The surface of the Earth’s inner core may be changing, as shown by a new study from USC scientists that detected structural changes near the planet’s center, published today in Nature Geoscience.
The changes of the inner core has long been a…
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New autonomous system to monitor Arctic’s melting ice
The rapid melting and thinning of the Arctic ice have sparked serious concerns in the scientific community. In addition, sea ice thickness also has decreased, which makes ice cover more vulnerable to warming air and ocean temperature.
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Novel bacteria parasitizing archaea | ScienceDaily
AIST researchers, in collaboration with JAMSTEC, Hokkaido University and Tohoku University, have succeeded in cultivating an ultrasmall bacterial strain parasitizing archaea and classified the strain PMX.108T as new species and genus of…
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New Alternatives to GPS could Be Jamming- and Spoof-Proof
This year, two companies—Santa Clara, California-based Anello Photonics and Montreal-based One Silicon Chip Photonics (OSCP)—have introduced new gyroscope-on-a-chip navigation systems, allowing for precise heading and distance tracking…
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What electric fish can teach scientists about NeuroAI — Harvard Gazette
Electric fish are among the most intriguing specimens in nature’s cabinet of curiosities. They “see” their world and each other by sensing — and generating their own — electric fields. This unique ability provides a key area of…
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Trace Metals and Other Nutrients from Whale Feces Fertilized Ancient Oceans, New Study Confirms
Blue whales and other baleen whales, which filter seawater through their mouths to feed on small marine life, once teemed in Earth’s oceans. In the 20th century, 1.5 million baleen whales were slaughtered in the southern hemisphere,…
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A man volunteered to get brain implants for depression. Hear his story
Meet Jon Nelson. He’s a dad, a husband, a coach and a professional who works in marketing. But underneath it all, he suffered – for years – from severe depression. His suffering was so great that he volunteered for an experimental…
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Puzzling out climate change | MIT News
Shreyaa Raghavan’s journey into solving some of the world’s toughest challenges started with a simple love for puzzles. By high school, her knack for problem-solving naturally drew her to computer science. Through her…
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Can deep learning transform heart failure prevention? | MIT News
The ancient Greek philosopher and polymath Aristotle once concluded that the human heart is tri-chambered and that it was the single most important organ in the entire body, governing motion, sensation, and thought.
Today,…
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How Does a Nucleus Get Its Shape?
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A new computational method could help scientists understand the shapes of deformed nuclei from first principles.
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