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Small galaxies likely played important role in evolution of the Universe
A new study led by University of Minnesota astrophysicists shows that high-energy light from small galaxies…
Icebreaker's cyclone encounter reveals faster sea ice decline
In August 2016 a massive storm on par with a Category 2 hurricane churned in the…
A silver lining for extreme electronics
Tomorrow’s cutting-edge technology will need electronics that can tolerate extreme conditions. That’s why a group of…
Discarded ostrich shells provide timeline for our early African ancestors
Archeologists have learned a lot about our ancestors by rummaging through their garbage piles, which contain…
Vision for ultra-precision ag: Machine learning, plant sensing, robots tending crops
A gardener hoping for a crop of the juiciest summer tomatoes might tend to each and…
Baby mantis shrimp don't pull their punches
Mantis shrimp don’t need baby food. They start their life as ferocious predators who know how…
Plankton have a genome like no other
The genome of single-celled plankton, known as dinoflagellates, is organized in an incredibly strange and unusual…
Fish have been swallowing microplastics since the 1950s
Forget diamonds—plastic is forever. It takes decades, or even centuries, for plastic to break down, and…
Lightning and subvisible discharges produce molecules that clean the atmosphere
Lightning bolts break apart nitrogen and oxygen molecules in the atmosphere and create reactive chemicals that…