Thanks to an amplified image produced by a gravitational lens, and the Gran Telescopio CANARIAS, a team of scientists has discovered one of the brightest galaxies known from the epoch …read more Source:: Science
Day: July 14, 2017
Deep-sea coral reefs discovery in depths of the North-Pacific
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•Scientists had long believed that the waters of the Central and Northeast Pacific Ocean were inhospitable to certain species of deep-sea corals, but a marine biologist’s discovery of an odd …read more Source:: Science
First laboratory generation of astrophysical shock waves created
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•The first laboratory generation of an astrophysical shock wave has been reported by scientists. To produce the wave, scientists used a laser to create a high-energy plasma — a form …read more Source:: Science
New limits to functional portion of human genome reported
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•New calculations by an evolutionary biologist suggest that no more than 25 percent of the human genome is functional. That is in stark contrast to suggestions by scientists with the …read more Source:: Science
Walking like ants gives spiders a chance
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•To avoid being eaten, some jumping spiders pretend to be ants, a new study has found. Protective mimicry is a remarkable example of adaptive evolution: Moths can be colored like …read more Source:: Science
Mica provides clue to how water transports minerals
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•Chemists have been able to look at the interface between water and muscovite mica, a flat mineral commonly found in granite, soils and many sediments. In particular, the researchers looked …read more Source:: Science