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Phys.org / Webb reveals a sample of galaxies with unusual features, nicknamed 'Platypus'
After combing through NASA's James Webb Space Telescope's archive of sweeping extragalactic cosmic fields, a small team of astronomers at the University of Missouri says they have identified a sample of galaxies that have ...
Phys.org / Taming the moral menace at capitalism's core
Digital disruption and the climate crisis are often framed as economic or social challenges. But they force crucial moral questions. Who will be held accountable for the human cost? What will it take to transform business ...
Phys.org / California's largest reservoir rises 36 feet as rains boost water supply statewide
When it rains, it pours. And that's good news for California's water supply.
Phys.org / First galaxy-wide wobbling black hole jet discovered in a disk galaxy
Astronomers using W. M. Keck Observatory on Maunakea, Hawaiʻi Island have uncovered the largest and most extended stream of super-heated gas ever observed flowing from a nearby galaxy, providing the clearest evidence yet ...
Phys.org / Study finds food waste compost less effective than potting mix alone
With an estimated 30–40% of the United States' food supply ending up as waste, according to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, food science and horticulture experts teamed up to study if it could lay the foundation ...
Phys.org / What past global warming reveals about future rainfall
To understand how global warming could influence future climate, scientists look to the Paleogene Period that began 66 million years ago, covering a time when Earth's atmospheric carbon dioxide levels were two to four times ...
Phys.org / Photographing climate change: Ice porters on the frozen Chadar river
Every winter in the Ladakh region in northwest India, the two roads that connect the small villages in the Zanskar Valley with the rest of the country close, overwhelmed by snow. But for centuries, locals have had a workaround: ...
Phys.org / Most people believe climate change primarily affects others
Research conducted by researchers at the University of Gothenburg shows that people tend to rate their own risk of being affected by climate change as lower than that of others. This perception may reduce individuals' willingness ...
Phys.org / Ammonites survived asteroid impact that killed off dinosaurs, new evidence suggests
In the aftermath of the giant asteroid that crashed into the Yucatan Peninsula about 66 million years ago, approximately 75% of all species on Earth were wiped out, including the dinosaurs. Among those thought to have perished ...
Phys.org / The vast majority of US rivers lack any protections from human activities, new research finds
The U.S. boasts more than 4 million miles of rivers, peppered with laws and regulations to protect access to drinking water and essential habitat for fish and wildlife. But in the first comprehensive review of river protection, ...
Phys.org / Making the invisible visible: Space particles become observable through handheld invention
You can't see, feel, hear, taste or smell them, but tiny particles from space are constantly raining down on us.
Phys.org / Saturday Citations: Missing dinosaurs, quiescent black holes and infectious fungi
Happy new year! If you're a redhead, the pigments in your hair are protecting you from cellular damage. A post-stroke injection comprising regenerative nanomaterial can protect the brain. And researchers have developed a ...