Learning the trick to finding cannibalized stars
Artistic depiction of a Be star and its disk (upper right) orbited by a faint, hot, stripped star (lower left). Credit: Painting by William Pounds Scientists working with the powerful …
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Some children get periods at 8, years before menstruation is taught at school
Credit: CC0 Public Domain Managing menstruation in public can be challenging at the best of times, but imagine being eight years old and having to deal with your period at …
Surprising discovery of pharmaceuticals in Norwegian food waste
Astrid Solvåg Nesse at the beginning of the mushroom experiments. On Thursday, February 16, 2024, she will defend her dessertation at NMBU. Credit: Agnieszka Jasinksa New research reveals that recycled …
Researchers use satellites to analyze global reef biodiversity
Generating dynamic habitat windows in the Fulaga Atoll (Fiji). In this example, habitat windows encompassed 10, 100 and 500 ha centered on a dive station (white “x”). These windows were …
Ocean system that moves heat gets closer to collapse, which could cause weather chaos, study says
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain An abrupt shutdown of Atlantic Ocean currents that could put large parts of Europe in a deep freeze is looking a bit more likely and closer …
How to make sense of an unusual cold snap while the world is hotter than ever
Left: global annual mean carbon dioxide (black curve) and air temperature (red curve) since 1850. Right: Average temperatures over central England in summer (red curve) and winter (curve). Temperatures relative …
Why you might start to hate the influencers you once loved
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Tattle Life, an anonymous gossip forum, has been described as “the most toxic place on the internet.” “Fake boobs, fake teeth, fake nose, fake life,” “Career …
New 3D printing method uses ice to build a template for artificial blood vessels in engineered tissue
3D printed ice template of blood vessels shown on the left. The right shows imaging of cells forming a blood vessel-like structure on the template one week later. Credit: Feimo …
Researchers demonstrate multi-photon state transfer between remote superconducting nodes
Credit: Grebel et al. Over the past few decades, quantum physicists and engineers have been trying to develop new, reliable quantum communication systems. These systems could ultimately serve as a …
Dark matter, a bug, and the marriageability of baritones
The first complete decoding of the genome of the Black-necked Snakefly (Venustoraphidia nigricollis) provides new insights into the evolution of these “living fossils.” Credit: Harald Bruckner “Oh, hello. I didn’t …