For something that exists in only two dimensions, Graphene seems to be everywhere. The super-thin ‘wonder material’ is renowned not only for its incredible strength, but also for its unique, often surprising …
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Early Earth is not a good place to hang out. First, about 4.5 billion years ago when Earth was just a hot squishy newly formed planet, Thia – an object the size …
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We don’t know how they do it, we know it’s a wonderful gift. For decades, evidence has shown that animals of all types can perceive magnetic fields and even use them to …
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It is often the most important scientific measurement that is most important, and researchers have developed a new, super-small device capable of detecting magnetic fields, even when they are extremely faint. The …
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You would think a plant scientist would feel at home in a farm, but Neil Stewart was used to working with potatoes, not human cadres. Distraught with environmental contaminants, Stewart was on …
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Life was trying, but it was not working. As the Late Devonian period dragged on, more and more living things passed away, one of our largest mass extinction events, which ended about …
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The existence of time crystals – a particularly attractive situation – was confirmed only a few years ago, but physicists have already achieved a huge success: they have inspired and celebrated an …
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Spiral galaxies look nice and well-organized, with most of their stars and gases largely confined to neatly arranged discs in the spiral arms. But there is much more to a galaxy that …
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