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| New evidence of how and when the Milky Way came together Posted: 17 May 2021 09:49 AM PDT New research provides the best evidence to date into the timing of how our early Milky Way came together, including the merger with a key satellite galaxy. Using relatively new methods in astronomy, the researchers were able to identify the most precise ages currently possible for a sample of about a hundred red giant stars in the galaxy. |
| New technology converts waste plastics to jet fuel in an hour Posted: 17 May 2021 09:49 AM PDT Researchers have developed an innovative way to convert plastics to ingredients for jet fuel and other valuable products, making it easier and more cost effective to reuse plastics. The researchers in their reaction were able to convert 90% of plastic to jet fuel and other valuable hydrocarbon products within an hour at moderate temperatures and to easily fine-tune the process to create the products that they want. |
| Supermassive black holes devour gas just like their petite counterparts Posted: 17 May 2021 09:49 AM PDT Supermassive black holes devour stellar material just like their more petite counterparts, a new study finds. |
| Engineered organism could diagnose Crohn's disease flareups Posted: 17 May 2021 07:26 AM PDT Researchers have engineered a bacterium capable of diagnosing a human disease, a milestone in the field of synthetic biology. |
| How plankton hold secrets to preventing pandemics Posted: 17 May 2021 05:36 AM PDT Whether it's plankton exposed to parasites or people exposed to pathogens, a host's initial immune response plays an integral role in determining whether infection occurs and to what degree it spreads within a population, new research suggests. |
| The incredible return of Griffon Vulture to Bulgaria's Eastern Balkan Mountains Posted: 17 May 2021 05:36 AM PDT Considered extinct from the Eastern Balkan Mountains of Bulgaria in the 1970s, the Griffon Vulture has claimed the area back with 23-25 breeding pairs, distributed in five different colonies and two more frequently used roosting sites. This astonishing success was achieved through an ambitious long-term restoration program and the release of 153 vultures between 2010-2020. |
| Our dreams' weirdness might be why we have them, argues new AI-inspired theory of dreaming Posted: 14 May 2021 10:42 AM PDT Why we dream is a divisive topic within the scientific community, and the neuroscience field is saturated with hypotheses. Inspired by techniques used to train deep neural networks, a neuroscience researcher argues for a new theory of dreams: the overfitted brain hypothesis. The hypothesis suggests that the strangeness of our dreams serves to help our brains better generalize our day-to-day experiences. |
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