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Study warns of ‘oxygen false positives’ in search for signs of...
In the search for life on other planets, the presence of oxygen in a planet's atmosphere is one potential sign of biological activity that...
Researchers create light waves that can penetrate even opaque materials
Credit: Allard Mosk/Matthias Kühmayer
Birds’ blood functions as heating system in winter
Researchers at Lund University in Sweden have discovered that bird blood produces more heat in winter, when it is colder, than in autumn. The...
Antibody binding-site conserved across COVID-19 virus variants
A tiny protein of SARS-CoV-2, the coronavirus that gives rise to COVID-19, may have big implications for future treatments, according to a team of...
Could Mario Kart teach us how to reduce world poverty and...
Many Mario Kart enthusiasts are familiar with the rush of racing down Rainbow Road, barely squeaking around a corner, and catching a power-up from...
Entropy measurements reveal exotic effect in ‘magic-angle’ graphene
Researchers at the Weizmann Institute of Science and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology discover a surprising phase transition in twisted bilayer graphene.
Most materials go from...
Radio telescope reveals thousands of star-forming galaxies in early Universe
The images capture drama billions of years ago in the early Universe—glinting galaxies, glowing with stars that have exploded into supernovas and blazing jets...
A new natural blue for food coloring
A natural brilliant blue coloring has been discovered by an international team of researchers including chemists at the University of California, Davis. The new...
Foetus in bishop’s coffin was probably his grandson
Bishop Peder Winstrup died in 1679, and is one of the most well-preserved human bodies from the 1600s. Researchers at Lund University in Sweden...
Ant responses to social isolation resemble those of humans
Ants react to social isolation in a similar way as do humans and other social mammals. A study by an Israeli-German research team has...
Research finds that coral predators exert a much larger influence on...
You might not think an animal made out of stone would have much to worry about in the way of predators, and that's largely...
