Large methane release could cause abrupt climate change as happened 635 million years ago
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
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An abrupt release of methane, a powerful greenhouse gas, about 635 million years ago from ice sheets that then extended to Earth’s low latitudes caused a dramatic shift in climate, triggering a series of events ...
Getting warmer: Researchers uncover information on new superconductors
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The world of physics is on fire about a new kind of superconductor, and a group of researchers at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, and Oak Ridge National Laboratory led by physicist Pengcheng Dai are in the middle ...
MIT student ingenuity plus high-tech batteries yields advanced all-electric Porsche
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With a click and a hum, the sleek Porsche 914 pulled away from the curb while onlookers watched anxiously and the passenger gazed down at a laptop plugged into the dashboard.
Scientists find giant ring encircling exotic dead star
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One of the most powerful eruptions in the universe might have spun an infrared ring around a rare and exotic star known as a magnetar, a highly magnetized neutron star and the remnant of a brilliant supernova ...
Good news for a fast-wrinkling generation: Some anti-aging methods work
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Fine wrinkles, deeper creases, saggy areas around the mouth and neck – the sights in the mirror that make baby boomers wince – are not inevitable. They result from a structural breakdown inside the skin that ...
Aussie scientists discover oldest proof of live birth
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
May 28, 2008 |
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Australian scientists have discovered the oldest evidence of live birth on the planet, thanks to a fossil fish from Western Australia with a well-preserved embryo inside the body cavity.
Physicists Don't Flip Spin but Find Possible Electron Switch
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University of Oregon researchers trying to flip the spin of electrons with laser bursts lasting picoseconds (a trillionth of a second) instead found a way to manipulate and control the spin -- knowledge that may prove useful ...
Research Suggests Novel Superconductor Is In a Powerful Class All Its Own
May 28, 2008 |
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Superconductivity has perplexed, astounded and inspired scientists ever since it was discovered in 1911. Now, in the latest of a century of surprises, researchers at the National High Magnetic Field Laboratory ...
New superlattice structure enables high performance infrared imaging
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Scientists at the Center for Quantum Devices (CQD) in the McCormick School of Engineering at Northwestern University have demonstrated for the first time a high-performance infrared imager, based on a Type II superlattice, ...
Giant flying reptiles preferred to walk
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
May 28, 2008 |
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New research into gigantic flying reptiles has found that they weren’t all gull-like predators grabbing fish from the water but that some were strongly adapted for life on the ground.
The ghostly gaze of science
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An award-winning visual illusion developed by university psychologists will be shown as part of this year’s Glasgow Science Festival on 15 June.
When your memories can no longer be trusted
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You went to a wedding yesterday. The service was beautiful, the food and drink flowed and there was dancing all night. But people tell you that you are in hospital, that you have been in hospital for weeks, and that you didn’t ...
A Great Lakes mystery: The case of the disappearing species
May 28, 2008 |
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Throughout the overlooked depths of Lake Michigan and other Great Lakes, a small but important animal is rapidly disappearing. Until recently, the animal - a shrimplike, energy-dense creature called Diporeia - was a major ...
World's fastest-growing mud volcano is collapsing, says new research
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
May 28, 2008 |
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The world’s fastest-growing mud volcano is collapsing and could subside to depths of more than 140 metres with consequences for the surrounding environment, according to new research.
Stress buildup precedes large Sumatra quakes
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
May 28, 2008 |
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The island of Sumatra, Indonesia, has shaken many times with powerful earthquakes since the one that wrought the infamous 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami. Now, scientists from the California Institute of Technology and the Indonesian ...
