• Physics 18, 35
A new underwater neutrino experiment—for now, only partially installed—has detected what appears to be the highest-energy cosmic neutrino observed to date.
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An Ultrahigh Neutrino Detection Makes Waves
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Historical writings reveal how people weathered the Little Ice Age
“Dear diary, it was freezing outside today…” If someone today wrote that in their journal, it might seem like an innocuous enough line, perhaps never to be carefully considered again. But what if, 500 years from now, scientists…
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Light Therapy Eliminates Breast Cancer Tumors in Mice
Researchers have developed light-sensitive chemicals that can eliminate tumors in vivo in mouse models of breast cancer with minimal side effects. The findings were published in Angewandte Chemie, a journal…
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Fossil specimens of the autotrophic protist Mallomonas asmundiae bearing cysts and attached scales from an Eocene locality
It is widely accepted that each chrysophyte species produces a mature cyst with a specific morphology4,5,33, and that most species also produce cysts within a relatively narrow range in diameter34. However, despite hundreds of cyst morphotypes…
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Earliest short-tailed bird from the Late Jurassic of China
Rauhut, O. W. M. & Foth, C. in The Evolution of Feathers: From Their Origin to the Present (eds Foth, C. & Rauhut, O. W. M.) 27–45 (Springer, 2020).
Lloyd, G. T., Bapst, D. W., Friedman, M. & Davis, K. E. Probabilistic divergence time estimation…
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The lost long tail of early bird evolution
The lost long tail of early bird evolution
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Hot and Cold Spots on Stars Lead to Misinterpretations of Exoplanets
How does a star’s activity influence exoplanet data obtained by scientists? This is what a recent study published in The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series hopes to address as a team of researchers at…
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82% Species of Birds-of-Paradise are Biofluorescent, New Study Shows
Birds-of-paradise are a family of small to medium-sized forest birds found in the New Guinea region. With their elaborate and colorful feathers, these birds are among the most beautiful creatures on Earth. In a new study, ornithologists from…
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New Study Provides Insights into Theanine Metabolism in Tea Plants
The metabolism of theanine — a unique non-proteinogenic amino acid — is a necessary biological process during the planting and production of tea (Camellia sinensis) that determines tea quality.
A proposed model for CsMYB73 negatively…
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Climate Change Wiped Out These 5 Powerful Ancient Civilizations
Until recently, civilization (as a whole) had never endured severe climate change at global scale. Individual cultures, on the other hand, have confronted regional climate shifts time and again, and for the people involved, they’ve been no less…
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