Long ago, when ice sheets spread across much of the Northern Hemisphere, the Atlantic Ocean existed in a world that looked nothing like today. Massive glaciers covered land. Sea levels were lower. Temperatures plunged.
It’s easy to imagine the…
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Bradyzoite subtypes rule the crossroads of Toxoplasma development
Weiss, L. M. & Dubey, J. P. Toxoplasmosis: A history of clinical observations. Int J. Parasitol. 39, 895–901 (2009).
Reiter-Owona, I. et al. Is stage conversion the initiating event for…
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Sometimes You Do Have to Consider Them: Observing Magnetic Fields Using Pulsar Halos
Paper Title: Diagnosing interstellar magnetic turbulence with TeV pulsar halos
Authors: Chao-Ming Li, Ruo-Yu Liu, and Huirong Yan
First-author institution: Nanjing University, Nanjing 210023, China
Status: Published in Physical…
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Scientists Solve a 66-Million-Year-Old Climate Mystery That Changed Earth Forever – SciTechDaily
- Scientists Solve a 66-Million-Year-Old Climate Mystery That Changed Earth Forever SciTechDaily
- Scientists Discover What Vanished from the Oceans After the Dinosaurs Died Out The Daily Galaxy
- What ended Earth’s greenhouse age? New clues from the…
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A cosmic giant caught breaking the universe’s growth rules
In the early universe, astronomers found a rare light that breaks the rules of how black holes grow. Researchers from Waseda University and Tohoku University, working with the Subaru Telescope, have uncovered a quasar, J084222.9+001000…
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Meet The Squirrel That Turns Off Its Brain For 8 Months Every Year — A Biologist Explains
The Arctic ground squirrel survives conditions that would cause irreparable brain damage in almost any other mammal on the planet. Here’s how, according to research.
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If you cool a human brain by even just a few degrees, its neurons will…
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January’s full Wolf Moon leaps past the Eiffel Tower in stunning photo of Paris skyline
A composite image chronicling the path of January’s full moon above the Paris skyline. (Image credit: Martin GIRAUD | @tinmar_g (Instagram)) Photographer Martin Giraud captured a breathtaking view of January’s full “Wolf Moon” rising over…
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NASA shows how sun could swallow Earth
Astronomy helps scientists understand how stars are born, live, and eventually die. One key question people…
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China’s new method boosts productivity by 10x
Researchers at the Tianjin Institute of Industrial Biotechnology have reportedly found a way to synthesize starch directly from carbon dioxide. Achieved using only enzymes and raw materials, this new process, they report, is 10 times more…
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Inn Film Achieves Ultrafast Optical Switching With 1 Electronic Specific Heat
Researchers are exploring how to achieve incredibly fast optical switching , controlling light with extreme speed , and a new study details a promising mechanism using indium nitride. Junjun Jia (Waseda University) and Minseok Kim and Yuzo…
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