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Beyond the brim, Sombrero Galaxy's halo suggests turbulent past
Surprising new data from NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope suggests the smooth, settled “brim” of the Sombrero…
Earliest interbreeding event between ancient human populations discovered
For three years, anthropologist Alan Rogers has attempted to solve an evolutionary puzzle. His research untangles…
Old carbon reservoirs unlikely to cause massive greenhouse gas release
Permafrost in the soil and methane hydrates deep in the ocean are large reservoirs of ancient…
Researchers develop new method to isolate atomic sheets and create new materials
Two-dimensional materials from layered van der Waals (vdW) crystals hold great promise for electronic, optoelectronic, and…
Bumblebees can experience an object using one sense and later recognize it using another
How are we able to find things in the dark? And how can we imagine how…
A scaffold at the center of our cellular skeleton
All animal cells have an organelle called a centrosome, which is essential to the organization of…
Laser writing enables practical flat optics and data storage in glass
Femtosecond laser machining has emerged as an attractive technology enabling applications ranging from eye surgery to…
Earthquakes disrupt sperm whales' ability to find food, study finds
Otago scientists studying sperm whales off the coast of KaikÅura have discovered earthquakes affect their ability…
How to keep the nucleus clean
Cells are small factories that constantly produce protein and RNA molecules by decoding the genetic information…