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Science
A clever trick to cook young stars discovered for the first time – astronomers highlight magnetic field as missing ingredient
Astronomers have discovered evidence of a magnetic field associated with a disk of gas and dust hundreds of light-years in diameter deep within two merging galaxies known as Arp220 (pictured). Credits: NASA, ESA, Hubble Legacy (STScl/AURA), ESA, Hubble Collaboration, A. Evans (University of Virginia Charlottesville/NRAO/Stony Brook University) For the first time, astronomers have discovered the missing ingredient to cook stars…
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Earth
Tracking missing mantle plume in ancient Samoa: researchers shed light on 30 million year gap
Bathymetric map of the Pacific region focusing on the trajectory of Samoa’s Hotspot 100 Mil, from Samoa’s hotspot active volcanoes (Vailuluu Seamount) to the Dutton Ridge (near the Mariana Trench). Credit: AGU Advances (2024). DOI: 10.1029/2023AV001079 As magma plumes rise through the Earth’s lithosphere, volcanoes, islands, seamounts, and other features form on the Earth’s surface. As tectonic plates move over…
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Other Sciences
Research experiment reveals celebrities and politicians may be a ‘missing link’ in mitigating climate change
A desire for leadership. Credit: Humanities and Social Sciences Communication (2024). DOI: 10.1057/s41599-024-03787-8 Psychologists at Cardiff University have revealed new insights into the role of celebrities and politicians in influencing public opinion about low-carbon lifestyles. The paper will be published in the journal Humanities and Social Sciences Communications. “Behavioral changes are essential to rapidly reduce greenhouse gas emissions: fly less,…
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Environment
A possible explanation for the ‘missing plastic problem’: New detection technique finds microplastics in coral skeletons
Various microplastics collected from corals off the coast of Koh Sichang in the Gulf of Thailand. As can be seen from their color, shape and size, the corals have ingested a variety of microplastics, many of which are thinner than a human hair. Photo courtesy of Kyushu University/Isobe Laboratory Researchers from Japan and Thailand investigating microplastics in corals have discovered…
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Biology
Geologists and dentists create dental database to help identify missing military remains
Map showing the amount of heavy oxygen in local groundwater. Courtesy of the Bowen Institute. More than 80,000 American soldiers are missing from past wars, mostly from World War II. When remains are found, decomposition often makes identification difficult, but not impossible. Even without names, fingerprints or facial features, our histories remain locked in the atoms of the hardest tissue…
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Biology
Geologists and dentists create dental database to help identify missing military remains
Map showing the amount of heavy oxygen in local groundwater. Courtesy of the Bowen Institute. More than 80,000 American soldiers are missing from past wars, mostly from World War II. When remains are found, decomposition often makes identification difficult, but not impossible. Even without names, fingerprints or facial features, our histories remain locked in the atoms of the hardest tissue…
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