Researchers at the Texas A&M Gastrointestinal Laboratory (GI Lab) have discovered signs that can be used to identify dogs with a high risk of gastrointestinal disease — which causes more than 10% of all new visits to a veterinarian — before…
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Scientists discover new heavy-metal molecule ‘berkelocene’
A research team led by the Department of Energy’s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) has discovered “berkelocene,” the first organometallic molecule to be characterized containing the heavy element berkelium.
Organometallic…
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Plastic recycling gets a breath of fresh air
Harnessing moisture from air, Northwestern University chemists have developed a simple new method for breaking down plastic waste.
The non-toxic, environmentally friendly, solvent-free process first uses an inexpensive catalyst to break apart the…
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boreal forest: Taking taiga’s temperature
A new study has introduced a powerful tool for analyzing satellite imagery of boreal forests (also known as “Taiga” in North America), offering unprecedented insights into the health and dynamics of these crucial ecosystems.
The research,…
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Small, faint and ‘unexpected in a lot of different ways’: Astronomers make galactic discovery
A discovery made by a team led by researchers at the University of Michigan tugs at the seams of some key cosmic lessons we thought we had learned from our own galaxy.
This new knowledge comes from the outskirts of Andromeda, the Milky Way’s…
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Cosmic-Ray Showers Play Pivotal Role in Triggering Lightning Flashes
How lightning is started in thunderstorms is poorly known. With a newly-developed 3D mapping and polarization system, physicists at Los Alamos National Laboratory observed that some lightning flashes were not only started with the positive…
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Uranus emits more heat than previously thought
Uranus emits more energy than it gets from the sun, two new studies report — a discovery that contradicts findings from the venerable Voyager spacecraft.
When Voyager 2 sped past Uranus on January 24, 1986, the spacecraft detected…
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Google Pixel Watch Detects Heart Attacks
Later this month, Google is expected to roll out software on its Pixel Watch 3 in the United States that has the potential to correctly identify two-thirds of out-of-hospital cardiac arrests in people wearing the smartwatch. The feature uses AI…
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The world regulated sulfur in ship fuels − and the lightning stopped
If you look at a map of lightning near the Port of Singapore, you’ll notice an odd streak of intense lightning activity right over the busiest shipping lane in the world. As it turns out, the lightning really is responding to the ships, or…
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Water Droplets Are Generating Electricity in a Way We Never Knew
Scientists have discovered that water moving over surfaces generates significantly more electrical charge than previously believed, particularly when it sticks and then slips past tiny obstacles. This newfound knowledge could revolutionize…
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