks...