Researchers have designed a new device that creates electricity from falling snow, a first. The device is inexpensive, small, thin and flexible like a sheet of plastic. …read more Source:: Science
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Ancient ‘Texas Serengeti’ had elephant-like animals, rhinos, alligators and more
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•During the Great Depression, Texans were put to work as fossil hunters. The workers retrieved tens of thousands of specimens that have been studied in small bits and pieces while …read more Source:: Science
Experimental PET scan detects abnormal tau protein in brains of living former NFL players
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•Using an experimental positron emission tomography (PET) scan, researchers have found elevated amounts of abnormal tau protein in brain regions affected by chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) in a small group …read more Source:: Science
Crater counts on Pluto, Charon show small Kuiper Belt objects surprisingly rare
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•Using New Horizons data from the Pluto-Charon flyby in 2015, scientists have indirectly discovered a distinct and surprising lack of very small objects in the Kuiper Belt. The evidence for …read more Source:: Science
A very small number of crops are dominating globally: That’s bad news for sustainable agriculture
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•A new study finds that globally we’re growing more of the same kinds of crops, and this presents major challenges for agricultural sustainability on a global scale. …read more Source:: Science
Astronomers map ‘light echoes’ of newly discovered black hole
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•A team of astronomers has charted the environment surrounding a relatively small, ‘stellar mass’ black hole that is 10 times the mass of the sun. The observations provide the clearest …read more Source:: Science
Peering into Little Foot’s 3.67-million-year-old brain
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•MicroCT scans of the Australopithecus fossil known as Little Foot shows that the brain of this ancient human relative was small and shows features that are similar to our own …read more Source:: Science
Rare fossil bird deepens mystery of avian extinctions
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•Today’s birds descend from a small number of bird species living before the dinosaur extinction. Some of the birds that went extinct, the enantiornithines, were actually more common than and …read more Source:: Science
The teeth of Changchunsaurus: Rare insight into ornithopod dinosaur tooth evolution
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•The teeth of Changchunsaurus parvus, a small herbivorous dinosaur from the Cretaceous of China, represent an important and poorly-known stage in the evolution of ornithopod dentition, according to a study. …read more Source:: Science
Self-healing reverse filter opens the door for many novel applications
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•A self-healing membrane that acts as a reverse filter, blocking small particles and letting large ones through, is the ‘straight out of science fiction’ say mechanical engineers. …read more Source:: Science