New research finds that the virus that causes coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is stable for several hours to days in aerosols and on surfaces. Scientists found that severe acute respiratory …read more Source:: Science
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Methane emitted by humans vastly underestimated
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•Researchers measured methane levels in ancient air samples and found that scientists have been vastly underestimating the amount of methane humans are emitting into the atmosphere via fossil fuels. The …read more Source:: Science
Think all BPA-free products are safe? Not so fast, scientists warn
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•Using ‘BPA-free’ plastic products could be as harmful to human health — including a developing brain — as those products that contain the controversial chemical, suggest scientists. …read more Source:: Science
A fast radio burst tracked down to a nearby galaxy
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•Astronomers have pinpointed the location of a repeating fast radio burst. The breakthrough is only the second time that scientists have determined the precise location of a repeating source of …read more Source:: Science
Scientists find iron ‘snow’ in Earth’s core
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•The Earth’s inner core is hot, under immense pressure and ‘snow’-capped, according to new research that could help scientists better understand forces that affect the entire planet. The snow is …read more Source:: Science
Ice in motion: Satellites capture decades of change
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•New time-lapse videos of Earth’s glaciers and ice sheets as seen from space — some spanning nearly 50 years — are providing scientists with new insights into how the planet’s …read more Source:: Science
Little-known protein appears to play important role in obesity and metabolic disease
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•With unexpected findings about a protein that’s highly expressed in fat tissue, scientists have opened the door to critical new understandings about obesity and metabolism. The discovery could lead to …read more Source:: Science
New measurement yields smaller proton radius
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•Using the first new method in half a century for measuring the size of the proton via electron scattering, scientists have produced a new value for the proton’s radius in …read more Source:: Science
NASA’s Curiosity Rover finds an ancient oasis on Mars
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•If you could travel back in time 3.5 billion years, what would Mars look like? The picture is evolving among scientists working with NASA’s Curiosity rover. …read more Source:: Science
Researchers unearth ‘new’ mass-extinction
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•A team of scientists has concluded that earth experienced a previously underestimated severe mass-extinction event, which occurred about 260 million years ago. …read more Source:: Science