Astronomers have discovered evidence of abundant water-bearing minerals on the surface of the near-Earth asteroid (101955) Bennu. Using early spectral data from NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft orbiting the asteroid, the team …read more Source:: Science
Month: March 2019
When it comes to monarchs, fall migration matters
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•New research shows that a critical piece of the butterfly’s annual cycle was missing — the fall migration. …read more Source:: Science
Alligator study reveals insight into dinosaur hearing
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•A biologist finds alligators build neural maps of sound the way birds do, suggesting the hearing strategy existed in their common ancestor, the dinosaurs. …read more Source:: Science
Supercrystal: A hidden phase of matter created by a burst of light
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•‘Frustration’ plus a pulse of laser light resulted in a stable ‘supercrystal.’ …read more Source:: Science
Trembling aspen leaves could save future Mars rovers
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•Researchers have been inspired by the unique movement of trembling aspen leaves, to devise an energy harvesting mechanism that could power weather sensors in hostile environments and could even be …read more Source:: Science
Rukwa Rift Basin Project names new Cretaceous mammal from East African Rift System
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•Researchers announced a new species of mammal from the Age of Dinosaurs, representing the most complete mammal from the Cretaceous Period of continental Africa, and providing tantalizing insights into the …read more Source:: Science
World’s oldest semen still viable
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•Ram semen stored for 50 years has been used to successfully impregnate 34 ewes, with fertility rates as high as recently stored semen. …read more Source:: Science
Seeing through a robot’s eyes helps those with profound motor impairments
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•An interface system that uses augmented reality technology could help individuals with profound motor impairments operate a humanoid robot to feed themselves and perform routine personal care tasks such as …read more Source:: Science
With single gene insertion, blind mice regain sight
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•People left blind by retinal degeneration have one option: electronic eye implants. Neuroscientists have now developed an alternative: gene therapy that, in tests, restored vision in blind mice. A gene …read more Source:: Science
Tectonics in the tropics trigger Earth’s ice ages
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•Over the last 540 million years, the Earth has weathered three major ice ages — periods during which global temperatures plummeted, producing extensive ice sheets and glaciers that have stretched …read more Source:: Science