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New Insulation Material Enables More Efficient Electricity Distribution
The basis of the new material is polyethylene, which is already used for insulation in existing HVDC cables. Now, by adding very small amounts – 5 parts per million –…
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Under the Northern Lights: Mesospheric Ozone Layer Depletion Phenomenon
In geospace, the Arase satellite observes chorus waves and energetic electrons, while on the ground, EISCAT and optical instruments observe pulsating aurorae and electron precipitation in the mesosphere. Credit: The…
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Groups of Laypeople Reliably Rate Stories As Effectively as Fact-Checkers
Crowds Can Wise Up To Fake News Experiment with Facebook-flagged content shows groups of laypeople reliably rate stories as effectively as fact-checkers do. In the face of grave concerns about…
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Astronomers Use “X-Ray Magnifying Glass” To Enhance View of Distant Black Holes
Astronomers have used gravitational lensing to obtain an unprecedented look at a black hole system in the early Universe. An artist’s illustration shows how the X-ray light from one of…
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Reconstructing Extinct Rhinos: Geneticists Map the Rhinoceros Family Tree
This illustration shows a paleoartist’s reconstruction of the three extinct rhinoceros species whose genomes were sequenced as part of the study. In the foreground is a Siberian unicorn (Elasmotherium sibiricum),…
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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…
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A Big Step Forward in the Search for Alien Life: New Class of Exoplanet Very Different to Our Own
A new class of exoplanet very different to our own, but which could support life, has been identified by astronomers, which could greatly accelerate the...
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Closing a 25-Million Year Gap Between the “Molecular Clock” and the Fossil Record of Plants
Early Land Plants Evolved From Freshwater Algae, Fossils Reveal The world may need to start thinking differently about plants, according to a new report in the journal Science by researchers…
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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…
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Up to 3 Cups of Coffee per Day Associated With Health Benefits
Up to three cups of coffee per day is associated with a lower risk of stroke and fatal heart disease, according to research presented at ESC Congress 2021.1,2 “To our…