Tsunamis can cause immense physical damage to ports, but the economic cost does not stop there. The resultant disruptions of shipping lanes result in billions of dollars in losses every day, as was seen in the 2011 tsunami that hit the Tohoku…
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Humans have linked emotions to the same body parts for 3,000 years
Have you ever felt like there was a pit in your stomach? What about a flutter in your heart?
It turns out that the anatomical connections we make with certain emotions and feelings — what researchers call embodied emotions — may…
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Earliest Modern Human Genomes Decoded
Scientists have sequenced and analyzed the genomes of seven individuals who lived between 42,000 and 49,000 years ago in Ranis, Germany and Zlatý kůň, the Czech Republic. The results show that distant familial relationships link the Ranis…
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New Class of Magnetism Imaged for First Time: Altermagnetism
Altermagnetism is a distinct form of magnetic order where the tiny constituent magnetic building blocks align antiparallel to their neighbors, but the structure hosting each one is rotated compared to its neighbors. University of…
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Carbon Nanotubes Show Promising Developments at IEDM
This week at the International Electron Devices Meeting in San Francisco, research teams spanning academia and industry presented data on high-performance carbon nanotube transistors (CNTs) and circuits. While it may be a decade or more before…
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TSMC’s N2 Technology – IEEE Spectrum
TSMC described its next generation transistor technology this week at the IEEE International Electron Device Meeting (IEDM) in San Francisco. The N2, or 2-nanometer, technology is the semiconductor foundry giant’s first foray into a new…
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Real reason ACL injury rate is higher for women — Harvard Gazette
Amid news coverage of the 2023 Women’s World Cup, researchers with Harvard’s GenderSci Lab spotted a familiar narrative concerning rampant ACL tears.
There was an immediate attribution of women athletes’ disproportionately high injury…
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New Research Provides Insights into Life in Neolithic Trypillia Settlement
In a new study published in the journal PLoS ONE, archaeologists examined the exceptional human remains from the Middle Trypillia site of Kosenivka (ca. 3700-3600 BCE) in Ukraine.
Archaeological context of Kosenivka, Ukraine. Image credit:…
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Buxton’s tuffa calcite terraces
One of Turkey’s most impressive geological wonders is Pamukkale (meaning “cotton castle”), renowned for its sinter terraced formations created by calcite-rich springs.
In an unusual twist of Britain’s industrial past, similar tufa terrace…
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