IXPE Measures X-ray Polarization of Magnetar Outburst
Astronomers using NASA’s Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer (IXPE) focused on 1E 1841-045, a magnetar located in the supernova remnant (SNR)
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Physicists Study How Light Interacts with Quantum Vacuum
Physicists have achieved the first-ever real-time, 3D simulations of how intense laser beams alter the quantum vacuum -- a state
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Some Dead Sea Scrolls Older than Previously Thought, AI Analysis Suggests
Determining by means of paleography the chronology of ancient handwritten manuscripts such as the Dead Sea Scrolls is essential for
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New Study Shows How Astrophysicists Can Use Black Holes as Particle Supercolliders
New research shows that collisions between particles free falling from infinity and a disk of material plunging off the retrograde
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Study: Meat Preservation and Predator Protection, Rather than Cooking, Were Drivers of Early Fire Use
The use of fire marks a critical milestone in human evolution, with its initial purposes debated among scholars. The post
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Domestic Cats Recognize Odor of Their Owner, Researchers Say
Scientists at the Tokyo University of Agriculture have assessed the role and characteristics of olfaction in the discrimination of known
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New Research Sheds Light on Emergence and Demise of Giant Sloths
The largest sloths -- members of the genus Megatherium -- were about the size of Asian bull elephants and weighed
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Asian Elephants Have Larger Brains than Their Relatives from Africa, New Research Shows
Elephants are fascinating animals, but despite such fascination, our knowledge of the elephant brain is limited, and neuroanatomical differences between
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Webb Detects Crystalline Water Ice in Debris Disk around Young, Sun-Like Star
Using data from the Near-Infrared Spectrograph (NIRSpec) onboard the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope, astronomers have detected crystalline water ice
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Ancient Relatives of Salmon and Pike Lived in Alaska’s Fresh Waters 73 Million Years Ago
Paleontologists have found the fossils of three new fish species -- including the earliest known salmonid fish, Sivulliusalmo alaskensis --
