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Mysterious magnetic fossils offer past climate clues
There are fossils, found in ancient marine sediments and made up of no more than a…
Use of pronouns may show signs of an impeding breakup
Evidence of an impending breakup may exist in the small words used in everyday conversations months…
Geologists produce new timeline of Earth's Paleozoic climate changes
The temperature of a planet is linked with the diversity of life that it can support.…
New clues emerge in how early tetrapods learned to live—and eat—on land
New research out of the University of Chicago has found evidence that the lobe-finned fish species…
Space tourism: new test flight planned for Virgin Galactic
Space tourism company Virgin Galactic said Monday it planned a new test flight for its SpaceShipTwo…
Synthetic biology reinvents development
Richard Feynman, one of the most respected physicists of the twentieth century, said “What I cannot…
Optimized LIBS technique improves analysis of nuclear reactor materials
In a new study, investigators report an optimized approach to using laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy (LIBS) for…
Searching for dark matter through the fifth dimension
Theoretical physicists of the PRISMA+ Cluster of Excellence at Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz are working on…
Discovery could lead to self-propelled robots
Army-funded researchers discovered how to make materials capable of self-propulsion, allowing materials to move without motors…