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Dodging Bullies: Female Hummingbirds Disguise Themselves As Males To Evade Harassment
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Dodging Bullies: Female Hummingbirds Disguise Themselves As Males To Evade Harassment

Both male and female White-necked Jacobins fan their tails during courtship or aggressive interactions. Because this bird also has its wings partially raised it’s likely an aggressive stance. Credit: Photo…

12 September 2021 · 4 min read

Hidden SARS-CoV-2 “Gate” Discovered – Opens To Allow COVID Infection
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Hidden SARS-CoV-2 “Gate” Discovered – Opens To Allow COVID Infection

The glycan gate opens: Supercomputing-driven simulations depict the glycan N343 (magenta) acting as a molecular crowbar to pry open the SARS-CoV-2 spike’s receptor binding domain, or RBD (cyan), from a…

12 September 2021 · 5 min read

What Goes Up Must Come Down: Helping Clean Up Space Junk With First-of-Its-Kind Mission Optimizer
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What Goes Up Must Come Down: Helping Clean Up Space Junk With First-of-Its-Kind Mission Optimizer

Illustration of ClearSpace-1, a planned active debris removal mission. Credit: ClearSpace SA Less than a year on from the UK Space Agency committing £1 million in funding to combat space…

12 September 2021 · 6 min read

The Sun’s “Convective Conundrum” Solved? Scientists Inch Closer to Cracking Mysteries of Space Weather
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The Sun’s “Convective Conundrum” Solved? Scientists Inch Closer to Cracking Mysteries of Space Weather

New research from University of Colorado at Boulder, could help scientists better understand the phenomena behind ‘sunspots’. The sun has long intrigued scientists. However, this sphere of super-heated plasma—the closest…

12 September 2021 · 5 min read

New Sun Clock Resolves Fast Changes Between the Solar Seasons
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New Sun Clock Resolves Fast Changes Between the Solar Seasons

New solar cycle clock resolves timings of solar activity, revealing the long and the short of the Sun’s seasons. Research led by University of Warwick suggests the switching between seasons…

12 September 2021 · 4 min read

Substantial Water Reservoir on Mars? Earthly Rocks Point Way To Water Hidden on the Red Planet
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Substantial Water Reservoir on Mars? Earthly Rocks Point Way To Water Hidden on the Red Planet

Hydrohematite (right) is a brighter red than anhydrous hematite (left). Credit: Si Athena Chen, Penn State A combination of a once-debunked 19th-century identification of a water-carrying iron mineral and the…

12 September 2021 · 4 min read

“Great Unconformity” Puzzle: Geologists Dig Into Grand Canyon’s Mysterious Gap in Time
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“Great Unconformity” Puzzle: Geologists Dig Into Grand Canyon’s Mysterious Gap in Time

A new study led by the University of Colorado Boulder reveals the complex history behind one of the Grand Canyon’s most well-known geologic features: A mysterious and missing gap of…

12 September 2021 · 5 min read

Online “Library of Properties” Helps To Create Safer Nanomaterials Faster
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Online “Library of Properties” Helps To Create Safer Nanomaterials Faster

Scales of descriptors — from whole nanoparticle to unit cell to individual atoms. Credit: University of Birmingham Researchers have developed a ‘library of properties’ to help identify the environmental impact…

12 September 2021 · 3 min read

Unlike Humans, Cuttlefish Retain Sharp Memory of Specific Events in Old Age
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Unlike Humans, Cuttlefish Retain Sharp Memory of Specific Events in Old Age

The common cuttlefish is one of the largest and best-known cuttlefish species. Credit: © Hans Hillewaert, CC BY-SA 4.0 Cuttlefish can remember what, where, and when specific events happened –…

12 September 2021 · 4 min read

Exploring Nuclear Reactions in Exploding Stars and the Origin of Aluminum-26
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Exploring Nuclear Reactions in Exploding Stars and the Origin of Aluminum-26

The illustration shows an aluminum-26 nucleus (green) escaping a supernova explosion. It will subsequently decay via gamma-ray emission that can be observed by satellites. Credit: Erin O’Donnell, FRIB Scientists from…

12 September 2021 · 4 min read