Science

This chain of atoms can detect electric fields with stunning precision

Measuring low-frequency electric fields with high precision is still a major scientific challenge. Existing sensing technologies often fall short when…

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Scientists warn of 3,100 “surging glaciers” that can trigger floods and avalanches

Most glaciers around the world are shrinking as temperatures rise. But a smaller group behaves in a very different way,…

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A “lost world” beneath the North Sea was once full of forests

New research led by the University of Warwick shows that forests were already growing across Doggerland, a now-submerged landmass beneath…

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Scientists discover natural hormone that reverses obesity

Scientists have discovered how a naturally occurring hormone can reverse obesity in mice, and the answer lies in the brain.…

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Scientists remove “zombie” cells and reverse liver damage in mice

UCLA scientists have uncovered a harmful group of immune cells that quietly builds up in aging tissues and in the…

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This 31-foot “terror croc” ate dinosaurs. Now it’s back

Dr. David Schwimmer, a leading authority on the massive North American crocodilian genus Deinosuchus and a geology professor at Columbus…

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A crushed fossil revealed a dinosaur that shouldn’t have existed

"You want to stick your finger in a dinosaur brain?" asked Simba Srivastava. Inside a paleobiology lab lined with cabinets…

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Graphene just defied a fundamental law of physics

For decades, physicists have been trying to answer a fundamental question: can electrons move like a perfectly smooth, frictionless fluid…

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Scientists just recreated a rare cosmic reaction never seen before

Scientists have reported a major experimental advance in understanding how some of the rarest elements in the universe are formed.…

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Mammal ancestors laid eggs, and this 250-million-year-old fossil finally proves it

A new fossil discovery is bringing fresh insight into one of the most remarkable survival stories in Earth's history while…

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