Nine new and exotic creatures for the pulsar zoo
Researchers using MeerKAT in South Africa have discovered nine millisecond pulsars, most of them in rare and sometimes unusual binary systems, as the first result of a targeted survey. An international team with significant contributions from AEI (Ha.....»»
The social life of a vampire bat
When one thinks of vampire bats, friendship and cooperation may not be among the qualities that come to mind for these blood-feasting creatures of the night. But maybe they should.Scientists have provided a deeper understanding of social relationship.....»»
China’s lunar sample contains glassy beads and impact fragments
The lunar sample taken by China's Chang'e-5 mission has been analyzed and found to contain some 'exotic' fragments......»»
Destiny 2: Beyond Light: Where to find Xur for the weekend of September 24
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Exotic mix in China"s delivery of moon rocks
On 16 December 2020 the Chang'e-5 mission, China's first sample return mission to the Moon, successfully delivered to Earth nearly two kilograms of rocky fragments and dust from our celestial companion. Chang'e-5 landed on an area of the Moon not sa.....»»
"Black widow" pulsar detected in globular cluster NGC 6712
Using the Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical radio Telescope (FAST), astronomers have discovered a new pulsar in the globular cluster NGC 6712. The newly found object is a so-called "black widow," and the first radio pulsar identified so far in th.....»»
Electrons on the edge: The story of an intrinsic magnetic topological insulator
An intrinsic magnetic topological insulator MNBI2TE4 has been discovered with a large band gap, making it a promising material platform for fabricating ultra-low-energy electronics and observing exotic topological phenomena......»»
Destiny 2: Beyond Light: Where to find Xur for the weekend of September 17
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Engineering a polymer network to act as active camouflage on demand
The animal kingdom is full of creatures with active camouflage. What looks like a drab pile of sand and rocks might actually be a brightly colored squid, expanding and contracting structures within their skin to reveal shades of brown and gray instea.....»»
Pulsar timing arrays take us closer to figuring out supermassive black holes
Galaxies host supermassive black holes, which weigh millions to billions times more than the sun. When galaxies collide, pairs of supermassive black holes at their centers also lie on the collision course. It may take millions of years before two bla.....»»
Destiny 2 Beyond Light: Where to find Xur for the weekend of August 20
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New CRISPR-based technology to speed identification of genes involved in health and disease
Zebrafish—small, fast-growing creatures who share many of the same genes as humans—are instrumental to many biologists, who find them uniquely well suited for studying a wide range of questions, from how organisms develop to how the nervous syste.....»»
More research needed into microbes that live in and on sea creatures
All animals and plants and other multicellular organisms are covered inside and out with a diverse "microbiome", communities of microorganisms. Most research has focused on microbiomes on land, but what about the microbes that live in and on the orga.....»»
Scientists discover crystal exhibiting exotic spiral magnetism
An exotic form of magnetism has been discovered and linked to an equally exotic type of electrons, according to scientists who analyzed a new crystal in which they appear at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). The magnetism is.....»»
This exotic particle had an out-of-body experience; these scientists took a picture of it
Scientists have taken the clearest picture yet of electronic particles that make up a mysterious magnetic state called quantum spin liquid (QSL)......»»
Electron-electron and spin-orbit interactions compete to control the electron
In a finding that will help to identify exotic quantum states, RIKEN physicists have seen strongly competing factors that affect an electron's behavior in a high-quality quantum material......»»
Lamborghini Introduces Rare Hybrid-Electric Countach Sportscar
Lamborghini's exotic Countach sportscar was featured in the opening scene of the 1981 movie Cannonball Run. On the car's 50th anniversary, they've now introduced a 802-horsepower hybrid-electric version. Mashable reports: The reimagined Countach, u.....»»
Destiny 2 Beyond Light: Where to find Xur for the weekend of August 13
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Study: These ancient straight-shelled cephalopods lived the vertical life
Using virtual and 3D-printed models can "de-fossilize" creatures of the past. Enlarge / Reconstruction of the orthocone ammonite Baculites compressus. A new study reveals that the creatures likely lived a vertically oriented lifestyle. (credit:.....»»
A Mammoth Tusk Reveals a Woolly (and Unprecedented) Tale
Scientists used something called isotopic mapping to get a first look at how the creatures lived more than 17,000 years ago......»»
New way to probe exotic matter aids in the study of atomic and particle physics
Physicists have created a new way to observe details about the structure and composition of materials that improves upon previous methods. Conventional spectroscopy changes the frequency of light shining on a sample over time to reveal details about.....»»