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The first duckbill dinosaur fossil from Africa hints at how dinosaurs...
The first fossils of a duckbilled dinosaur have been discovered in Africa, suggesting dinosaurs crossed hundreds of kilometres of open water to get there.
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The biggest trees capture the most carbon: Large trees dominate carbon...
Older, large-diameter trees have been shown to store disproportionally massive amounts of carbon compared to smaller trees, highlighting their importance in mitigating climate change,...
Near-atomic ‘maps’ reveal structure for maintaining pH balance in cells
For the first time, scientists have visualized a new class of molecular gates that maintain pH balance within brain cells, a critical function that...
Detection of a short, intense radio burst in Milky Way
New data from a Canadian-led team of astronomers, including researchers from the McGill Space Institute and McGill University Department of Physics, strongly suggest that...
A 520-million-year-old, five-eyed fossil reveals arthropod origin
Arthropods have been among the most successful animals on Earth since the Cambrian Period, about 520 million years ago. They are the most familiar...
Using quantum properties of light to transmit information
Researchers at the University of Rochester and Cornell University have taken an important step toward developing a communications network that exchanges information across long...
New species of ancient cynodont, 220 million years old, discovered
Fossilized jaw bone fragments of a rat-like creature found at the Petrified Forest National Park in Arizona last year by a Virginia Tech College...
Supersonic winds, rocky rains forecasted on lava planet
Among the most extreme planets discovered beyond the edges of our solar system are lava planets: fiery hot worlds that circle so close to...
Gentoo penguins are four species, not one, say scientists
Gentoo penguins should be reclassified as four separate species, say scientists at the Milner Centre for Evolution at the University of Bath, after analysing...
Tracking flight trajectory of evaporating cough droplets
The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has led many researchers to study airborne droplet transmission in different conditions and environments. The latest studies are starting to...
Researchers find new lead for disarming antibiotic-resistant bacteria
A virus can stop bacteria from sharing genes for antibiotic resistance among themselves, Texas A&M AgriLife researchers have discovered. The results hint at new...