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Supercomputer simulations could unlock mystery of Moon’s formation
Astronomers have taken a step towards understanding how the Moon might have formed out of a giant collision between the early Earth and another...
Hidden structure found in essential metabolic machinery
In his first year of graduate school, Rice University biochemist Zachary Wright discovered something hidden inside a common piece of cellular machinery that's essential...
Research reveals how airflow inside a car may affect COVID-19 transmission...
A new study of airflow patterns inside a car's passenger cabin offers some suggestions for potentially reducing the risk of COVID-19 transmission while sharing...
First physics results from prototype detector published
The DUNE collaboration has published their first scientific paper based on data collected with the ProtoDUNE single-phase detector located at CERN's Neutrino Platform. The...
Researchers uncover key clues about the solar system’s history
In a new paper published in the journal Nature Communications Earth and Environment, researchers at the University of Rochester were able to use magnetism to determine,...
Solar telescope releases first image of a sunspot
The world's largest solar observatory, the U.S. National Science Foundation's Daniel K. Inouye Solar Telescope, just released its first image of a sunspot. Although...
Common pipe alloy can form cancer-causing chemical in drinking water
Rusted iron pipes can react with residual disinfectants in drinking water distribution systems to produce carcinogenic hexavalent chromium in drinking water, reports a study...
Titanium atom that exists in two places at once in crystal...
The crystalline solid BaTiS3 (barium titanium sulfide) is terrible at conducting heat, and it turns out that a wayward titanium atom that exists in two...
Shuttering fossil fuel power plants may cost less than expected
Decarbonizing U.S. electricity production will require both construction of renewable energy sources and retirement of power plants now operated by fossil fuels. A generator-level...
Tire-related chemical is largely responsible for adult coho salmon deaths in...
Every fall more than half of the coho salmon that return to Puget Sound's urban streams die before they can spawn. In some streams,...
Research team develops software that cuts time, cost from gene sequencing
A team of Johns Hopkins University researchers has developed a new software that could revolutionize how DNA is sequenced, making it far faster and...
