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A subtle yet significant phenomenon is occurring beneath the North American continent; its ancient bedrock is slowly dripping into the Earth’s mantle, creating a funnel-like structure concentrated over the Midwest of the United States.
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We're one step closer to that elusive goal preventing hair loss and enabling new growth, as scientists identify the crucial role that one all-important protein has in protecting the hard-working cells on the production line.
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The British Antarctic Survey (BAS) has released the most detailed map yet of what Antarctica looks like when you strip away its ubiquitous cover of ice and snow. Derived from 60 years of data, it will help scientists understand ice flows better.
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New supplement could save pollen-starved beehives
April 22, 2025 | Ben CoxworthBeekeepers in many regions are having a hard time of it, as their honeybees struggle to find enough pollen. Scientists are now addressing that problem with a new nutritional supplement which is described as being like "a PowerBar for bees." -
A laser beam to the eye shows humans a color we've never seen before
April 22, 2025 | Abhimanyu GhoshalJust when you think you've seen it all, researchers claim to have developed a way for people to see a color the human eye has previously never seen before. They're calling this new hue 'Olo.' -
Fungus-based material could offer a sustainable concrete alternative
April 21, 2025 | Abhimanyu GhoshalEngineers from Montana State University have developed a building material using the root-like mycelium network of a fungus. It's the first time fungal mycelium has been tested as a scaffold for living materials. -
Drugged-up salmon are acting weird and we don't know how to fix it
April 20, 2025 | Bronwyn ThompsonA benzodiazepine seeping into waterways is causing young Atlantic salmon to behave strangely, with fish in the wild migrating more rapidly and taking more risks on their journey from river to ocean. It even seems to be messing up their social lives. -
MEV-1 service spacecraft makes history with first satellite undocking
April 19, 2025 | David SzondyNorthrop Grumman has written a new line in the history books, the company's Mission Extension Vehicle 1 (MEV-1) executing the first undocking of two commercial satellites in geosynchronous earth orbit (GEO) – heralding a new age of commercial space operations. -
Crystal-based cooling could keep future gadgets from overheating
April 17, 2025 | Abhimanyu GhoshalThe heat from within your laptop disperses slowly, like ripples in a pond. What if we could turn that heat into channeled waves that travel away from the source up to a hundred times faster? Researchers are giving it a go – with crystals. -
Revolutionary forensic tech gets gunshot residue to glow green
April 17, 2025 | Ben CoxworthIf you've watched even a single episode of CSI, you'll know how important it is to check suspects and crime scenes for gunshot residue (GSR). A new technique could make that task faster and easier than ever before, by causing GSR to glow green. -
Over 6,600 tons of space junk are floating around in Earth's orbit
April 16, 2025 | Abhimanyu GhoshalWe've deployed so many satellites into space over the last few decades that we now have a massive orbital junk problem. The European Space Agency says there's now roughly as much debris as there are active satellites floating about in Low Earth Orbit. -
Watch: Transparent colossal squid caught on video for the first time
April 16, 2025 | Abhimanyu GhoshalLiterally a century after it was first discovered, we now have footage of the colossal squid alive in its natural habit for the very first time for your viewing pleasure. In fact, you can see a juvenile transparent specimen here. -
Google AI learns to speak dolphin
April 15, 2025 | Abhimanyu GhoshalResearchers have developed DolphinGemma, the first LLM for understanding dolphin language. It could help us translate what these incredible creatures are saying, potentially much faster than we ever could with manual approaches used over decades.
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