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Phys.org / Rethinking neutron star mergers: Study explores the effects of magnetic fields on their oscillating frequencies
Neutron star mergers are collisions between neutron stars, the collapsed cores of what were once massive supergiant stars. These mergers are known to generate gravitational waves, energy-carrying waves propagating through ...
Phys.org / Saturday Citations: An exoplanetary biosignature; the diplomacy of body odor; personalities of bees
This week, the Curiosity rover found large carbon deposits on Mars, suggesting an ancient carbon cycle. Researchers exploring the domestication of cats believe they may have originally pounced out of Tunisia. And researchers ...
Phys.org / Astronomers confirm the existence of a lone black hole
A team of astronomers at the Space Telescope Science Institute, working with one colleague from the University of St Andrews' Center for Exoplanet Science and another from the European Southern Observatory, has confirmed ...
Phys.org / Red, pink or white, all roses were once yellow says genomic analysis
Red roses, the symbol of love, were likely yellow in the past, indicates a large genomic analysis by researchers from Beijing Forestry University, China. Roses of all colors, including white, red, pink, and peach, belong ...
Phys.org / Layered room-temperature altermagnet shows promise for advanced spintronics
Traditionally, magnetic materials have been divided into two main categories: ferromagnets and antiferromagnets. Over the past few years, however, physicists have uncovered the existence of altermagnets, a new type of magnetic ...
Phys.org / Indian astronomers investigate the behavior of X-ray binary SXP 138
Using NASA's Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array (NuSTAR), Indian astronomers have observed an X-ray binary system designated SXP 138. Results of the NuSTAR observations, published March 26 on thearXiv pre-print server, ...
Phys.org / Reusable moss-based adsorbent can help clean up oil spills
Hidden within sphagnum moss, commonly known as peat moss, is an adsorbent material that can help us combat oil spills. A study by researchers from China presents a new bio-based oil adsorbent derived from sphagnum moss that ...
Phys.org / Microplastics discovered in caddisfly casings from the 1970s suggest long-term contamination
A team of biologists working at the Naturalis Biodiversity Center, a research museum in the Netherlands, has found evidence of caddisfly larvae using microplastics to build their casings as far back as the 1970s.
Phys.org / Throwing a 'spanner in the works' of our cells' machinery could help fight cancer, fatty liver disease... and hair loss
Fifty years since its discovery, scientists have finally worked out how a molecular machine found in mitochondria allows us to make the fuel we need from sugars, a process vital to all life on Earth.
Phys.org / Scientists reveal how a protein linked to Parkinson's disease transforms biomolecular condensates
An international research collaboration led by Rutgers University-New Brunswick scientists that examined microscopic blobs of protein found in human cells has discovered that some morph from an almost honey-like substance ...
Phys.org / Scientists probe the mystery of Titan's missing deltas
For scientists who want to learn about the geological history of a planet, river deltas are a great place to start. Deltas gather sediment from a large area into one place, which can be studied to reveal climate and tectonic ...
Phys.org / New mechanism uses photonic crystal for concentrating light on a chip
Concentrating light in a volume as small as the wavelength itself is a challenge that is crucial for numerous applications. Researchers from AMOLF, TU Delft, and Cornell University in the U.S. have demonstrated a new way ...