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These Canadian ice caps were estimated to melt by 2022 — they’re already gone - ZME Science 07-Aug-2020

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These Canadian ice caps were estimated to melt by 2022 — they’re already gone - ZME Science Its a sign we'd better not ignore. More...

A new process for precision perforation of material layers - Innovation Origins 07-Aug-2020

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A new process for precision perforation of material layers - Innovation Origins A nano-structuring method for precisely perforating one layer of material while leaving the other layer completely untouched More...

Astronomers Detect Electromagnetic Signal Caused by Unequal Neutron-Star Collision - techtoday19 07-Aug-2020

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Astronomers Detect Electromagnetic Signal Caused by Unequal Neutron-Star Collision - techtoday19 Written by AZoQuantumAug 4 2020 When a collision occurs between a pair of neutron stars, it occasionally results in the formation of a black hole that ingests everything except the gravitational proof of the collision. Through a series of simulations, an inte… More...

Nebula looks like a glowing space butterfly in stunning shot - Digital Market News 07-Aug-2020

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Nebula looks like a glowing space butterfly in stunning shot - Digital Market News More...

Physicist: Knowing How the Universe Will Die Comforts Me - Futurism 07-Aug-2020

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Physicist: Knowing How the Universe Will Die Comforts Me - Futurism "I'm in the universe, and I don't have any protection from this stuff." More...

Amazingly dense exoplanet difficulties world development theories - Winged Express 07-Aug-2020

Amazingly dense exoplanet difficulties world development theories - Winged Express More...

Why Bird Nests Attract Flying Insects and also Parasites - Market Research News 07-Aug-2020

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Why Bird Nests Attract Flying Insects and also Parasites - Market Research News ] Parent exploring girls. Debt: Santiago Merino/ National Museum of Natural Sciences Madrid Researchers in Spain research just how condition angles More...

NASA releases image of star system explosion ‘equivalent to 10 million trillion H bombs’ - techtoday19 07-Aug-2020

NASA releases image of star system explosion ‘equivalent to 10 million trillion H bombs’ - techtoday19 The US space agency NASA has been aware of infrequent outbursts from the double star system V745 Sco. Astronomers have estimated V745 Sco is located approximately 25,000 light-years from our planet.V745 Sco is a binary star system made up of a white dwarf and… More...

In a First, Astronomers Find an Exoplanet by Using Radio Waves And a Wobbly Star - techtoday19 07-Aug-2020

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In a First, Astronomers Find an Exoplanet by Using Radio Waves And a Wobbly Star - techtoday19 Illustration of a star's wobble in space. (Bill Saxton, NRAO/AUI/NSF) The hunt for exoplanets in our galaxy is a deeply important endeavour. The more exoplanets we find, the better we can understand our own Solar System - and how life emerges in the Universe.… More...

The quiet Sun is much more active than previously assumed - Tech Explorist 07-Aug-2020

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The quiet Sun is much more active than previously assumed - Tech Explorist The quiet Sun has been studied considerably less than the active Sun. More...

The curious genome of the tuatara, an ancient reptile in peril - EurekAlert 07-Aug-2020

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The curious genome of the tuatara, an ancient reptile in peril - EurekAlert International scientists and Ngātiwai, a Māori tribe, teamed up to sequence the genome of a rare reptile, the tuatara, uncovering some unique aspects of the tuatara's evolution. The genome sequence will enable comparative studies to better understand the evol… More...

NASA Astronaut Aboard Space Station Answers STEM Students’ Questions - India Education Diary 07-Aug-2020

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NASA Astronaut Aboard Space Station Answers STEM Students’ Questions - India Education Diary Students participating in Space Station Explorers STEM programs across the nation will pose questions this week to NASA astronaut Chris Cassidy aboard the International Space Station. The education… More...

Space mining: Just around the corner? - THE WEEK 07-Aug-2020

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Space mining: Just around the corner? - THE WEEK Collaboration with other leading space players is the way forward for India More...

Saturn-Sized Exoplanet Discovered by the Gravitational “Wobble” in the Small, Cool Star It Orbits - SciTechDaily 07-Aug-2020

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Saturn-Sized Exoplanet Discovered by the Gravitational “Wobble” in the Small, Cool Star It Orbits - SciTechDaily Using the supersharp radio “vision” of the National Science Foundation’s continent-wide Very Long Baseline Array (VLBA), astronomers have discovered a Saturn-sized planet closely orbiting a small, cool star 35 light-years from Earth. This is the first discove… More...

SpaceX completes test flight of Mars rocket prototype - The Jakarta Post - Jakarta Post 07-Aug-2020

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SpaceX completes test flight of Mars rocket prototype - The Jakarta Post - Jakarta Post SpaceX successfully completed a flight of less than a minute of the largest prototype ever tested of the future rocket Starship, which the company hopes to use one day to colonize Mars. More...

Citizen scientists help geologists to identify earthquakes and tectonic tremors - techtoday19 07-Aug-2020

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Citizen scientists help geologists to identify earthquakes and tectonic tremors - techtoday19 Credit: CC0 Public Domain It is not yet possible to predict earthquakes, but the analysis of different types of seismic data allows scientists to pinpoint where and when each type of earthquake originated, and hence better understand when and where tectonic s… More...

Animals that live closely with humans carry more infectious pathogens, study finds - ThePrint 07-Aug-2020

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Animals that live closely with humans carry more infectious pathogens, study finds - ThePrint Study by researchers at University College London in UK also notes that changes in land-use by humans increase risk of zoonotic diseases. More...

Calcium-rich supernova examined with X-rays for first time - ANI News 07-Aug-2020

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Calcium-rich supernova examined with X-rays for first time - ANI News Waimea [Hawaii], August 6 (ANI): Most of the calcium in the universe, including the calcium in our teeth and bones, was created in the last gasp of dying stars. More...

Scientific research to widen on ISS as SpaceX eyes commercial crew missions - Business Standard 07-Aug-2020

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Scientific research to widen on ISS as SpaceX eyes commercial crew missions - Business Standard Led by billionaire Elon Musk, SpaceX is all set for its next mission, Crew-1, to send four astronauts to the International Space Station on its reusable Dragon More...

Dinosaurs got cancer too, say scientists - Telangana Today 07-Aug-2020

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Dinosaurs got cancer too, say scientists - Telangana Today A recent research hints at a possibility of the illness in those extinct creatures More...

Akatsuki reveals giant cloud disruption on Venus unnoticed for 35 years - ANI News 07-Aug-2020

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Akatsuki reveals giant cloud disruption on Venus unnoticed for 35 years - ANI News Tokyo [Japan], August 6 (ANI): In the cloudy heavens of Venus, an enormous atmospheric disruption, not yet seen elsewhere in the solar system, has been rapidly propagating at around 50 kilometers above the hidden surface, keeping unnoticed for at least 35 yea… More...

Coronavirus Ireland: Expert warns of local lockdowns 'in weeks' without urgent changes - Irish Mirror 07-Aug-2020

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Coronavirus Ireland: Expert warns of local lockdowns 'in weeks' without urgent changes - Irish Mirror Professor Tomas Ryan, associate professor at Trinity College Dublin, says the current measures are "not working" More...

NASA weather satellite, Virtual Telescope capture Perseverance rover, Ingenuity launch to Mars - Firstpost 07-Aug-2020

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NASA weather satellite, Virtual Telescope capture Perseverance rover, Ingenuity launch to Mars - Firstpost The satellite GOES 16 spotted the smoke plume released as the rover launched from Cape Canaveral in Florida on 30 July. More...

Discs of active, non-active spiral twin galaxies have significant differences, study proposes - Firstpost 07-Aug-2020

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Discs of active, non-active spiral twin galaxies have significant differences, study proposes - Firstpost Researchers scoured through over 600 spiral galaxies that are 'almost twin' but had different nuclear activity. More...

Scientists Discover God Particle Higgs Boson Breaks into Two Muons in Ultra Rare Decaying - News18 07-Aug-2020

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Scientists Discover God Particle Higgs Boson Breaks into Two Muons in Ultra Rare Decaying - News18 The results were found out by conducting ATLAS and CMS experiments, partly funded by the UK's Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC). More...